The incredible £2.6bn bridge that's one of the world's longest and links two continents

The 1915 Canakkale Bridge has been open since 2022 (Image: Getty) An record breaking bridge in Turkey was unvieled just over two years ago- it is now the world's longest suspension bridge. Recep Tayyip Erdogan , president of Turkey, officially opened the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge on March 18, 2022. The vast infrastructure is filled with symbolism and key features.

Before its opening, Japan was home to the world's longest suspension bridge - the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge , which opened in 1998 after a decade long construction. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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