Top 10 Longest Bridge of the World

There are several numbers of wonderful small and big bridges in the world. The top 10 longest on the world is as follow:

10. Seven-Mile Bridge

The Seven-Mile Bridge runs over a channel between the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Straits in the Florida key. When this Bridge was built before many years, it was known as one of the many bridges of US 1 in keys and the road on the bridge is called the Overseas Highway.

9. San Mateo-Hayward Bridge

The San Mateo-Hayward Bridge is also known as San Mateo Bridge and it is own by the State of California and maintained by the state highway agency of Caltrans. It is a bridge crossing California's San Francisco Bay in the United States and connecting the San Francisco Penisula the East Bay.

8. Confederation Bridge

The Confederation Bridge is known as Pont de la Confederation in French. It is a bridge across the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Starit, connecting Prince Edward Island with New Brunkswick in Canada. The construction of this bridge started from 1993 and it was ended in 1997. It was open on May 31st 1997 and it is 12.9 kilometers (8 miles) long bridge and the cost of the bridge was $1.3 billion.

7. Rio Niteroi Bridge

The Rio-Niteroi Bridge connects the cities Rio de Janerio and Niteroi in Brazil. The official name of this bridge is "President Costa e Silva Bridge"; this name was given in honor of the Brazilian president who ordered its construction. The construction of this bridge began on August 23rd 1968 in the presence of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in their first and last visit to Brazil.

6. Penang Bridge

The Penang Bridge E 36 is a two fold carrige way toll bridge that connects Gelugor on the island of Penang Seberang Prai on the mainland of Malaysia on the Malay Penisula. This bridge is called as Jambatan Pulau Pinang in Malay. Officially opened on September 14th 1985 and the total length of the bridge is 13.5 kilometers ( 8.4 Miles ).

5. Vasco da Gama Bridge

The Vasco da Gama Bridge is the longest bridge in Europe. It is called as Ponte Vasco da Gama in Portuguese. The total length of the bridge is 17.2 kilometers ( 10.7 miles ).

4. Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge is a major twofold span bridge in the US State of Maryland connecting the both sides of Chesapeake Bay Bridge along with the state'sWestern and Eastern shore regions. The length of the Bridge is 7 kilometers ( 4.3 miles ) and it opened in 1952.

3. King Fahd Causeway

The King Fahd Causeway Bridge is multiple combination if Dike Bridge connects that Khabar, Saudi Arabia, and hte island nation of Bahrain. The Causeway was officially opened on November 25th 1986.

2. Donghai Bridge

Donghai Bridge is the longest sea cross bridge in the Aisa as well as in the world. The total length of the Bridge is 32.5 kilometer ( 20.2 miles ) and, connect Shanghai and the offshore Yangshan deep warter port in China. The Bridge was completed on December 10th 2005.

1. Pontchartrain Lake

The Lake Pontchartrain Couseway consist two parallel bridge that are the longest bridges in the world by total length. These parallel bridges cross the Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana. The southern end of the causeway is in Metairie, Louisiana, a neighborhood of New Orleans and the western end is in Mandeville, Louisiana. The longer of the two bridges is 38.42 kilometers ( 23.87 miles ).