- Name: Pont de Normandie
- Location: France
- Date Completed: 1995
- Type: cable-stayed bridge
- Length of Span: 856 meters / 2808 feet
- Facts: Designed by the French road administration design office SETRA, it had the longest span of cable-stayed bridge at that time.

- Name: Ambassador Bridge
- Location: Michigan, USA
- Date Completed: 1927 - 1929
- Type: Suspension bridge
- Length of Span: 3456 meters
- Facts:
At the time of its completion in 1929 the Ambassador Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world.

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