{"id":54727,"date":"2024-09-26T19:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T19:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bharatduniya.org\/?p=54727"},"modified":"2024-09-26T19:16:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T19:16:02","slug":"longest-bridges-in-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bharatduniya.org\/longest-bridges-in-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 7 Longest Bridges in the USA: Engineering Marvels That Span Miles of Water and Land"},"content":{"rendered":"
Here\u2019s a brief overview of some of the longest bridges in the USA:<\/p>\n
1. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (Louisiana)
\n – Length: 23.83 miles (38.35 km)
\n – This bridge holds the title as the longest continuous bridge over water in the world. It spans Lake Pontchartrain, connecting Mandeville and Metairie in Louisiana.<\/p>\n
2. Manchac Swamp Bridge (Louisiana)
\n – Length: 22.8 miles (36.7 km)
\n – This bridge is also located in Louisiana and crosses the Manchac Swamp, serving as part of Interstate 55.
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3. Atchafalaya Basin Bridge (Louisiana)
\n – Length: 18.2 miles (29.3 km)
\n – This twin bridge carries Interstate 10 over the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana.
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4. Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (Virginia)
\n – Length: 17.6 miles (28.3 km)
\n – A combination of bridges and tunnels, this structure crosses the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and connects the eastern part of Virginia with the Delmarva Peninsula.
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5. I-10 Bonnet Carr\u00e9 Spillway Bridge (Louisiana)
\n – Length: 11 miles (17.7 km)
\n – This bridge is part of Interstate 10 and stretches across the Bonnet Carr\u00e9 Spillway near New Orleans.<\/p>\n
6. Louisiana Highway 1 Bridge (Louisiana)
\n – Length: 8.26 miles (13.3 km)
\n – This bridge connects Leeville to Port Fourchon, serving as a critical access route for offshore oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n
7. Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (New York)
\n – Length: 2.59 miles (4.16 km)
\n – Spanning the entrance to New York Harbor, this bridge connects Staten Island and Brooklyn. It’s one of the longest suspension bridges in the world.
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These bridges showcase the engineering marvels of the USA, facilitating travel across water bodies, swamps, and bays.<\/p>\n
Longest Bridges in USA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here\u2019s a brief overview of some of the longest bridges in the USA: 1. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (Louisiana) – Length: 23.83 miles (38.35 km) – This bridge holds the title as the longest continuous bridge over water in the world. It spans Lake Pontchartrain, connecting Mandeville and Metairie in Louisiana. 2. Manchac Swamp Bridge (Louisiana) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4586],"tags":[4924,4921,4923,4922,4925,4926],"class_list":["post-54727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-great-things-in-usa","tag-longest-bridges-in-usa","tag-travel-usa","tag-united-states-bridges","tag-usa-infrastructure","tag-usa-roads"],"yoast_head":"\n