Notable Modern BridgesHere is information about modern bridges around the world; this includes suspension, cantilever, steel arch, cable-stayed, continuous truss, concrete arch, and segmental construction
| Name |
Location |
Length of main
span |
Year completed |
| ft |
m |
|
Suspension
|
United States
|
|
|
|
| Verrazano-Narrows |
Lower New York Bay |
4,260 |
1,298 |
1964 |
| Golden Gate |
San Francisco Bay |
4,200 |
1,280 |
1937 |
| Mackinac |
Mackinac Straits, Mich. |
3,800 |
1,158 |
1957 |
| George Washington |
Hudson River at New York City |
3,500 |
1,067 |
1931 |
| Tacoma Narrows II |
Puget Sound at Tacoma, Wash. |
2,800 |
853 |
1950 |
| San Francisco–Oakland Bay1 |
San Francisco Bay |
2,310 |
704 |
1936 |
| Bronx-Whitestone |
East River, New York City |
2,300 |
701 |
1939 |
| Delaware Memorial1 |
Delaware River near Wilmington,
Del. |
2,150 |
655 |
1951, 1968 |
| Seaway Skyway |
St. Lawrence River at Ogdensburg,
N.Y. |
2,150 |
655 |
1960 |
| Walt Whitman |
Delaware River at Philadelphia |
2,000 |
610 |
1957 |
| Ambassador International |
Detroit River at Detroit |
1,850 |
564 |
1929 |
| Throgs Neck |
East River, New York City |
1,800 |
549 |
1961 |
| Benjamin Franklin |
Delaware River at Philadelphia |
1,750 |
533 |
1926 |
| Bear Mountain |
Hudson River at Peekskill, N.Y. |
1,632 |
497 |
1924 |
| William Preston Lane, Jr.1 |
Chesapeake Bay, Md. |
1,600 |
488 |
1952, 1973 |
| Williamsburg |
East River, New York City |
1,600 |
488 |
1903 |
| Newport |
Narragansett Bay at Newport, R.I. |
1,600 |
488 |
1969 |
| Brooklyn |
East River, New York City |
1,596 |
486 |
1883 |
| Mid-Hudson |
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. |
1,495 |
457 |
1930 |
| Manhattan |
East River, New York City |
1,470 |
448 |
1909 |
| Triborough |
New York, N.Y. |
1,380 |
421 |
1936 |
| St. Johns |
Portland, Ore. |
1,207 |
368 |
1931 |
| Mount Hope |
Mount Hope Bay, R.I. |
1,200 |
366 |
1929 |
| Royal Gorge |
Arkansas River, Colo. |
1,053 |
321 |
1929 |
| Wheeling |
Ohio River, Wheeling, W.Va. |
1,010 |
308 |
1847 |
| |
International
|
|
|
|
| Akashi Kaikyo |
Hyogo, Japan |
6,529 |
1,990 |
1998 |
| Izmit Bay |
Marmara Sea, Turkey |
5,472 |
1,668 |
UC |
| Storebælt |
Denmark |
5,328 |
1,624 |
1998 |
| Humber |
Humberside, England |
4,626 |
1,410 |
1981 |
| Jiangyin |
Yangtze River, China |
4,543 |
1,385 |
1999 |
| Tsing Ma |
Hong Kong |
4,518 |
1,377 |
1997 |
| Höga Kusten (High Coast) |
Västernorrland, Sweden |
3,969 |
1,210 |
1997 |
| Minami Bisan-Seto |
Japan |
3,609 |
1,100 |
1988 |
| Second Bosporus |
Istanbul, Turkey |
3,576 |
1,090 |
1988 |
| First Bosporus |
Istanbul, Turkey |
3,524 |
1,074 |
1973 |
| Third Kurushima |
Japan |
3,379 |
1,030 |
1999 |
| Second Kurushima |
Japan |
3,346 |
1,020 |
1999 |
| Ponte 25 de Abril |
Tagus River at Lisbon, Portugal |
3,323 |
1,013 |
1966 |
| Forth Road |
Queensferry, Scotland |
3,300 |
1,006 |
1964 |
| Kita Bisan-Seto |
Japan |
3,248 |
990 |
1988 |
| Severn |
Severn River at Beachley, England |
3,240 |
988 |
1966 |
| Yichang |
Yangtze River, Hubei Province,
China |
3,150 |
960 |
2001 |
| Shimotsui Straits |
Japan |
3,084 |
940 |
1988 |
| Xiling Yangtze |
Three Gorges Dam, China |
2,952 |
900 |
1996 |
| Tigergate (Humen) |
Pearl River, Guangdong Province,
China |
2,913 |
888 |
1997 |
| Ohnaruto |
Japan |
2,874 |
876 |
1988 |
| Pierre Laporte |
Quebec, Canada |
2,190 |
668 |
1970 |
|
Cantilever
|
United States
|
|
|
|
| Commodore John Barry |
Chester, Pa. |
1,644 |
501 |
1974 |
| Crescent City Connection1 |
Mississippi River, New Orleans,
La. |
1,576 |
480 |
1958, 1985 |
| Transbay Bridge |
San Francisco Bay |
1,400 |
427 |
1936 |
| Baton Rouge |
Mississippi River, La. |
1,235 |
376 |
1968 |
| Tappan Zee |
Hudson River at Tarrytown, N.Y. |
1,212 |
369 |
1955 |
| Longview |
Columbia River at Longview, Wash. |
1,200 |
366 |
1930 |
| Patapsco River |
Baltimore Outer Harbor Crossing |
1,200 |
366 |
1976 |
| Queensboro |
East River, New York City |
1,182 |
360 |
1909 |
| |
International
|
|
|
|
| Quebec Railway |
Quebec, Canada |
1,800 |
549 |
1917 |
| Forth Railway1 |
Queensferry, Scotland |
1,710 |
521 |
1890 |
| Minato Ohashi |
Osaka, Japan |
1,673 |
510 |
1974 |
| Howrah |
Hooghly River at Calcutta, India |
1,500 |
457 |
1943 |
|
Steel Arch
|
United States
|
|
|
|
| New River Gorge |
Fayetteville, W. Va. |
1,700 |
518 |
1977 |
| Bayonne |
Kill Van Kull at Bayonne, N.J. |
1,675 |
510 |
1931 |
| Fremont |
Portland, Ore. |
1,255 |
383 |
1973 |
| Roosevelt Lake |
Roosevelt, Ariz. |
1,080 |
329 |
1990 |
| Glen Canyon |
Page, Ariz. |
1,028 |
313 |
1959 |
| Lewiston-Queenston |
Lewiston, N.Y. |
1,000 |
305 |
1962 |
| Perrine |
Twin Falls, Idaho |
993 |
303 |
1976 |
| Hell Gate |
East River (Hell Gate), New York
City |
978 |
298 |
1916 |
| |
International
|
|
|
|
| Lupu Bridge |
Shanghai, China |
1,800 |
550 |
2003 |
| Sydney Harbor |
Sydney, Australia |
1,670 |
509 |
1932 |
| Port Mann |
Fraser River at Vancouver, British
Columbia |
1,200 |
366 |
1964 |
| Yanjisha2 |
Guangzhou, China |
1,181 |
360 |
2000 |
| Thatcher Ferry |
Panama Canal, Panama |
1,128 |
344 |
1962 |
| Laviolette |
St. Lawrence River, Trois Rivieres,
Quebec |
1,100 |
335 |
1967 |
| Zdákov |
Vltava River, Czech Republic |
1,083 |
330 |
1967 |
| Runcorn-Widnes |
Mersey River, England |
1,082 |
330 |
1961 |
| Birchenough |
Sabi River at Fort Victoria,
Zimbabwe |
1,080 |
329 |
1935 |
|
Cable-stayed
|
United States
|
|
|
|
| Arthur Ravenel, Jr. |
Cooper River, S.C. |
1,546 |
471 |
2005 |
| Clark |
Alton, Ill. |
1,360 |
415 |
1994 |
| Dames Point |
Jacksonville, Fla. |
1,300 |
396 |
1988 |
| Fred Hartman |
Baytown, Tex. |
1,250 |
381 |
1995 |
| Sidney Lanier |
Brunswick River, Ga. |
1,250 |
381 |
2003 |
| Hale Boggs Memorial |
Luling, La. |
1,222 |
373 |
1983 |
| Sunshine Skyway |
Tampa, Fla. |
1,200 |
366 |
1987 |
| |
International
|
|
|
|
| Tatara |
Honshu-Shikoku, Japan |
2,920 |
890 |
1999 |
| Pont de Normandie |
Le Havre, France |
2,808 |
856 |
1995 |
| Second Nanjing |
Yangtze River, Nanjing, China |
2,060 |
628 |
2001 |
| Wuhan Third Yangtze |
Wuhan, Hubei Province, China |
2,028 |
618 |
2000 |
| Qingzhou Minjiang |
Fuzhou, China |
1,985 |
605 |
1996 |
| Yang Pu |
Shanghai, China |
1,975 |
602 |
1993 |
| Xupu |
Shanghai, China |
1,936 |
590 |
1997 |
| Meiko Chuo |
Aichi, Japan |
1,936 |
590 |
1997 |
| Rion-Antirion |
Greece |
1,837 |
560 |
2004 |
| Skarnsundet |
near Trondheim, Norway |
1,739 |
530 |
1991 |
| Queshi |
Guangdong Province, China |
1,700 |
518 |
1999 |
| Tsurumi Tsubasa |
Kanagawa, Japan |
1,673 |
510 |
1995 |
| Jingzhou |
Yangtze River, Hubei Province,
China |
1,640 |
500 |
2002 |
| Oresund |
Denmark/Sweden |
1,614 |
492 |
2000 |
| Ikuchi |
Honshu-Shikoku, Japan |
1,608 |
490 |
1991 |
| Higashi Kobe |
Hyogo, Japan |
1,591 |
485 |
1994 |
| Zhanjiang Bay |
Guangdong Province, China |
1,575 |
480 |
1998 |
| Ting Kau |
Hong Kong |
1,558 |
475 |
1997 |
| Seohae Grand |
South Korea |
1,542 |
470 |
2000 |
| Alex Fraser |
Vancouver, B.C., Canada |
1,525 |
465 |
1986 |
| Yokohama-ko-odan |
Kanagawa, Japan |
1,509 |
460 |
1989 |
| Second Hooghly |
Calcutta, India |
1,500 |
457 |
1992 |
| Second Severn Crossing |
Severn River, England |
1,496 |
456 |
1996 |
| Queen Elizabeth II |
Thames River, Dartford, England |
1,476 |
450 |
1992 |
| Dao Kanong |
Chao Phraya River, Bangkok,
Thailand |
1,476 |
450 |
1987 |
| Chongqing 2nd |
Sichuan Province, China |
1,457 |
444 |
1996 |
| Barrio de Luna |
Cordillera, Spain |
1,444 |
440 |
1983 |
| Kap Shui Mun |
Kowloon and Lantau Islands, Hong
Kong |
1,411 |
430 |
1997 |
| Helgeland |
Sandnessjoen, Nordland, Norway |
1,394 |
425 |
1991 |
| Wadi Leban |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
1,239 |
405 |
1997 |
|
Continuous Truss
|
United States
|
|
|
|
| Astoria |
Columbia River, Ore. |
1,232 |
376 |
1966 |
| Croton Reservoir |
Croton, N.Y. |
1,052 |
321 |
1970 |
| Ravenswood |
Ohio River, Ravenswood, W. Va. |
902 |
275 |
1981 |
| Central |
Ohio River, Newport, Ky. |
850 |
259 |
1995 |
| Braga Memorial |
Taunton River at Somerset, Mass. |
840 |
256 |
1965 |
| Kingston-Rhinecliff |
Kingston, N.Y. |
800 |
244 |
1957 |
| Mark Clark Expressway I-526 |
Cooper River at Charleston, S.C. |
800 |
244 |
1992 |
| |
International
|
|
|
|
| Oshima |
Oshima Island, Japan |
1,066 |
325 |
1976 |
| Tenmon |
Kumamoto, Japan |
984 |
300 |
1966 |
| Kuronoseto |
Nagashima-Kyushu, Japan |
984 |
300 |
1974 |
| Graf Spee |
Germany |
839 |
256 |
1936 |
|
Concrete Arch
|
United States
|
|
|
|
| Natchez Trace Pkwy. |
Franklin, Tenn. |
582 |
177 |
1994 |
| Westinghouse |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
460 |
140 |
1931 |
| Jack's Run |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
400 |
120 |
1930 |
| Cappelen |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
400 |
120 |
1923 |
| |
International
|
|
|
|
| Wanxian |
Wanxian, Sichuan Province, China |
1,378 |
420 |
1997 |
| Krk (I) |
Krk, Croatia |
1,280 |
390 |
1980 |
| Jiangjiehe |
Guizhou Province, China |
1,083 |
330 |
1995 |
| Gladesville |
Parramatta River at Sydney,
Australia |
1,000 |
305 |
1964 |
| Amizade |
Paraná River at Foz do Iguassu,
Brazil |
951 |
290 |
1964 |
| Bloukrans |
Bloukrans River, South Africa |
892 |
272 |
1983 |
| Arrábida |
Porto, Portugal |
886 |
270 |
1963 |
| Sandö |
Angerman River at Kramfors,
Sweden |
866 |
264 |
1943 |
| Confederation |
Northumberland Strait, Canada |
820 |
250 |
1997 |
| Sibenik |
Sibenik, Croatia |
808 |
246 |
1966 |
| Krk (II) |
Krk, Croatia |
800 |
244 |
1979 |
| Fiumarella |
Catanzaro, Italy |
758 |
231 |
1961 |
| Zaporozhe |
Old Dnepr River, Ukraine |
748 |
228 |
1952 |
| Esla |
Esla River at Zamora, Spain |
645 |
197 |
1940 |
|
Segmental Construction
|
United States
|
|
|
|
| Jesse H. Jones Memorial |
Houston Ship Channel, Tex. |
750 |
228 |
1982 |
NOTES: UC = under construction in 2007.
1. Twin span.
2. Concrete-filled steel tubes.
Sources: National Steel Bridge Alliance,
Swedish Institute of Steel Construction, Structurae, Federal Highway
Administration.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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