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China's Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge on the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway spans 164.851 km in total, the world's longest bridge by continuous overall structure length; some record listings round this to 164 km.
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164.851km
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The 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.
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