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  New Harbor Bridge Opens in Corpus Christi

  New Harbor Bridge, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

  

  Starts 06/28/2025CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The long-awaited, $1.3 billion Harbor Bridge opened Saturday in Corpus Christi, Texas".

  After years of safety-related construction halts and cost overruns, the new cable-stayed Harbor Bridge across Corpus Christi's ship channel finally opened to traffic in 2025.

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  The Brooklyn Bridge Opens

  Brooklyn Bridge, New York, NY, USA

  

  Starts 05/24/1883CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE143.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Brooklyn Bridge opens | May 24, 1883".

  New York's Brooklyn Bridge opened to the public, completing a 13-year construction effort that Emily Warren Roebling steered to completion after her husband was incapacitated by decompression sickness.

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  Danube Valley Bridge Opens in Linz, Austria

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  Starts 11/15/2024CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE1.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The Danube Valley Bridge and this phase of the A26 opened to the public in November 2024".

  Austria's motorway operator ASFINAG opened the new Danube Valley Bridge and its connecting tunnels in Linz, the world's longest earth-anchored suspension bridge, completing the first phase of the A26 Westring motorway.

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  Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Opens as the World's Longest Sea Crossing

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  Starts 10/24/2018CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE7.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "On 24 October 2018 the HZMB was opened to the public after its inauguration a day earlier."

  The 55km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opened to traffic on 24 October 2018, linking the three Pearl River Delta cities with cable-stayed bridges, artificial islands and an undersea tunnel.

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  The Millau Viaduct Opens to Traffic

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  Starts 12/16/2004CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE21.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: the viaduct "was inaugurated on 14 December 2004" and "goes into service" on December 16, 2004.

  Norman Foster's Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, opened over southern France's Tarn valley, completing the A75 motorway route between Paris and the Mediterranean.

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  Sir William Arrol & Co.’s Forth Bridge Opens as the World’s Longest Cantilever Span

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  Starts 03/04/1890CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE136.6 years agoNetwork Rail^[3] confirms the Prince of Wales formally opened the Forth Bridge on 4 March 1890.

  The Forth Bridge, a railway cantilever spanning the Firth of Forth in Scotland, was formally opened by the Prince of Wales on 4 March 1890, some months after the structure itself was finished in November 1889. Designed by John Fowler and Benjamin Baker and built by Sir William Arrol & Co., it was Britain's first major all-steel structure and the world's longest cantilever bridge span.

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  Chacao Channel Bridge Opens

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  Starts 06/01/2029ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCEin 2.7 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…ecting Chiloé Island to mainland Chile. Estimated date.…"

  South America's longest suspension bridge, finally connecting Chiloé Island to mainland Chile. Estimated date.

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  Danjiang Bridge Opens in Taiwan

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  Starts 05/12/2026SCHEDULED79% CONFIDENCE134 days agoGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: the bridge "is set to open on 12 May 2026".

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  One Za'abeel Opens With the World's Longest Cantilever

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  Starts 02/10/2024CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE2.6 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The development was completed in December 2023 and officially opened on 10 February 2024."

  Dubai's One Za'abeel opened to the public, its twin towers joined by The Link, a 230-metre skybridge that went on to set the Guinness World Record for longest cantilevered building.

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  Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion

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  Starts 08/27/2027SCHEDULED83% CONFIDENCEin 338 daysGiven as scheduled, per VDOT and the source^[1]: "the revised project schedule sets... a final completion date for August 27, 2027."

  Virginia is expanding the world's first bridge-tunnel, adding new tubes and widened approaches at Naval Station Norfolk, the largest naval base on Earth, more than 50 years after it first opened.

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  1915 Çanakkale Bridge Opens as World's Longest Suspension Bridge

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  Starts 03/18/2022CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.5 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "opened for traffic Friday in a ceremony attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan."

  Turkey opened the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge across the Dardanelles, taking the title of the longest suspension bridge span on Earth.

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  Huajiang Canyon Bridge Opens as World's Highest

  花江峡谷大桥, 关岭布依族苗族自治县, 安顺市, 贵州省, 中国

  

  Starts 09/28/2025CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE360 days agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge opened to traffic on September 28 after more than three years of construction."

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