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The tallest mast is 1,125 ft (343 m) tall. LONGEST BRIDGE
There are seven masts of different
heights across the valley. Each holds
11 pairs of stays (metal cables). The
stays support the road deck.

The Empire State Building
measures 1,250 ft (381 m)
to its roof. If it sat in the The world’s longest bridge is
bottom of the valley, the the Danyang–Kunshan Grand
roof would be just 40 ft Bridge in China, at 102.4 miles
(12 m) above the bridge’s
highest point. (164.8 km) long. The bridge is
part of the Beijing–Shanghai
High-Speed Railroad. Two
How tall is more of the world’s five
longest bridges are part of
the same railroad line.
the tallest

bridge?

The
Millau Viaduct
is almost as
tall as the
Empire State
Building.

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