List of largest suspension bridges

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This list of the largest suspension bridges ranks the world's suspension bridges by the length of main span (distance between the suspension towers). The length of the main span is the most common way to rank suspension bridges. If one bridge has a longer span than another it does not mean that the bridge is the longer from shore to shore or from anchorage to anchorage. However, the size of the main span does often correlate with the height of the towers and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge.

Suspension bridges have the longest spans of any type of bridge. Cable-stayed bridges, the next longest design, are practical for spans up to around one kilometer. So the top 23 bridges on this list are also currently the longest 23 spans of all types of vehicular bridges. The Tatara Bridge has the largest span of any cable-stayed bridge at 890 meters. It was originally planned as a suspension bridge, but the design was changed to a cable-stayed bridge for environmental reasons. Two cable-stayed bridges with even longer spans, are currently under construction in China. The longest of these (Sutong Bridge, 1088m) will be longer than all but the top twelve bridges on this list.

1 Completed suspension bridges
2 Bridges not yet completed
3 Planned bridges never built
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Completed suspension bridges

This list only includes bridges that carry automobiles or trains. It does not include cable-stayed 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.

	Rank	Name	Location	Span in metres (feet)	Completed
Image:Akashi-kaikyo bridge3.jpg	[1]	Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge	Kobe-Naruto Route, Japan	1,991 (6,529)	1998
Image:StoreBaeltsBroen.jpg	[2]	Great Belt Bridge	Halsskov-Sprogø, Denmark	1,624 (5,328)	1998
	[3] *	Runyang Bridge	Yangtze River, China	1,490 (4,888)	2005
	[4]	Humber Bridge (The largest from 1981 until 1998.)	Barton-upon-Humber, United Kingdom	1,410 (4,626)	1981
	[5] *	Jiangyin Suspension Bridge	Yangtze River, China	1,385 (4,543)	1999
	[6]	Tsing Ma Bridge (the largest carrying road and rail traffic)	Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China	1,377 (4,518)	1997
	[7]	Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (The largest from 1964 until 1981)	New York City (Brooklyn–Staten Island), USA	1,298 (4,260)	1964
	[8]	Golden Gate Bridge (The largest from 1937 until 1964)	San Francisco-Marin County, CA, USA	1,280 (4,200)	1937
	[9]	Högakustenbron (High Coast Bridge)	Ångermanälven river , Sweden	1,210 (3,970)	1997
Image:LightningVolt Mackinac Bridge.jpg	[10]	Mackinac Bridge	Mackinaw City - St. Ignace, Michigan USA	1,158 (3,800)	1957
Image:GreatSetoBridgeSmall.jpg	[11]	Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge)	Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan	1,118 (3,609)	1988
	[12] *	Fatih Sultan Mehmet (Second Bosporus Bridge)	Istanbul, Turkey	1,090 (3,576)	1988
Image:BosphorusBridge small.jpg	[13] *	Boğaziçi (First Bosporus Bridge)	Istanbul, Turkey	1,074 (3,524)	1973
	[14]	George Washington Bridge (The largest from 1931 until 1937)	Fort Lee, NJ - New York, NY, USA	1,067 (3,500)	1931
Image:Kurushimakaikyou ohashi.jpg	[15]	Third Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge	Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan	1,030 (3,379)	1999
Image:Kurushimakaikyou ohashi.jpg	[16]	Second Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge	Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan	1,020 (3,346)	1999
Image:April 25 Bridge, Lisbon.jpg	[17] *	Ponte 25 de Abril (Tagus Bridge)	Lisbon, Portugal	1,013 (3,323)	1966
Image:Bb-forthroadbridge detail.jpg	[18]	Forth Road Bridge	Firth of Forth, United Kingdom	1,006 (3,300)	1964
Image:GreatSetoBridgeSmall.jpg	[19]	Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge)	Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan	990 (3,248)	1988
Image:Old severn bridge small.jpg	[20]	Severn Bridge	Bristol Channel, United Kingdom	988 (3,240)	1966
Image:RedSuspensionBridge2.jpg	[21] *	Yichang Bridge	Yichang (Yangtze River), China	960 (3,150)	2001
Image:Shimotsui-Seto Bridge.jpg	[22]	Shimotsui-Seto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge)	Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan	940 (3,084)	1988
Linked photo	[23] *	Xiling Bridge	Yichang (Yangtze River), China	900 (2,952)	1996
Image:Humen Bridge Small.jpg	[24] *	Humen Pearl River Bridge	Dongguan (Pearl River), Guangdong province, China	888 (2,913)	1997
Image:Ohnaruto Bridge.jpg	[25]	Ohnaruto Bridge	Kobe-Naruto Route, Japan	876 (2,874)	1985
Image:Tacoma bridge 1950 loc habs.jpg	[26]	Tacoma Narrows Bridge	Tacoma, WA, USA	853 (2,800)	1950
Linked photo	[27] *	Askøy Bridge	Bergen, Norway	850	1992
Linked photo	[28]	Innoshima Bridge	Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan	770	1983
Image:Akinada Bridge small.jpg	[29] *	Akinada Bridge	Akinada Islands (Hiroshima Pref.), Japan	750	2000
Linked photo	[30] *	Semipalatinsk Bridge	Semipalatinsk (Irtish river), Kazakhstan	750	2000
Image:Carquinez Bridge.jpg	[31]	Al Zampa Memorial Bridge (New Carquinez Bridge)	Carquinez Strait, CA, USA	728	2003
Linked photo	[32] *	Hakucho Bridge	Muroran (Hokkaidō Pref.), Japan	720	1998
Image:Orinico ciudad bilivar venezuela small.jpg	[33] *	Angostura Bridge	Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela	712	1967
Image:Kanmonkyo bridge small.jpg	[34] *	Kanmonkyo Bridge	Honshū-Kyūshū, Japan	712	1973
	[35]	San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Yerba Buena Island to anchorage)	San Francisco - Oakland, CA, USA	704 (2,310)	1936
	[36]	San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (San Francisco to anchorage)	San Francisco - Oakland, CA, USA	704 (2,310)	1936
	[37]	Bronx Whitestone Bridge	New York, NY, USA	701 (2,300)	1939
Linked photo	[38]	Stord Bridge	Stord, Norway	677	2001
Linked photo	[39] *	Pierre Laporte Bridge	Quebec City, Canada	668 (2,190)	1970
Image:Delaware Memorial Bridge.jpg	[40]	Delaware Memorial Bridge I	New Castle, DE - Pennsville, NJ, USA	655 (2,150)	1951
Image:Delaware Memorial Bridge.jpg	[41]	Delaware Memorial Bridge II	New Castle, DE - Pennsville, NJ, USA	655 (2,150)	1968
Linked photo	[42] *	Haicang Bridge	Xiamen, Fujian Province, China	648	1999
Image:Gjemnesbrua-Norway.JPG	[43] *	Gjemnessund Bridge	Kristiansund, Norway	623	1992
	[44]	Walt Whitman Bridge	Philadelphia, PA USA	610 (2,000)	1957
	[45] *	Tancarville Bridge	Le Havre, France	608	1959
	[46] *	New Little Belt Bridge	Little Belt, Denmark	600	1970
Image:Kurushimakaikyou ohashi.jpg	[47]	First Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge	Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan	600	1999
Linked photo	[48] *	E'gongyan Bridge	Chongqing, Sichuan Province, China (Yangtze River)	600	2000
Linked photo	[49]	Bømla Bridge	Bømlo, Norway	577	2001
Image:IMG 1614 rainbow bridge Tokyo.JPG	[50] *	Rainbow Bridge	Tokyo, Japan	570 (1,870)	1993
Image:Ambassador bridge small.JPG	[51]	Ambassador Bridge (The largest from 1929 until 1931)	Detroit, MI, USA - Windsor, Ontario, Canada	564 (1,850)	1929
Linked photo	[52]	Hakata-Ohshima Bridge	Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan	560	1988
	[53]	Throgs Neck Bridge	New York, NY, USA	549 (1,800)	1961
	[54]	Benjamin Franklin Bridge (The largest from 1926 until 1929)	Philadelphia, PA, USA	533 (1,750)	1926
Image:Skjomen bridge small.jpg	[55] *	Skjomen Bridge	Narvik, Norway	525	1972
Linked photo	[56] *	Kvalsund Bridge	Hammerfest, Norway	525	1977
Linked photo	[57] *	Matadi Bridge	Matadi, Zaire	520	1983
Image:Emmerich am Rhein Osten small.jpg	[58] *	Kleve-Emmerich Bridge	Emmerich, Germany	500	1965
Linked photo	[59] *	Dazi Bridge	Dazi, Tibet	500	1984
Image:Gwang-An Bridge small.jpg	[60] *	Kwang Ahn Bridge	Pusan, South Korea	500	2002
Image:Bear Mountain Bridge from below.jpg	[61]	Bear Mountain Bridge (The largest from 1924 until 1926)	Peekskill, NY, USA	497 (1,632)	1924
	[62]	Williamsburg Bridge (The largest from 1903 until 1924)	New York, NY, USA	488 (1,600)	1903
Image:Chesapeake Bay Bridge cropped.jpg	[63]	W. Preston Lane Memorial Bridge I	Chesapeake Bay, MD, USA	488 (1,600)	1952
	[64] *	Newport Bridge (Sen. Claiborne Pell Bridge)	Newport, Rhode Island, RI, USA	488 (1,600)	1969
Image:Chesapeake Bay Bridge cropped.jpg	[65]	W. Preston Lane Memorial Bridge II	Chesapeake Bay, MD, USA	488 (1,600)	1973
	[66]	Brooklyn Bridge (The largest from 1883 until 1903.)	New York, NY, USA	486 (1,596)	1883
	[67] *	Lions' Gate Bridge	Vancouver, Canada	473 (1,550)	1938
Image:Sotrabrua-2003-12-21.jpg	[68] *	Sotra Bridge	Bergen, Norway	468	1971
	[69] *	Hirado Bridge	Hirado Island, Japan	460	1977
Image:Vincent Thomas Bridge Fair Use.jpg	[70] *	Vincent Thomas Bridge	San Pedro, CA, USA	457 (1,550)	1963
Image:Mid-Hudson Bridge.jpg	[71]	Mid-Hudson Bridge	Poughkeepsie, NY, USA	456 (1,495)	1930
	[72] *	Shantou Bay Bridge	Guangdong province, China	452	1996
	[73] *	Fengdu Bridge	Sichuan (Yangtze River), China	450	1996
	[74]	Manhattan Bridge	New York, NY, USA	448 (1,470)	1909
Linked photo	[75] *	Lysefjord Bridge	Rogaland, Norway	446	1997
Image:Macdonald bridge small.JPG	[76]	Angus L. Macdonald Bridge	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	441 (1,447)	1955
Image:Mackay bridge small.jpg	[77]	A. Murray MacKay Bridge	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	427 (1,400)	1970
Image:Hell Gate and Triborough Bridges New York City Queens.jpg	[78]	Triborough Bridge	New York, NY, USA	421 (1,380)	1936
Image:Alvsborgsbron small.jpg	[79] *	Älvsborg Bridge	Gothenburg, Sweden	417	1966
Linked photo	[80] *	Hadong Namhae Bridge	Pusan, South Korea	404	1973
Linked photo	[81] *	Aquitaine Bridge	Bordeaux, France	394	1967
	[82] *	Amu Daria River Bridge	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	390	1964
Image:Rodenkrichen abruecke small.jpg	[83] *	Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge	Cologne, Germany	378	1954
	[84]	St. Johns Bridge	Portland, OR, USA	368 (1,207)	1931
	[85] *	Wakato Narrows Bridge	Kitakyushu, Japan	367	1962
Image:MtHopeBridge.jpg	[86] *	Mount Hope Bridge	Mount Hope Bay, RI, USA	366 (1,200)	1929
Linked photo	[87]	Ogdensburg Prescott International Bridge (Seaway Skyway)	Ogdensburg, NY, USA - Prescott, Ontario, Canada	351 (1151)	1960
Image:Ponte Hercilio Luz - Dezembro 1996 - by Sérgio Schmiegelow.jpg	[88] *	Hercilio Luz Bridge	Florianopolis Island, Brazil	340	1926
	[89] *	Bidwell Bar Bridge	Oroville, CA, USA	338 (1,108)	1965
Linked photo	[90] *	Varodd Bridge	Kristiansand, Norway	337	1956
	[91]	Tamar Bridge	Plymouth-Saltash, United Kingdom	335 (1,100)	1961
Linked photo	[92] *	Deer Isle Bridge	Penobscot Bay, ME, USA	329 (1,088)	1939
	[93] *	Otto Beit Bridge	Chirundu Zambia/Zimbabwe	328	1939
Linked photo	[94] *	Rombak Bridge	Nordland, Norway	325	1964
Linked photo	[95] *	Simon Kenton Bridge	Maysville, KY, USA	323 (1,060)	1932
Image:Bridge iledorleans.JPG	[96] *	Île d'Orléans Bridge	Quebec City, Canada	323 (1,059)	1936
	[97] *	John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge (The largest from 1867 until 1883)	Cincinnati, OH, USA	322 (1,057)	1867
Linked photo	[98] *	Dent Bridge	Orofino, ID, USA	320 (1,050)	1971
Image:Koeln-Muehlheimer-Bruecke.jpg	[99] *	Cologne Mulheim Bridge	Cologne, Germany	315	1951
	[100]	Wheeling Suspension Bridge (The largest from 1849 until 1851)	Wheeling, WV, USA	308 (1,010)	1849
Linked photo	[101] *	Konohana Bridge	Osaka, Japan	300	1987
Linked photo	[102] *	Chavanon Viaduct	Merlines and Messeix, France (Chavanon Valley)	300	2000
Linked photo	[103]	Yeongjong Grand Bridge (the largest self-anchored suspension bridge)	Incheon, South Korea	300	2000
	[104] *	Elizabeth Bridge	Budapest, Hungary	290	1964
Image:Tjeldsundbru.JPG	[105] *	Tjeldsund Bridge	Bjerkvik, Norway	290	1967

[edit] Bridges not yet completed

The reconstructed eastern section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be the largest self-anchored suspension bridge ever constructed. With a one tower, it will have two asymetrical spans of 180 and 385 meters. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2012
The İzmit Bay Bridge crossing the Marmara Sea in Turkey with a span of 1,668 m.
Two large suspension bridges are planned in China The Xihoumen Bridge, with a span of 1,650 is planned for the Zhoushan Archipelago, and the Qiongzhou Bridge (2,000 m to 2,500 m).
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. [106]
The Chacao Channel bridge connecting the island of Chiloé 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.
A second span is being constructed of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The new span, which will run parallel to the current bridge, is scheduled to be completed in 2007.

Bridges have also been suggested for the Strait of Gibraltar and the Sunda Strait 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 goverment amid controversy concerning the bridge's cost and feared mafia influence.[107]

[edit] See also

List of bridges by length
List of largest cable-stayed bridges
List of spans ( list of remarkable permanent wire spans)

[edit] References

Note: Some of the information posted on the following sites may differ from that above. As of February 21 2006, the sites were out of date or inaccurate as noted in parenthesis

Denenberg, David, Bridgemeister.com (an extensive inventory of roughly 2,000 suspension bridges)
Janberg, Nicolas, Suspension bridges, Structurae.de (an extensive database of structures including many suspension bridges)
Durkee, Jackson, "World's Longest Bridge Spans", National Steel Bridge Alliance, May 24, 1999 (out of date)
The World's Greatest Bridges, The Bridge over the Strait of Messina (out of date and other errors)
List of longest spans, Pub Quiz Help (includes bridges that have not yet been completed)
Steel bridges in the world, and other bridge statistics, The Swedish Institute of Steel Construction, March, 2003 (out of date)
Virola, Eur Ing Juhani, Two Millennia - Two Long-Span Suspension Bridges, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, ATSE Focus No 124, November/December 2002 (revised information up to date as of 2005)