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== Notable examples == A well-known example of this type is the [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]] in Australia, which is based on the [[Hell Gate Bridge]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sydney Harbour Bridge repainting |url=http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadprojects/resources/documents/permanent_panels/sydney_harbour_bridge.pdf |access-date=4 February 2012 |publisher=[[Roads & Traffic Authority]]}}</ref> Other bridges include the [[Chaotianmen Bridge]] in China, the world's longest through arch bridge;<ref>CulturalChina.com, [http://news.cultural-china.com/20090430100912.html Chongqing completes world's longest arch bridge] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708213230/http://news.cultural-china.com/20090430100912.html |date=8 July 2011 }}, 30 April 2009.</ref> [[Tyne Bridge]] of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]; the [[Bayonne Bridge]] that connects New York City to [[New Jersey]], which is longer than the Sydney Harbour Bridge; the [[Ahwaz White Bridge]]; the [[Bourne Bridge]] and [[Sagamore Bridge]], smaller, near-twin bridges over the [[Cape Cod Canal]]; the [[Pennybacker Bridge]] in [[Austin, Texas]] and as the [[Hernando de Soto Bridge]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. [[Wylam Railway Bridge]] is an early through arch bridge upstream of the Tyne Bridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tynevalleywalking.blogspot.com/2006/11/tyne-is-world-renowned-for-seven.html|title=tynevalleywalking: Wylam Railway Bridge: The first of its kind|date=November 23, 2006}}</ref> <gallery> File:Chaotianmen Bridge-1.jpg|The [[Chaotianmen Bridge]], China, the 2nd longest steel arch bridge in the world. File:Hell Gate Bridge ca 1917.png|The [[Hell Gate Bridge]], New York, shortly after its completion. File:High BB from Bayonne jeh.jpg|The [[Bayonne Bridge]], the 6th longest steel arch bridge in the world. File:Tyne_Bridge.jpg|[[Tyne Bridge]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], opened in 1928. File:AhwazWhiteBridge.jpg|The [[Ahwaz White Bridge]], built in the 1930s. File:Sydney Harbour Bridge from Circular Quay.jpg|[[Sydney Harbour Bridge]], the 9th longest through arch bridge. File:Douglass Bridge 090621.jpg|[[Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] </gallery>
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