80 Famous Bridges Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which bridge in Lisbon is named after the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama and crosses the Tagus?
Answer
Vasco da Gama Bridge
Which bridge in Turkey crosses the Dardanelles and has the world’s longest suspension-bridge central span?
Answer
1915 Çanakkale Bridge
Which bridge in Istanbul crosses the Bosphorus and was the first fixed link between Europe and Asia in the city?
Answer
15 July Martyrs Bridge
Which Swiss footbridge, built in 1333, is Europe’s oldest covered wooden bridge?
Answer
Chapel Bridge
Which Hungarian bridge, opened in 1849, was the first permanent crossing over Budapest’s Danube?
Answer
Széchenyi Chain Bridge
Which Canadian bridge is the world’s longest covered bridge, spanning the Saint John River in New Brunswick?
Answer
Hartland Covered Bridge
Which French viaduct, opened in 2004, carries the A75 motorway across the Tarn valley?
Answer
Millau Viaduct
Which English bridge became the world’s first iron bridge when it opened in 1781?
Answer
The Iron Bridge
Which bridge in Portugal, opened in 1998, is named for explorer Vasco da Gama?
Answer
Vasco da Gama Bridge
Which Italian bridge in Florence is lined with shops and crosses the Arno River?
Answer
Ponte Vecchio
Which bridge links Denmark and Sweden across the Øresund Strait?
Answer
Øresund Bridge
Which bridge in San Francisco was rebuilt after its 1989 eastern span was damaged by the Loma Prieta earthquake?
Answer
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
Which bridge is the longest suspension bridge in Japan and links Honshu with Awaji Island?
Answer
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
Which suspension bridge, completed in 1964, links Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City?
Answer
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
Which bridge in Sydney, Australia, is nicknamed “The Coathanger” because of its arch shape?
Answer
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Which bridge connects Manhattan and Brooklyn across the East River and opened in 1883?
Answer
Brooklyn Bridge
Which bridge, opened in 1937, spans the Golden Gate between San Francisco and Marin County?
Answer
Golden Gate Bridge