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The Pamban Bridge is a historic railway causeway and truss bridge in Tamil Nadu, India, that connects Rameswaram Island to the mainland town of Mandapam. Opening in 1914, it holds the distinction of being India's first sea bridge, constructed to facilitate trade and pilgrimage to the island. The cen...

The Hohenzollern Bridge is a railway and pedestrian bridge spanning the Rhine River in Cologne, Germany. Originally completed in 1911, it connects Cologne Central Station with the Messe/Deutz exhibition center across the river. The bridge features three steel arch truss spans carrying multiple track...

The Liberty Bridge, originally known as the Franz Joseph Bridge, is a road bridge spanning the River Danube in Budapest, Hungary. Opened in 1896 as part of the Millennium celebrations, it connects Gellért Square in Buda with Fővám Square in Pest. The structure is a cantilever truss bridge known for...

The Tay Rail Bridge is a railway crossing over the Firth of Tay between Dundee and Wormit in Scotland. The present bridge opened in 1887, replacing the first Tay Bridge, whose central section collapsed during a storm in December 1879 while a train was crossing. Built with iron and steel lattice-gird...

The Big Four Bridge is a six-span cantilever truss bridge spanning the Ohio River, connecting Louisville, Kentucky, with Jeffersonville, Indiana. Originally constructed for the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway—known as the Big Four—it formerly carried railroad traffic. After sitt...

Opened in 1930, the Jacques Cartier Bridge is a steel truss cantilever structure crossing the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. The five-lane bridge connects the island of Montreal with the south shore city of Longueuil. Originally named the Montreal Harbour Bridge, it was renamed to honor the...

The Walnut Street Bridge is a historic truss bridge spanning the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Originally constructed in 1891, the iron and steel structure was designed for automotive traffic but was permanently closed to vehicles in 1978 due to severe structural deterioration. Followin...

The Glienicke Bridge is a historical steel structure spanning the Havel River, connecting the Wannsee district of Berlin with the city of Potsdam. During the Cold War, the bridge served as a restricted border crossing between East Germany and West Berlin, functioning physically and symbolically as t...

The Dhola–Sadiya Bridge, officially named the Bhupen Hazarika Bridge, is a beam bridge in Assam, India that spans the Lohit River, a major tributary of the Brahmaputra. Inaugurated in 2017, it connects the Dhola and Sadiya regions and significantly improves connectivity between northeast India and t...

Margaret Bridge (Margit híd) is a historic truss bridge in Budapest, Hungary that crosses the River Danube, connecting Buda and Pest while passing through Margaret Island. Completed in 1876, it was the second permanent bridge built in Budapest and was designed by French engineer Ernest Gouin. The br...

The Bogibeel Bridge is a combined road and rail bridge crossing the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India. Inaugurated in December 2018, the 4.94-kilometer structure serves as the longest road-rail bridge in India, connecting Dibrugarh district on the south bank with Dhemaji district on the north bank....

The Vembanad Rail Bridge in Kerala, India, is a railway bridge spanning Vembanad Lake that connects Edappally (near Kochi) to the port city of Vallarpadam. Opened in 2011, the 4.62-kilometer bridge was constructed primarily to facilitate container traffic to the Vallarpadam International Container T...

The Pont de Québec is a riveted steel truss cantilever bridge spanning the Saint Lawrence River between Quebec City and Lévis, Canada. Completed in 1919 after two construction disasters that claimed 88 lives, it carries both road and rail traffic. The bridge's main span of 549 meters (1,801 feet) re...

The Tokyo Gate Bridge is a truss bridge spanning Tokyo Bay in Japan. Opened in 2012, the structure features a deliberately low profile engineered to avoid obstructing flight paths to the nearby Haneda Airport. Its unique truss design, which resembles two dinosaurs facing each other, has made it a re...

The Newburgh-Beacon Bridge is a pair of cantilever truss bridges carrying Interstate 84 and New York State Route 52 across the Hudson River between Newburgh and Beacon, New York. The original span opened in 1963, replacing ferry service, and a parallel span opened in 1980 to increase capacity. The t...

Mahatma Gandhi Setu is a road bridge across the Ganges in Bihar, India. It links Patna on the south bank with Hajipur on the north bank and forms part of the road connection between the state capital and northern Bihar. The bridge opened in 1982 and was built as a long prestressed concrete structure...

The Tasman Bridge is a road bridge over the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It opened in 1964 and connected Hobart's eastern shore with the city and western suburbs, carrying traffic across the river. In January 1975, the bulk carrier Lake Illawarra struck the bridge's supports, causin...

Petőfi Bridge is a road and tram bridge across the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. It connects Boráros tér on the Pest side with the southern Buda riverbank near Goldmann György tér. The bridge opened to traffic in 1937 under the name Horthy Miklós Bridge and was renamed after the poet Sándor Petőfi af...

The Sagamore Bridge is a highway bridge carrying Route 6 across the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts. The present structure was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1933 and 1935 as a steel truss bridge with a suspended roadway, and it rises about 135 feet above the water to allow large...

The Astoria-Megler Bridge is a highway bridge across the Columbia River between Astoria, Oregon, and Megler, Washington. Opened in 1966, it forms part of U.S. Route 101 and provides the northernmost road crossing of the river before the Pacific Ocean. Its steel structure combines a long main span wi...

The Bourne Bridge is a highway bridge across the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts. Built in the 1930s and opened in 1935, it is a steel Warren through-truss structure with a central arch-truss span designed to provide clearance for vessels using the canal. The bridge carries Route 28 between the main...

Árpád Bridge is a major Danube crossing in Budapest, connecting the Buda district of Óbuda with the Pest side around Angyalföld. It carries road traffic, tram lines, cyclists, and pedestrians, making it part of the city's everyday transport network. The bridge opened in 1950 as Stalin Bridge and was...

Tom Uglys Bridge is a road bridge crossing the Georges River in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The steel truss structure opened in 1929 and replaced a ferry service that had previously carried people and vehicles across the river. Its construction provided a direct road connection betw...

The Victoria Bridge is a railway bridge over the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec. It opened in 1859 and was built as part of the Grand Trunk Railway connection between Montreal and the South Shore. Its original tubular design was later modified, and the bridge remains an important transport...

The Rip Van Winkle Bridge is a road bridge across the Hudson River in New York State, connecting the communities of Catskill and Hudson. It opened in 1935 and is named after Rip Van Winkle, the fictional character from Washington Irving's story. The bridge is a cantilever truss structure and carries...

The Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge is a highway bridge across the Hudson River in New York State. It connects Kingston on the river's west side with Rhinecliff and the surrounding area on the east side. The bridge is a continuous under-deck truss structure and opened to traffic in 1957. It forms part of...