World's Longest Bridge Spans

Longest Bridge Spans are categorised in the following tables according to the structural type of the main span. The "Span" means the main span of a bridge = centre to centre distance of adjacent towers, pylons, piers or supports given in metres [m]. It does not mean the total length or overall length of multi-span bridges. If the lengths of several spans in one bridge are equal, it is mentioned in Notes column. Overall lengths are not included - only the longest spans.Year means the year of completion or intended completion if known. Chronological List

1. Suspension Bridges (span 1000 m)

No. Bridge 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Akashi-Kaikyo Xihoumen Great Belt East Runyang South Humber Jiangyin Tsing Ma Verrazano-Narrows Golden Gate Yangluo Span Location [m] 1991 Kobe-Naruto 1650 Zhoushan Island 1624 Korsor 1490 Zhenjiang 1410 Kingston-upon-Hull 1385 Jiangsu 1377 Hong Kong 1298 New York, NY 1280 San Francisco, CA 1280 Wuhan 1210 Kramfors 1158 Mackinaw City, MI 1108 Guangzhou 1100 Kojima-Sakaide 1090 Istanbul 1088 Guanling 1074 Istanbul 1067 New York, NY 1030 Onomichi-Imabari Country Japan China Denmark China UK China China USA USA China Sweden USA China Japan Turkey China Turkey USA Japan Year 1998 2008 1998 2005 1981 1999 1997 1964 1937 2007 1997 1957 2008 1988 1988 2010 1973 1931 1999
1)

Notes

11 Hga Kusten 12 Mackinac 13 Huangpu-1 14 Minami Bisan-seto 15 Fatih Sultan Mehmet 16 Balinghe 17 Bosporus 18 George Washington 19 Kurushima-3

20 Kurushima-2 21 Ponte 25 de Abril 22 Forth Road

1)

1020 Onomichi-Imabari 1013 Lisbon 1006 Edinburgh

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Japan Portugal UK

1999 1966 1964

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Vertical clearance 375 m, highest in the world

Updated 10.8.2007

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2. Cable-Stayed Bridges (the 10 longest spans)

No. Bridge 1 Sutong 2 Stonecutters 3 Tatara 4 Pont de Normandie 5 Incheon-2 6 Chongming 7 Nanjing-3 8 Nanjing-2 9 Jintang 10 Baishazhou
Updated 1.6.2007

Span [m] 1088 1018 890 856 800 730 648 628 620 618

Location Suzhou-Nantong Hong Kong Onomichi-Imabari Le Havre Incheon-Songdo Shanghai Nanjing Nanjing Zhoushan Island Wuhan
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Country China China Japan France South Korea China China China China China

Year 2009 2008 1999 1995 2009 2010 2005 2001 2008 2000

Notes

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3. Steel Arch Bridges (the 10 longest spans)

No. Bridge 1 Chaotianmen 2 Lupu 3 New River Gorge 4 Bayonne 5 Sydney Harbour 6 Chenab 7 Wushan 8 Xinguang Span Location [m] 552 550 518 504 503 467 460 428 Chongqing Shanghai Fayetteville,WV New York, NY Sydney Katra Chongqing Quangdong Country China China USA USA Australia India China China Year 2008 2003 1977 1931 1932 2010 2005 2008 Notes

9 Caiyuanba 10 Xiangtan-4
Updated 15.10.2007

420 400

Chongqing Hunan
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China China

2005 2007
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4. Steel Truss Girder Bridges (the 10 longest spans)

No. Bridge 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pont de Quebec Firth of Forth Minato Commodore Barry Greater New Orleans-1 Greater New Orleans-2 Howrah Veterans Memorial Tokyo Bay To be removed
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Span Location [m] 549 521 510 501 480 480 457 445 440 427 Quebec City Edinburgh Osaka Chester, PA New Orleans, LA New Orleans, LA Calcutta Gramercy, LA Tokyo San Francisco, CA

Country Canada UK Japan USA USA USA India USA Japan USA

Year 1917 1890 1974 1974 1958 1988 1943 1995 2010 1936
1)

Notes

2 spans

10 Transbay
1)

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5. Concrete Arch Bridges (the 10 longest spans)

No. Bridge 1 Wanxian 2 Krk-1 (east span) 3 Jiangjiehe 4 Hoover Dam Bypass 5 Yongning 6 Gladesville 7 Ponte da Amizade 8 Ponte Infante Dom Henrique Span [m] 420 390 330 323 312 305 290 280 Location Wanzhou Krk Island Weng'an Boulder City, NV Guangxi Sydney Foz do Iguacu/ Ciudad del Este Oporto Country China Croatia China USA China Australia Brazil/ Paraguay Portugal Year 1997 1980 1995 2010 1996 1964 1964 2003 Notes

9 Bloukrans 10 Ponte da Arrabida

Updated 8.3.2007

272 270

Nature's Valley Oporto

South Africa Portugal

1983 1963

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6. Prestressed Concrete Girder Bridges (the 10 longest spans)

No. Bridge 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Shibanpo Stolmasundet Raftsundet Sundoy Humen-2 Sutong-2 Gateway-1 Varodd Gateway-2 Span Location [m] 330 301 298 298 270 268 260 260 260 252 Chongqing Austevoll Lofoten Leirfjord Guangdong Suzhou-Nantong Brisbane Kristiansand Brisbane Sichuan Country China Norway Norway Norway China China Australia Norway Australia China Year 2006 1998 1998 2003 1997 2009 1986 1994 2010 2000
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1)

Notes

10 Luzhou-2
1)

Central part of the main span is steel girder

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7. Steel Box/Plate Girder Bridges (the 10 longest spans)

No. Bridge 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ponte Costa e Silva Neckartalbrcke-1 Sava-1 Ponte de Vitoria-3 Zoobrcke Sava-2 (Gazelle) Kaita Namihaya (Shirinashi) Auckland Harbour (widening) Span [m] 300 263 261 260 259 250 250 250 244 Location Rio de Janeiro Weitingen Belgrade Espirito Santo Cologne Belgrade Hiroshima Osaka Auckland Country Brazil Germany Serbia Brazil Germany Serbia Japan Japan New Zealand Year 1974 1978 1956 1989 1966 1970 1991 1994 1969
2) 1)

Notes

10 Trans-Tokyo Bay
1) 2)

240

Kawasaki-Kisarazu

Japan

1997

2 spans

Main span stiffened with underneath cables Span measured between bases of inclined struts
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8. Longest Bridge Spans in Finland

1. SUSPENSION BRIDGES
No. Bridge 1 2 Kirjalansalmi Sksmki Span [m] Location 220 155 Parainen Valkeakoski Country Finland Finland Year 1963 1963 Notes

2. CABLE-STAYED BRIDGES
No. Bridge 1 2 Raippaluoto Krkinen Span [m] Location 250 240 Vaasa Korpilahti Country Finland Finland Year 1997 1997 Notes

3. STEEL BOX GIRDER BRIDGE

No. Bridge 1 Puumalansalmi Span [m] Location 140 Puumala Country Finland Year 1995 Notes

4. PRESTRESSED CONCRETE GIRDER BRIDGE

No. Bridge 1 Norrstrmmen Span [m] Location 135 Nauvo Country Finland Year 1986 Notes

5. CONCRETE ARCH BRIDGE

No. Bridge 1 Frjsundet Span [m] Location 130 Saltvik Country Finland Year 1937 Notes

6. STEEL TRUSS GIRDER BRIDGES

No. Bridge 1 1
1)

Span [m] Location 125 125 Kemi Savonlinna

Country Finland Finland

Year 1903 1908

Notes
1)
2)

Isohaara Jyrnk Not standing

2)

Span was shortened to 104 m in 1968.

7. STEEL ARCH BRIDGE

No. Bridge 1 Iso-Prri

Updated 15.10.2007

Span [m] Location 120 nekoski

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Country Finland

Year 1993
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Notes

Tables of longest bridge spans have been collected by Eur Ing-FEANI Juhani Virola You can freely copy and distribute tables provided that the authorship is mentioned by referring the author or URL of this page. If you have any questions, corrections or comments concerning these tables please, contact The Laboratory of Bridge Engineering (LBE).

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Completed suspension bridges

This list only includes bridges that carry automobiles or trains. It does not include cablestayed bridges, footbridges or pipeline bridges. Note: Click on each bridge's rank to go to the bridge's official web-site. Ranks with a red asterisk (*) do not have official web-sites, or do not have English language versions and are linked instead to a reference entry. Main span in Completed metres (feet)

Rank

Name

Location

[1]

Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge Kobe-Naruto (The largest from Route, Japan 1998 to the present)

1,991 1998 (6,529)

[2]

Great Belt Bridge (also known as Halsskov-Sprog, 1,624 the Storeblt 1998 Denmark (5,328) Bridge; Danish: Storebltsbroen)

[3]

Runyang Bridge

Yangtze River, China

1,490 2005 (4,888)

[4]

Barton-uponHumber Bridge Humber - Kingston 1,410 (The largest from 1981 upon Hull, United (4,626) 1981 until 1998) Kingdom

Jiangyin [5] * Suspension Bridge

Yangtze River, China

1,385 1999 (4,543)

[6]

Tsing Ma Bridge (the largest Tsing Yi-Ma Wan, 1,377 1997 carrying road and Hong Kong, China (4,518) rail traffic)

[7]

VerrazanoNew York City Narrows Bridge 1,298 (BrooklynStaten 1964 (The largest from (4,260) Island), USA 1964 until 1981)

[8]

Golden Gate San FranciscoBridge 1,280 Marin County, CA, 1937 (The largest from (4,200) USA 1937 until 1964)

[9]

Hgakustenbron ngermanlven (High Coast river , Sweden Bridge)

1,210 1997 (3,970)

[10]

Mackinaw City Mackinac Bridge St. Ignace, Michigan USA

1,158 1957 (3,800)

[11]

Minami BisanSeto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge)

Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan

1,118 1989 (3,609)

Fatih Sultan [12] * Mehmet (Second Istanbul, Turkey Bosporus Bridge)

1,090 1988 (3,576)

[13] *

Boazii (First Istanbul, Turkey Bosporus Bridge)

1,074 1973 (3,524)

[14]

George Washington Fort Lee, NJ - New 1,067 Bridge 1931 York, NY, USA (3,500) (The largest from 1931 until 1937)

[15]

Third Kurushima- Onomichi-Imabari 1,030 1999 Kaikyo Bridge Route, Japan (3,379)

[16]

Second KurushimaKaikyo Bridge

Onomichi-Imabari 1,020 1999 Route, Japan (3,346)

[17] *

Ponte 25 de Abril Lisbon, Portugal (Tagus Bridge)

1,013 1966 (3,323)

[18]

Forth Road Bridge

Firth of Forth, United Kingdom

1,006 1964 (3,300)

[19]

Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge)

Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan

990 1988 (3,248)

[20]

Severn Bridge

Bristol Channel, United Kingdom

988 1966 (3,240)

[21] *

Yichang Xiling Bridge

Yichang (Yangtze 960 2001 River), China (3,150)

[22]

Shimotsui-Seto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge)

Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan

940 1988 (3,084)

Linked photo

[23] * Xiling Bridge

Yichang (Yangtze 900 1996 River), China (2,952)

Humen Pearl [24] * River Bridge

Dongguan (Pearl 888 River), Guangdong 1997 (2,913) province, China

[25]

Ohnaruto Bridge

Kobe-Naruto Route, Japan

876 1985 (2,874)

[26]

Tacoma Narrows 853 Bridge Tacoma, WA, USA 1950 (2,800) (westbound)

[27]

Tacoma Narrows 853 Bridge Tacoma, WA, USA 2007 (2,800) (eastbound)

[28] * Asky Bridge

Bergen, Norway

850 1992 (2,789)

[29]

Innoshima Bridge

Onomichi-Imabari 770 1983 Route, Japan (2,526)

[30] * Akinada Bridge

Akinada Islands 750 (Hiroshima Pref.), 2000 (2,461) Japan

Semipalatinsk [31] * Bridge

Semipalatinsk (Irtysh river), Kazakhstan

750 2000 (2,461)

[32]

Al Zampa Memorial Bridge Carquinez Strait, (New Carquinez CA, USA Bridge)

728 2003 (2,388)

Muroran [33] * Hakucho Bridge (Hokkaid Pref.), Japan

720 1998 (2,362)

[34] * Angostura Bridge

Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela

712 1967 (2,336)

[35] *

Kanmonkyo Bridge

Honsh-Kysh, Japan

712 1973 (2,336)

[36]

San FranciscoOakland Bay Bridge (Yerba Buena Island to anchorage)

San Francisco 704 1936 Oakland, CA, USA (2,310)

[37]

San FranciscoOakland Bay Bridge (San Francisco to anchorage)

San Francisco 704 1936 Oakland, CA, USA (2,310)

[38]

Bronx Whitestone Bridge

New York, NY, USA

701 1939 (2,300)

[39]

Stord Bridge

Stord, Norway

677 2001 (2,221)

[40] *

Pierre Laporte Bridge

Quebec City, Canada

668 1970 (2,190)

[41]

Delaware New Castle, DE Memorial Bridge Pennsville, NJ, I USA

655 1951 (2,150)

[42]

Delaware New Castle, DE Memorial Bridge Pennsville, NJ, II USA

655 1968 (2,150)

[43] * Haicang Bridge

Xiamen, Fujian Province, China

648 1999 (2,126)

[44] *

Gjemnessund Bridge

Kristiansund, Norway

623 1992 (2,044)

[45]

Walt Whitman Bridge

Philadelphia, PA USA

610 1957 (2,000)

[46] *

Tancarville Bridge

Le Havre, France

608 1959 (1,995)

[47] *

New Little Belt Bridge

Little Belt, Denmark

600 1970 (1,969)

[48]

First Kurushima- Onomichi-Imabari 600 1999 Kaikyo Bridge Route, Japan (1,969)

Linked photo

Chongqing, Sichuan Province, 600 [49] * E'gongyan Bridge 2000 China (Yangtze (1,969) River)

[50] * Ostery Bridge

Ostery, Norway

595 1997 (1,952)

[51]

Bmla Bridge

Bmlo, Norway

577 2001 (1,893)

[52] * Rainbow Bridge Tokyo, Japan

570 1993 (1,870)

[53]

Ambassador Detroit, Michigan, Bridge (The 564 USA Windsor, 1929 largest from 1929 (1,850) Ontario, Canada until 1931)

[54]

Hakata-Ohshima Onomichi-Imabari 560 1988 Bridge Route, Japan (1,837)

Linked photo

Zhongxian [55] * Yangtze River Bridge

Chongqing, China

560 2001 (1,837)

[56]

Throgs Neck Bridge

New York, NY, USA

549 1961 (1,800)

[57]

Benjamin Franklin Bridge (The largest from 1926 until 1929)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Camden, New Jersey, USA

533 1926 (1,750)

[58] * Skjomen Bridge Narvik, Norway

525 1972 (1,722)

[59] * Kvalsund Bridge

Hammerfest, Norway

525 1977 (1,722)

Linked photo

[60] * Matadi Bridge

Matadi, Zaire

520 1983 (1,706)

[61] *

Kleve-Emmerich Emmerich, Bridge Germany

500 1965 (1,640)

Linked photo

[62] * Dazi Bridge

Dazi, China

500 1984 (1,640)

[63] * Gwangan Bridge

Busan, South Korea

500 2002 (1,640)

[64]

Bear Mountain Bridge (The Peekskill, NY, largest from 1924 USA until 1926)

497 1924 (1,632)

[65]

Williamsburg Bridge (The New York, NY, largest from 1903 USA until 1924)

488 1903 (1,600)

[66]

W. Preston Lane Chesapeake Bay, Memorial Bridge MD, USA I

488 1952 (1,600)

Newport Bridge Newport, Rhode [67] * (Sen. Claiborne Island, RI, USA Pell Bridge)

488 1969 (1,600)

[68]

W. Preston Lane Chesapeake Bay, Memorial Bridge MD, USA II

488 1973 (1,600)

[69]

Brooklyn Bridge New York, NY, (The largest from USA 1883 until 1903.)

486 1883 (1,596)

[70] *

Lions' Gate Bridge

Vancouver, Canada

473 1938 (1,550)

[71] * Sotra Bridge

Bergen, Norway

468 1971 (1,535)

[72] * Hirado Bridge

Hirado Island, Japan

460 1977 (1,509)

[73] *

Vincent Thomas San Pedro, CA, Bridge USA

457 1963 (1,499)

[74]

Mid-Hudson Bridge

Poughkeepsie, NY, 456 1930 USA (1,495)

Linked photo

[75] *

Shantou Bay Bridge

Guangdong province, China

452 1996 (1,483)

[76] * Fengdu Bridge

Sichuan (Yangtze 450 1996 River), China (1,476)

[77]

Manhattan Bridge

New York, NY, USA

448 1909 (1,470)

Linked photo

[78] * Lysefjord Bridge Rogaland, Norway

446 1997 (1,463)

[79]

Angus L. Macdonald Bridge

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

441 1955 (1,447)

[80]

A. Murray Halifax, Nova MacKay Bridge Scotia, Canada

427 1970 (1,400)

[81]

Triborough Bridge

New York, NY, USA

421 1936 (1,380)

[82] * lvsborg Bridge

Gothenburg, Sweden

417 1966 (1,368)

Linked photo

[83] * Namhae Bridge

Namhae, South Korea

404 1973 (1,325)

Linked photo

[84] * Aquitaine Bridge Bordeaux, France

394 1967 (1,293)

[85] *

Amu Daria River Bukhara, Bridge Uzbekistan

390 1964 (1,280)

Cologne [86] * Rodenkirchen Bridge

Cologne, Germany

378 1954 (1,240)

[87]

St. Johns Bridge Portland, OR, USA

368 1931 (1,207)

[88] *

Wakato Narrows 367 Kitakyushu, Japan 1962 Bridge (1,204)

[89] *

Mount Hope Bridge

Mount Hope Bay, 366 1929 RI, USA (1,200)

Linked photo

[90]

Ogdensburg Prescott Ogdensburg, NY, International USA - Prescott, Bridge (Seaway Ontario, Canada Skyway)

351 1960 (1,151)

[91] *

Hercilio Luz Bridge

Florianopolis, Brazil

340 1926 (1,115)

[92]

Bidwell Bar Bridge

Oroville, CA, USA

338 (1108)

1965

Linked photo

[93] * Varodd Bridge

Kristiansand, Norway

337 1956 (1,106)

[94]

Tamar Bridge

Plymouth-Saltash, 335 1961 United Kingdom (1,100)

[95] * Feda Fjord

Feda, Vest-Agder,

335

2006

Bridge

Norway

(1,100)

[96] * Deer Isle Bridge

Penobscot Bay, ME, USA

329 1939 (1,088)

Linked photo

[97] * Otto Beit Bridge

Chirundu 328 1939 Zambia/Zimbabwe (1,085)

Linked photo

[98] * Rombak Bridge

Nordland, Norway

325 1964 (1,066)

[99] *

Nrysund Bridge

Nord-Trndelag, Norway

325 1981 (1,066)

[100] Simon Kenton * Bridge

Maysville, KY, USA

323 1932 (1,060)

[101] le d'Orlans * Bridge

Quebec City, Canada

323 1936 (1,059)

John A. Roebling Suspension [102] Cincinnati, OH, Bridge (The * USA largest from 1867 until 1883)

322 1867 (1,057)

[103] Dent Bridge *

Orofino, ID, USA

320 1971 (1,050)

[104] Cologne 315 Cologne, Germany 1951 * Mulheim Bridge (1,033)

Wheeling Suspension Wheeling, WV, [105] Bridge (The USA largest from 1849 until 1851)

308 1849 (1,010)

Linked photo

[106] Konohana Bridge Osaka, Japan *

300 (984)

1987

Linked photo

[107] Chavanon * Viaduct

Merlines and 300 Messeix, France (984) (Chavanon Valley)

2000

Linked photo

Yeongjong Grand Bridge (the largest selfIncheon, South [108] anchored Korea suspension bridge)

300 (984)

2000

[109] 290 Elizabeth Bridge Budapest, Hungary * (951)

1964

[110] 290 Tjeldsund Bridge Bjerkvik, Norway * (951)

1967

[edit] Bridges not yet completed

The planned eastern section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

The reconstructed eastern section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be the largest self-anchored suspension bridge ever constructed. With one tower, it will have two asymmetric spans of 180 and 385 meters. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2013. The zmit Bay Bridge crossing the Marmara Sea in Turkey with a span of 1,668 m. Several large suspension bridges are planned for China. The Xihoumen Bridge, with a span of 1,650 is planned for the Zhoushan Archipelago. The Taizhou Yangtze River Highway Bridge is being designed with two 1080 meter spans connecting three towers. [111]. A suspension bridge is also being considered to cross the 22.5 kilometer wide Qiongzhou Strait. [112] One design consists of four bridges strung together with four main-spans of 2,000 meters, two main-spans of 1,800 meters, five anchorages and 10 towers. [113] If completed this bridge will assume six of the top seven slots on this list.

The Sunda Strait Bridge project has been approved by the Indonesian government. If completed, it will not only be the world's longest suspension bridge (26 Km), but will also have a main span of about 3,000 meters roughly fifty percent longer than the current record. [114] The Hardanger Bridge, with a total length of 1,380 m, is to be constructed across the fjord Hardangerfjorden in Norway. Construction is estimated to be completed in 2011. [115] The Yangluo Bridge[116] with a main span of 1,280 m (4,199 ft) and total length of 2,725 m (8,940 ft) is under construction in Wuhan. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2007. The Chacao Channel bridge connecting the island of Chilo with mainland Chile. This strange design has two mainspans of 1,055 m and 1,100 m without an anchorage between them. Construction was due to begin in 2007 for completion in 2012, however due to cost overruns the project is now on hold. Suspension bridges have also been suggested for the Strait of Gibraltar with longest spans of several kilometres. The suspension cables for these longest bridges are suspended from the ends of cable-stayed struts extending diagonally from huge pylons.

[edit] Planned bridges never built

The Strait of Messina Bridge, with a center span of 3,300 m, was planned to connect Italy and Sicily. The project was cancelled on 11 October 2006 by the Romano Prodi-led government amid controversy concerning the bridge's cost and feared mafia influence.[117] Construction of the Malta-Gozo Bridge started in the early 70s, but was stopped after protests from the Gozitans.