Talk:Bang Na Expressway

✅ --Paul_012 (talk) 18:06, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Longest bridge?
Gimme a break. THIS is the longest bridge in the world???? Doesn't cross much of anything... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.193.102.170 (talk) 20:43, 18 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Are there any other reliable sources that classify this as a bridge or certify it the longest? --Paul_012 (talk) 12:57, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


 * A viaduct is a bridge, just as an overpass is a bridge. The crossing of a man-made obstacle (the city streets of Bangkok in this instance) is still a crossing. - ¢Spender1983 (talk) 16:10, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


 * That doesn't answer the citation/source question, though. --Paul_012 (talk) 08:42, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The source given is reliable. It is a long-established, professional, peer-reviewed journal. However, here is another (in German):

Aufbau des Fertigteilwerkes Bang Po in Thailand. Fertigteile für Segmentbrückenbau

Brockmann, Christian;

Der Bang Na Expressway ist eine 55 km lange Hochstraße in Bangkok, Thailand. Mit seiner Fertigstellung am 07. Februar 2000 wurde er zur längsten Brücke der Weit. Der Überbau besteht vollständig aus Fertigteilen, die mit externer Vorspannung verbunden werden. Dieser Beitrag beschreibt den Aufbau des Fertigteilwerks, die Produktionsabläufe und Sonderprobleme der Herstellung.

Artikel aus der Zeitschrfit: BFT Betonwerk + Fertigteil-Technik, Concrete Plant + Precast Technology

ISSN: 0373-4331

Jg.: 66, Nr.3, 2000

Seite 28-33, Abb.,Tab.,Lit.

Sprache: Deutsch, Englisch,

Standort in der Bibliothek: IRB Z 54

website for this publication (only has two most recent articles)


 * The second sentence in the abstract "Mit seiner Fertigstellung am 07. Februar 2000 wurde er zur längsten Brücke der Weit" translates as "With its completion on 07 February 2000 it became the longest bridge ever." I found this reference a bibliography on this page. I note that it is the same author. - ¢Spender1983 (talk) 03:11, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

I'd point out that, interestingly enough, this article doesn't even mention the word "bridge" until the second paragraph. Even if a peer-reviewed journal might have stated it as a bridge, this article either has to define it as a bridge, or define it as something other than a bridge, whereupon logic would dictate that it not be the longest bridge in the world, on the grounds that it was not, in fact, a bridge. Additionally, I'd note that there are probably longer elevated expressways in the world, since they are pretty common, and frequently at least several kilometers long. Nottheking (talk) 08:01, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Often elevated roads and railways are built on embankments mixed with bridges. That is a difference between elevated roads and bridge. It might be hard to see the difference when driving along it. I have not seen anything very long that are actually a bridge. But this elevated highway is a bridge all the way. Do you know anything that is not listed in List of bridges by length? --BIL (talk) 13:03, 26 March 2009 (UTC)