THE WORLD'S MOST IMPOSING BRIDGES

DONGHAI BRIDGE,

SHANGHAI, CHINA

Completed in 2005, the Donghai Bridge connects mainland 

Shanghai’s Pudong New Area with the offshore Yangshan

Deep-Water Port in Eastern China. With its impressive total

length of 32.5 kilometres (20.2 miles), the bridge ranks 

among the longest cross-sea bridges in the world.

CORNISH–WINDSOR COVERED BRIDGE,

CORNISH, USA

Built in 1866, the Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge is a 

wooden bridge that spans the Connecticut River between Cornish,

New Hampshire and Windsor, Vermont. It was the longest

covered bridge still standing in the United States until the

 Smolen–Gulf Bridge opened in Ohio in 2008.

BOSPHORUS BRIDGE,

ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Also known as the First Bridge, the Bosphorus Bridge is one of

two suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait in 

Istanbul, thus connecting Europe and Asia. With its length of

1,560 m (5,118ft), the Bosphorus Bridge was the fourth-longest

suspension bridge span in the world upon its completion in 1973.

TRIFT BRIDGE,

GADMEN, SWITZERLAND

Spanning the lake Triftsee near the town of Gadmen, Central

Switzerland, the Trift Bridge is the longest pedestrian-only

suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps. Suspended at a height

of 100 metres (330ft), the bridge receives about 20,000

visitors every year to see the Trift Glacier, a

popular tourist attraction.

BANPO BRIDGE,

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

Connecting the Seocho and Yongsan districts in downtown

Seoul, the Banpo Bridge is one of the most prominent features

of the city. Measuring 1,495 metres (4,905ft) in length, the

bridge is particularly famous for hosting the Moonlight Rainbow

Fountain – the world´s longest bridge fountain.

HOWRAH BRIDGE,

HOWRAH, INDIA

Suspended over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, the

Howrah Bridge is a large cantilever bridge commissioned in

1943. With its daily traffic of approximately 100,000 vehicles 

and possibly more than 150,000 pedestrians, it is the

busiest cantilever bridge in the world.

ORESUND BRIDGE,

MALMO, SWEDEN

The longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe, the

Oresund Bridge connects two major metropolitan areas:

 Copenhagen, the Danish capital city, and the Swedish city of

Malmo. Measuring almost 8 km (26,000ft) in length, the bridge

starts out as a bridge in Sweden and ends up as a tunnel in

Denmark.

TOWER BRIDGE,

LONDON, UK

Crossing the River Thames close to the Tower of London in

downtown London, the Tower Bridge is one the most famous

bridges in the world and a London´s iconic landmark. Completed

in 1894, this combined bascule and suspension bridge

consists of two bridge towers tied together at the

upper level by two horizontal walkways.