What is the longest running roller coaster in the world?
The Steel Dragon 2000: The world's longest coasterThe Steel Dragon 2000, found in Japan's Nagashima Spa Land Amusement Park in Kuwana, brings riders up to an enormous 307-foot lift before sending the cart careening along a four-minute ride that reaches around 95 miles per hour.
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The longest roller coaster of all is currently Steel Dragon 2000, which opened in Nagashima Spa Land amusement park in Nagashima, Kuwana, Mie, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2000. It spans a lengthy 2.48 km (1.54 mi).
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