SIZE MATTERS Name Jiaozhou Bay Bridge Location The bridge crosses the Jiaozhou Bay and connects the Chinese megacities of Qingdao and Huangdao Type Prestressed concrete girder road bridge three lanes in each direction The bridge includes a highway junction and three navigable sections the largest one of them with a span width of 260 meters 850 ft Dimensions Over 5 000 concrete piles support the 42 5 km 25 84 mi bridge which is the world s longest bridge over water according to Guiness World Records When the gigantic bridge was opened in 2011 it bumped Lake Pontchartrain Bridge USA 38 4 kilometers 23 9 miles from the top spot it had defended for decades The longest bridge on our planet is the Chinese high speed rail bridge from Danyang to Kushan with a length of 164 8 kilometers 102 4 miles see tomorrow 01 2015 Other interesting facts The construction project that cost over 1 billion euros and used 450 00 metric tons of steel and 2 3 million metric tons of concrete is said to be able to withstand earthquakes of magnitude 8 and collisions with a 300 000 ton ship They take us across rivers and valleys connect city districts and cross other roads whenever motion might be obstructed bridges pave the way like these prime examples of their kind by Volker Paulun CONNECTING LINKS PAGE FOLDS OUT 84 89

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