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.
Tower Bridge - an historic landmark and major Thames crossing, is thought to have been affected by computer problems when it was raised at 1340 BST.
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Ministers have insisted the new Forth crossing, to replace the existing 45-year-old bridge, would be delivered on budget and on time, by 2016.
Earlier, Steve had used the DSLR with a fish-eye lens to get some extraordinary video footage crossing the Golden Gate Bridge.
Fans were crossing the bridge to a parking lot following the completion of the NASCAR All-Star race.
But since crossing the Hudson to his 34th-floor brokerage office overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge, he hasn't even had time to put photos of his equestrian pursuits on the wall.
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.
The existing single-carriageway bridge has been criticised for not being able to cope with the volume of traffic crossing it and for limiting the size of boats that can enter the harbour underneath it.
James Walker, 54, from Bexley, south-east London, was inspired to design the game Bridge Up as he drove over the famous crossing one day.
But since crossing the Hudson to Manhattan and his 34th-floor brokerage office, which overlooks the Brooklyn Bridge, he hasn't even had time to put photos of his equestrian pursuits on the wall.
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