97 Famous Bridges Of The World Trivia Questions with Answers
97 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which French bridge links Le Havre and Honfleur across the Seine estuary?
Answer
Pont de Normandie
Which bridge in New York City has the longest suspension-bridge main span in the United States?
Answer
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
Which Turkish bridge crosses the Bosphorus between Ortaköy and Beylerbeyi?
Answer
15 July Martyrs Bridge
Which bridge connects San Francisco and Marin County across the Golden Gate Strait?
Answer
Golden Gate Bridge
Which French bridge is a cable-stayed crossing of the Loire estuary near Saint-Nazaire?
Answer
Saint-Nazaire Bridge
Which bridge in Portugal is named after the explorer who commanded the first voyage to India by sea?
Answer
Vasco da Gama Bridge
Which Russian bridge in Vladivostok has the world’s longest cable-stayed main span?
Answer
Russky Bridge
Which Canadian bridge is the world’s longest bridge over ice-covered water?
Answer
Confederation Bridge
Which Portuguese bridge over the Tagus is about 17.2 kilometres long?
Answer
Vasco da Gama Bridge
Which French viaduct, opened in 2004, has a summit 343 metres above the Tarn Valley?
Answer
Millau Viaduct
Which Swiss bridge in Lucerne is Europe’s oldest covered wooden bridge?
Answer
Chapel Bridge
Which Greek bridge, opened in 2004, links Rio and Antirrio across the Gulf of Corinth?
Answer
Rion–Antirion Bridge
Which Bordeaux bridge, opened in 2013, is France’s longest vertical-lift bridge?
Answer
Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Which Chinese bridge in Chengyang is a famous covered wooden wind-and-rain bridge of the Dong people?
Answer
Chengyang Yongji Bridge
Which U.S. bridge collapsed in 1940 just months after opening because of wind-induced torsional motion?
Answer
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Which Danish bridge, opened in 1998, has Europe’s longest suspension-bridge main span at 1,624 metres?
Answer
Great Belt East Bridge
Which Czech bridge in Prague, begun in 1357, is lined with 30 Baroque statues?
Answer
Charles Bridge
Which Australian bridge, opened in 1932, carries road and rail traffic across Sydney Harbour?
Answer
Sydney Harbour Bridge
What is the main span of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge?
Answer
1,280 metres
Which Roman bridge in Rome, built in 134 AD, is also known as Ponte Sant’Angelo?
Answer
Ponte Sant’Angelo
Which Japanese bridge is famous for its steep-looking roadway connecting the cities of Matsue and Sakaiminato?
Answer
Eshima Ohashi Bridge
Which Malaysian pedestrian bridge curves through the rainforest on Langkawi’s Gunung Mat Cincang?
Answer
Langkawi Sky Bridge
Which Chinese bridge across Hangzhou Bay opened in 2008 and is about 36 kilometres long?
Answer
Hangzhou Bay Bridge
Which bridge in Kolkata was renamed in 1965 to honor the poet Rabindranath Tagore?
Answer
Rabindra Setu
Which bridge in Turkey connects Europe and Asia at Çanakkale across the Dardanelles?
Answer
1915 Çanakkale Bridge
Which bridge in Quebec City is the longest cantilever bridge in the world?
Answer
Quebec Bridge
Which bridge in Vancouver is a suspension bridge linking downtown Vancouver with the North Shore?
Answer
Lion's Gate Bridge