The 7 Tallest Bridges in the World
Saturday, March 9, 2024
Sutong Bridge, located about 60 miles northwest of Shanghai, crosses the Yangtze River to connect the cities of Suzhou and Nantong. | | |  | | China |
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| The cable-stayed bridge's two iconic towers measure 1,004 feet high, making this the seventh-tallest bridge in the world. When it opened in 2008, local residents welcomed the infrastructural improvement, as it cut a typical four-hour ferry crossing down to a drive of just around an hour. For years, the river's hydrological and geological characteristics had frustrated engineers, but they were finally able to achieve what had seemed impossible. But it wasn't just the height of the bridge that drew attention — its two pylon foundations sit on 131 piles, which are the deepest and largest that had ever been attempted. As a result, the American Society of Civil Engineers honored the bridge's designers with the 2010 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award. |
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