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World's Longest Bridge
Guinness World Records lists the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway as the world's longest bridge, giving its length as 164 km; Chinese sources give the full length as 164.851 km.
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164.851km
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- Location
- Danyang to Kunshan, ,
- Start date
- 2011-06
- Record status
- Verified · current
Overview
Archive NoteThe Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge runs along the Jiangsu section of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, from Danyang through Changzhou, Wuxi and Suzhou to Kunshan, and opened with the line in June 2011.
The whole route runs on viaducts, crossing more than 150 waterways wider than 20 m and more than 180 roads of various classes.
The Guinness World Records entry notes the 114 km Langfang-Qingxian viaduct on the same line as the second longest bridge in the world.
Record history
1 Milestones164.851 km
Danyang to Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
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