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Golden Gate Bridge -

Location: San Francisco, CA
Total length: 8,980 ft

Opened: May 27, 1937

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Benson Footbridge -

Location: Multnomah Falls, OR
Total length: 45 ft
Opened: 1915

(Photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash)

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Bixby Creek Bridge -

Location: Monterey, CA
Total length: 715 ft
Opened: November 27, 1932

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High Trestle Trail Bridge -

Location: Madrid, IA
Total length: 131,233 ft
Opened: April 30, 2011

(Photo by Tony Webster on Unsplash)

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Royal Gorge Bridge - Location: Cañon City, CO
Total length: 1,259 ft
Opened: December 8, 1929

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Tacoma Narrows Bridge - Location: Tacoma, WA
Total length: 5,397 ft
Opened: October 14, 1950 (westbound)
July 15, 2007 (eastbound)

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New River Gorge Bridge - Location: Victor, WV
Total length: 3,031 ft
Opened: October 22, 1977

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Seven Mile Bridge - Location: Florida Keys
Total length: 35,720 ft
Opened: May 24, 1982

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Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge - Location: Dallas, TX
Total length: 1,870 ft
Opened: March 29, 2012

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Deception Pass Bridge - Location: Oak Harbor, WA
Total length: 1,487 ft
Opened: August 1935

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High Steel Bridge -

Location: Shelton, WA
Total length: 685 ft
Opened: 1929

(Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash)

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Manhattan Bridge -

Location: New York City
Total length: 6,853 ft
Opened: December 31, 1909

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George Washington Bridge - Location: New York City
Total length: 4,757 ft
Opened: October 24, 1931 (upper level)
August 29, 1962 (lower level)

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10th Street Bridge -

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Total length: 1,275 ft
Opened: 1933

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Oakland Bay Bridge -

Location: San Francisco, CA
Total length: 23,556 ft
Opened: November 12, 1936

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Crescent City Connection -

Location: New Orleans, LA
Total length: 13,428 ft
Opened: April 1958 (eastbound)
September 1988 (westbound)

(Photo by Jeremy Paige on Unsplash)

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Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge - Location: Boston, MA
Total length: 1,430 ft
Opened: March 30, 2003 (northbound)
December 20, 2003 (southbound)

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Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge -

Location: Charleston, SC
Total length: 13,123 ft
Opened: July 16, 2005

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Perrine Bridge - Location: Twin Falls, ID
Total length: 1,499 ft
Opened: 1976

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Brooklyn Bridge -

Location: New York City
Total length: 5,988 ft
Opened: May 24, 1883

(Photo by Pedro Lastra on Unsplash)

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Williamsburg Bridge -

Location: New York City
Total length: 7,306 ft
Opened: December 19, 1903

(Photo by Zac Ong on Unsplash)

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Tilikum Crossing - Location: Portland, OR
Total length: 1,706 ft
Opened: September 12, 2015

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Bridge of the Gods - Location: Cascade Locks, OR
Total length: 1,853 ft
Opened: 1926

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Verrazano-Narrows Bridge -

Location: Staten Island, NY
Total length: 13,700 ft
Opened: November 21, 1964 (upper level); June 28, 1969 (lower level)

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Sunshine Skyway Bridge - Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Total length: 21,860 ft
Opened: April 20, 1987

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Mackinac Bridge - Location: Mackinaw City, MI
Total length: 26,371 ft
Opened: November 1, 1957

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Ambassador Bridge - Location: Detroit, MI to Ontario, Canada
Total length: 7,545 ft
Opened: November 15, 1929

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Bridge of the Gods - Location: Cascade Locks, OR
Total length: 1,853 ft
Opened: 1926

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Beaver Bridge - Location: Beaver, AR
Total length: 554 ft
Opened: 1949

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Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge - Location: Lake Mead National Recreation Area, AZ/NV
Total length: 1,899 ft
Opened: October 16, 2010

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Penobscot Narrows Bridge - Location: Stockton Springs, ME
Total length: 2,119 ft
Opened: December 30, 2006

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Walnut Street Bridge -

Location: Chattanooga, TN
Total length: 2,375 ft
Opened: 1890

(Photo by James Gillespie on Unsplash)

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Delaware Memorial Bridge -

Location: Wilmington, DE
Total length: 10,746 ft (eastbound); 
10,787 ft (westbound)

Opened: August 16, 1951 (eastbound); September 12, 1968 (westbound)

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Tilikum Crossing -

Location: Portland, OR
Total length: 1,706 ft
Opened: September 12, 2015

See also: The world's most beautiful bridges

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