The Economic Times

In 2016, Washington opened a 7,708-foot highway bridge that floats on Lake Washington; it broke the world record held by the bridge it replaced

In 2016, Washington opened the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, a 7,708-foot engineering marvel spanning Lake Washington between Seattle and its eastern suburbs. Supported by 77 concrete pontoons, the bridge became the worlds longest floating bridge, surpassing the record held by its 1963 predecessor. Explore how deep lakebed conditions, soft sediment, innovative bridge engineering, and decades of infrastructure planning made this record-breaking floating bridge possible.