Floating bridges, while often temporary structures used in times of war or disaster, can also be used long-term in locations where water conditions are very sheltered. The road surface is supported by pontoons, which - while…

Venice has now been added to Street View! Here's the famous Bridge of Sighs as seen from the canal http://POSTURLHERE #streetview

Spectacular scenery captured by the Streetview Trekker backpack from a bridge in the Grand Canyon http://POSTURLHERE #streetview

Google Maps suggests you'll need to do a sweet jump to cross the Massachusetts Ave Harvard Bridge http://gss.st/3t2 via @bostonography

The bridge from Vladivostok to Russky Island was opened today, with the world's longest cable suspension at 1,104m http://gss.st/2Gw

While we have looked at a number of very long bridges here on Google Sightseeing in the past1 generally they have all carried roads. Today, the longest bridge in the world, by far, is the Danyang-Kunshan…