Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge

The Danyang Kunshan Grand Bridge is the worlds longest brigde. It is 164 kilometres, 102 miles, 540700 feet long. It was completed in 2010 after four years of construction and opened on June 30, 2011. With a span of 80 meters, 260 feet, more than 2000 concrete pillars has been build to carry this very long bridge and viaduct. There were around 10000 people worked there to complete this massive project. The cost of construction was about $8.5 bn and the construction completed in four years. This bridge is running over the Yangcheeng lake which length is around 9 kilometers. There is a rail way in this bridge to connect two major cities of Shanghai and Beijing. The is the Beijing- Shanghai high speed railway which is located in Qingdao city in Shandong. This bridge was opened to public since 30 th of June 2011.

The operating speed of the train when running over the bridge is around 250 – 300 kilometers per hour. Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge currently holds the Guinness World Record for the longest bridge in the world in any category as of June 2011