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What is the longest bridge in the world?

Located in China and with a length of 164,800 meters, that is, more than 160 kilometers, the Great Bridge of Dnyang-Kunshan is the longest bridge in the world . It is located in the east of Jiangsu province, between the cities of Shanghai and Nanjing.

This fabulous and gigantic bridge is no exception. In fact, of the ten longest bridges in the world, seven of them are located in the People's Republic of China . Only the Bang Na Expressway of Thailand, with 54 kilometers, and the American Causeway of Lake Pontchartrain and the Manchac Swamp Bridge with 38 and 36 kilometers are within the Top Ten of the longest bridges in the world. What's more, the top three places are for Chinese mega-constructions. The first is the Danyang – Kunshan Great Bridge followed by the Tianjin Great Bridge, with 113 kilometers and the Weinan Weihe Great Viaduct, with 79 kilometers.

In the construction of the longest bridge in the world, the Great Danyang – Kunshan Bridge , an estimated 10,000 people worked and took more than 4 years to complete. It was inaugurated in 2011.

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