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Detailed explanation-1: -The New Narmada Bridge is an extra dosed bridge, constructed at Bharuch, India. It is a 1, 344 m (4, 409 ft) long bridge, built over river Narmada on NH-8.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 3rd Narmada Bridge, which bears a similarity to the Golden Ears Bridge in Vancouver, Canada, was completed March 2017 across Narmada river in Bharuch, Gujarat. It is the first extradosed bridge to be built in state of Gujarat and its span of 144 m (472 ft) is the longest in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The bridge over the Barrow River, is an extradosed structure 887 m in length, making it the longest bridge of its kind in the world. This type of bridge is characterised by its cables set at lower angles, meaning that pylons are shorter in relation to deck span lengths.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cable Stayed Bridge Built by L&T Narendra Modi, inaugurated the 1.34 km long four-lane extra-dosed cable stayed bridge, built by L&T over river Narmada in Bharuch, Gujarat on March 07, 2017.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Bandra-Worli Sea Link (officially known as Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link) is a 5.6 km long, 8-lane wide bridge that links Bandra in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai with Worli in Central Mumbai.