When it was built it was the longest bridge on earth, a title it held for 27 years.

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Spanning nearly 10 miles, the bridge is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world.

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From its ribbon cutting in 2004, the viaduct was destined for Guinness: When finished, it had the highest road deck in Europe, the tallest piers and highest bridge tower in the world, and the longest launch of a bridge deck.

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By comparison, China's 36 kilometer (22 mile) Hangzhou Bay Bridge, the world's longest sea-crossing bridge, over seven times the length of the Mumbai bridge, took four years to get completed.

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Phase two - opened on Thursday - is the longest section of the road, crossing the Clyde at Rutherglen Bridge and passing Dalmarnock Railway Station, the Commonwealth Arena and Celtic Park before joining the Parkhead by-pass at the Forge Retail Park.

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Officials do not say whether this would involve a tunnel or a bridge, but at around 100km in length, either would be the longest of its type in the world.

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The Roman architects and hydraulic engineers who designed this bridge, which stands almost 50 m high and is on three levels the longest measuring 275 m created a technical as well as an artistic masterpiece.

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The state-owned Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation is set to open its much-delayed showpiece project: the 4.7 km (2.9 mile) Bandra-Worli Sealink, India's longest ocean bridge.

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