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NORWAY

 NORDHORDLAND BRIDGE.
 Completed 1994. Spans 4,086 feet

(1,245 m) (the floating bridge part).

 Located near Bergen, Norway, the
Nordhordland Bridge consists of a free-

floating bridge and a high level cable-

stayed bridge. The free-floating bridge has the longest laterally-unsupported span
in the world. It is sometimes referred to as the Salhus Bridge.

 Bergoysund Floating Bridge.

 Completed 1992. Spans 3,061 feet (933 m).
 Located in Kristiansand, Norway.

TURKEY

 GALATA BRIDGE.

 Completed 1875. Spans 2,985 feet
(910 m).

 Decommissioned 1992.

 This floating bridge crossed
the Golden Horn in Turkey. After it

was damaged by a 1992 fire, it was towed up the Golden Horn to make way for

the fifth and current Galata Bridge, a bascule bridge.

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