Sea Link is India’s longest
Themain span of the cable stayed portion of the Bandra-Worli sea link measuring 500 metres is the largest in India superseding Vidyasagar Setu in Kolkata and shares the 20th spot with Thailand’s Kanchanaphisek Bridge among the bridges with the longest span in the world.
The Sutong Bridge over the Yangtze River in China, opened June last year, has the largest span of any cable-stayed bridge at 1,088 meters. Hong Kong’s Stone cutters Bridge has the second longest span at 1,018 metres and with 890 metre the Tatara Bridge in Japan is the third longest.
Main span is the distance between the suspension towers and is the most common way to rank cable stayed bridges
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The Sutong Bridge over the Yangtze River in China, opened June last year, has the largest span of any cable-stayed bridge at 1,088 meters. Hong Kong’s Stone cutters Bridge has the second longest span at 1,018 metres and with 890 metre the Tatara Bridge in Japan is the third longest.
Main span is the distance between the suspension towers and is the most common way to rank cable stayed bridges
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.asianage.com/
Labels: bandra worli sea link, cable stayed bridges, india, Japan, Kolkata, longest span, sea link, sea link in india, suspension towers, tatara bridge, towers, vidyasagar setu
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We in India are obssessed with stats to inflate our national ego ?
The world is way ahead of us in architectural feats. Last year France built the longest suspension bridge in the world-9 Km; China built the 1000 km rail line to Tibet passing over 14000 ft in 10 years!
Yes its great engineering effort and one hopes we will build many more such marvels . But what about the utility? If the beginning and the end are at 'choke points' it will lose out in cost effectiveness.Town planners in Mumbai need to remedy this flaw to optimise the use of this sea bridge !
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