The Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge in Japan, the world's List of longest suspension bridge spans | longest suspension span.

The longest spans usually require suspension bridges.

Tsing Ma Bridge, part of Route 8 ( Hong Kong ) | Route 8, is List of longest suspension bridges | the world's longest rail and road suspension bridge s.

It would be the world's longest single-span suspension bridge for 17 years.

Opened in 1957, the bridge ( familiarly known as " Big Mac " and " Mighty Mac ") is the third longest in total suspension in the world and the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western hemisphere.

A year later, the bridge was formally dedicated as the " world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages.

" This designation was chosen because the bridge would not be the world's longest using another way of measuring suspension bridges, the length of the center span between the towers ; at the time that title belonged to the Golden Gate Bridge, which has a longer center span.

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At, the Mackinac Bridge is the longest suspension bridge with two towers between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere.

* 1957 – The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.

* 1964 – The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic ( at the time it is the world's longest suspension bridge ).

** The Verrazano Narrows Bridge opens to traffic ( the world's longest suspension bridge at this time ).

** The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens in the US to connect Michigan's two peninsulas.

* July 1 – The first Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens for business, built with an girder and above the water, as the third longest suspension bridge in the world.

* 1963 – The Evergreen Point Bridge, the longest floating bridge in the world, opens between Seattle and Medina, Washington, US.

The world's longest beam bridge is Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in southern Louisiana in the United States, at, with individual spans of.

With the span of, the Solkan Bridge over the Soča River at Solkan in Slovenia is the second largest stone bridge in the world and the longest railroad stone bridge.

The longest cable-stayed bridge is the Sutong Bridge over the Yangtze River in China.

The longest bridge in Pakistan.

* 1890 – The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland, measuring long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later becomes King Edward VII.

* The Magdeburg Water Bridge, Europe's longest water bridge

* List of longest mountain chains in the world

Guido Gelli, director of science at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( IBGE ), told the Brazilian TV network Globo in June 2007 that it could be considered as a fact that the Amazon was the longest river in the world.

Scientists have discovered the longest underground river in the world, in Brazil, running for a length of 6, 000 km at a depth of nearly 4 km.

Farther north the western depression, known as the Albertine Rift is occupied for more than half its length by water, forming the Great Lakes of Tanganyika, Kivu, Lake Edward and Lake Albert, the first-named over 400 miles ( 600 km ) long and the longest freshwater lake in the world.

The only survivors of the vicinal / buurtspoor system are the Kusttram ( covering almost the entire coast from France to the Netherlands, being the longest tram line in the world ) and some sections of the Charleroi Pre-metro.

The Bonanza has had the longest production run of any airplane, past or present, in the world.

However, they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history, called by some the " Curse of the Bambino " after its alleged beginning with the Red Sox's sale of Babe Ruth to the rival Yankees two years after their world championship in 1918, an 86-year wait before the team's sixth World Championship in.

Barcelona is the transport hub with one of Europe's principal ports, Barcelona international airport, which handles above 34 million passengers per year, extensive motorway network and also is a hub of high-speed rail, particularly that which is intended to link Spain with France and the rest of Europe as the second longest in the world.

The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world, containing 444 articles, 12 schedules and 94 amendments, with 117, 369 words in its English language version, while the United States Constitution is the shortest written constitution, at 7 articles and 27 amendments.

Dominant features are the large, almost centrally located, Tonle Sap ( Great Lake ) and the Mekong River, which traverses the country from north to south and is the 12th longest river in the world.

Chile's distinctive shape — long and on average wide — makes it the longest country in the world in terms of length-to-width ratio, with the fifth lengthiest coastline at over.

By far the longest canal was the Grand Canal of China, still the longest canal in the world today, and the oldest extant one.

The current King, Bhumibol Adulyadej, is the longest reigning current monarch in the world and in all of Thailand's history.

At, the Channel Tunnel possesses the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world, although the Seikan Tunnel in Japan is both longer overall at and deeper at below sea level.

Confucius's family, the Kongs, has the longest recorded extant pedigree in the world today.

Chicago's Western Avenue is the longest continuous urban street in the world.

* 1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada ( present-day Toronto, Ontario ).

The Edinburgh International Film Festival in the UK was established in 1947 and is the longest continually running film festival in the world.

The film ran for more than an hour, and was the longest narrative film yet seen in Australia, and the world.

The Mid-levels Escalator is the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world, operating downhill until 10 am for commuters going to work, and then operating uphill until midnight.

The culture of Japan developed with limited influence from the outside world and had one of the longest stretches of peace in history.