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If you sort the list on Wikipedia by "main span length" rather than overall bridge length then the longest span is just over 2km? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by arethuza 1y ago
If you sort the list on Wikipedia by "main span length" rather than overall bridge length then the longest span is just over 2km?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_bridges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_bridges
- myself248 1y agoApples to appleseeds. The main span doesn't cross the entire gap. The main span is just the middle part, typically a small fraction of the overall length between endpoints or shorelines, however those are defined.
- arethuza 1y agoThe current design for the Strait of Messina bridge has a main span of 3.3km - which is quite a bit more than the current longest span? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Messina_Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Messina_Bridge
- rob74 1y agoWell, in this case, the main span will cross the entire gap (or at least it's planned to do it). This BBC article has a rendering which is higher resolution than the one in the Wikipedia article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80d74v0e4lo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80d74v0e4lo
- IAmBroom 1y agoNice adaptation of the metaphor. Golf clap.