China
Specifically notable bridges in China include
- Qingdao Haiwan Bridge, longest bridge over water
- Chaotianmen Bridge in Chongqing, the longest arch bridge in the world
- Donghai Bridge, longest bridge in Asia, longest cross-sea bridge in the world
- Hangzhou Bay Bridge, second longest bridge in the world, longest trans-oceanic bridge in the world
- Kap Shui Mun Bridge, longest road-rail cable-stayed bridge in the world
- Lugou Bridge (Marco Polo Bridge), historically and architecturally significant
- Lupu Bridge in Shanghai, second longest arch bridge in the world
- Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge 6,772 meters in length
- Precious Belt Bridge, architecturally significant historical bridge
- Stonecutters Bridge, second longest cable-stayed span, after Sutong Bridge
- Sutong Bridge, of cable stayed bridges, has the longest main span in the world
- Tsing Ma Bridge, longest road-rail suspension bridge in the world
- Wanxian Bridge, longest concrete arch bridge in the world
- Zhaozhou Bridge, an open-spandrel stone segmental arch bridge
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—Barbara Tuchman (19121989)
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—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
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