The World Longest Bridge, Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge

The longest bridge of the world, Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, is located between Nanjing and Shanghai in East of China. The cost of construction was about $8.5 bn and the construction completed in four years. This is a railroad bridge to connect cities through China’s ‘Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway’. The bridge is located in Qingdao, a city of Shandong. The bridge was officially inaugurated on 30th of June in 2011. The Span of bridge is 80m (260ft.) with a basement of 2000 pillars under to carry the longest bridge. The manpower of 10000 people worked to complete this mega project. The length of the Bridge is 540700 ft. (102 miles or 164 kilometers). A part of the bridge passes over the water and crosses Yangcheeng Lake having a length of 6 miles.

Danyang Kunshan Grand Bridge is the part of Jinghu Railrod, which is 819 miles (1317 km) long. Jinghu Railroad is also called ‘Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway’. The operating speed of this rail is 250-300 kilometers per hour with a maximum speed of 380 kilometers per hour. The railway train travels from Beijing south to Shanghai and covers a distance of 1304 kilometers. In the way of train from Beijing to Shanghai, there are 22 stations in different cities.

The interesting thing is that the two largest bridges suppressed by this Grand Bridge are also of China. So China is the country having 3 largest bridges in the world.