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Detailed explanation-1: -World’s highest railway bridge: Golden joint of Chenab bridge inaugurated today | 10 points. The World’s Highest Railway bridge-Chenab Bridge’s Golden Joint was inaugurated on Saturday. The Golden Join is connecting two ends of the deck of the world’s highest railway bridge.

Detailed explanation-2: -The world’s highest bridge opened to traffic in southwest China on December 29, 2016. The Beipanjiang Bridge, which stretches from Guizhou province to Yunnan province, is a 1, 341m-long suspension bridge built over a valley more than 500m deep. The bridge cost RMB1bn (US$144m) to build.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lvzhijiang Bridge is a single-tower, single-span suspension bridge. Officials claim the bridge breaks several world records. Built in a mountainous V-shaped valley, it is the world’s first single-tower, single-span suspension bridge; it’s only held up by one tower and is supported at both ends by cables.

Detailed explanation-4: -The world’s longest bridge is the Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge in China, part of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica (opens in new tab). The bridge, which opened in June 2011, spans 102.4 miles (165 kilometers).