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 Span [m] Location Country Year Notes 1 Akashi-Kaikyo 1991 Kobe-Naruto Japan 1998 2 Xihoumen 1650 Zhoushan Island China 2008 3 Great Belt East 1624 Korsor Denmark 1998 4 Runyang South 1490 Zhenjiang China 2005 5 Humber 1410 Kingston-upon- Hull UK 1981 6 Jiangyin 1385 Jiangsu China 1999 7 Tsing Ma 1377 Hong Kong China 1997 8 Verrazano-Narrows 1298 New York, NY USA 1964
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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.
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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
Main span
in metres (feet)
Completed
[1]
Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge(The largest from 1998 to the present)
Kobe-Naruto Route, Japan
1,991 (6,529)
1998
[2]
Great Belt Bridge (also known as the Storebælt Bridge; Danish: Storebæltsbroen)
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 İzmit 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 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.
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.
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.