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The 1915 Canakkale Bridge has the longest suspension span

Its main span between towers measures 2,023 metres across the Dardanelles Opened in March 2022, the bridge in Turkey carries a road across the Dardanelles strait between Gelibolu and Lapseki. Its 2,023 metre main span beat the previous record held by Japan's Akashi Kaikyo Bridge by 32 metres. The span length was chosen to echo the year 2023, the centenary of the Turkish republic. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Its main span between towers measures 2,023 metres across the Dardanelles. The figure is taken from Guinness World Records, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.