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Notable Modern Bridges

Name LocationLength of main span Year
completed
ft m
Suspension United States    
Verrazano-Narrows Lower New York Bay 4,260 1,2981964
Golden Gate San Francisco Bay 4,200 1,2801937
Mackinac Mackinac Straits, Mich. 3,800 1,1581957
George Washington Hudson River at New York City 3,500 1,0671931
Tacoma Narrows II Puget Sound at Tacoma, Wash. 2,800 8531950
San Francisco–Oakland Bay1 San Francisco Bay 2,310 7041936
Bronx-Whitestone East River, New York City 2,300 7011939
Delaware Memorial1 Delaware River near Wilmington, Del. 2,150 6551951, 1968
Seaway Skyway St. Lawrence River at Ogdensburg, N.Y. 2,150 6551960
Walt Whitman Delaware River at Philadelphia 2,000 6101957
Ambassador International Detroit River at Detroit 1,850 5641929
Throgs Neck East River, New York City 1,800 5491961
Benjamin Franklin Delaware River at Philadelphia 1,750 5331926
Bear Mountain Hudson River at Peekskill, N.Y. 1,632 4971924
William Preston Lane, Jr.1Chesapeake Bay, Md.1,600 4881952, 1973
Williamsburg East River, New York City 1,600 4881903
Newport Narragansett Bay at Newport, R.I. 1,600 4881969
BrooklynEast River, New York City 1,596 4861883
Mid-HudsonPoughkeepsie, N.Y.1,4954571930
ManhattanEast River, New York City1,4704481909
TriboroughNew York, N.Y.1,3804211936
St. JohnsPortland, Ore.1,2073681931
Mount HopeMount Hope Bay, R.I.1,2003661929
Royal GorgeArkansas River, Colo.1,0533211929
WheelingOhio River, Wheeling, W.Va.1,0103081847
 International    
Akashi Kaikyo Hyogo, Japan 6,529 1,9901998
Izmit BayMarmara Sea, Turkey5,4721,668UC
Storebælt Denmark 5,328 1,6241998
Humber Humberside, England4,626 1,4101981
JiangyinYangtze River, China4,5431,3851999
Tsing Ma Hong Kong 4,518 1,3771997
Höga Kusten (High Coast)Västernorrland, Sweden3,9691,2101997
Minami Bisan-Seto Japan 3,6091,1001988
Second Bosporus Istanbul, Turkey 3,576 1,0901988
First Bosporus Istanbul, Turkey3,524 1,0741973
Third KurushimaJapan3,379 1,0301999
Second Kurushima Japan3,346 1,0201999
Ponte 25 de Abril Tagus River at Lisbon, Portugal3,323 1,0131966
Forth Road Queensferry, Scotland 3,300 1,0061964
Kita Bisan-Seto Japan 3,248 9901988
Severn Severn River at Beachley, England 3,240 9881966
YichangYangtze River, Hubei Province, China3,1509602001
Shimotsui Straits Japan 3,084 940 1988
Xiling YangtzeThree Gorges Dam, China2,9529001996
Tigergate (Humen)Pearl River, Guangdong Province, China2,9138881997
Ohnaruto Japan 2,874 8761988
Pierre Laporte Quebec, Canada 2,190 6681970
Cantilever United States    
Commodore John Barry Chester, Pa. 1,644 5011974
Crescent City Connection1 Mississippi River, New Orleans, La. 1,576 4801958, 1985
Transbay Bridge San Francisco Bay 1,400 4271936
Baton Rouge Mississippi River, La. 1,235 3761968
Tappan Zee Hudson River at Tarrytown, N.Y. 1,212 3691955
Longview Columbia River at Longview, Wash. 1,200 3661930
Patapsco River Baltimore Outer Harbor Crossing 1,200 3661976
Queensboro East River, New York City 1,182 3601909
 International    
Quebec Railway Quebec, Canada 1,800 5491917
Forth Railway1 Queensferry, Scotland 1,710 5211890
Minato Ohashi Osaka, Japan 1,673 5101974
Howrah Hooghly River at Calcutta, India1,500 4571943
Steel Arch United States    
New River Gorge Fayetteville, W. Va. 1,700 5181977
Bayonne Kill Van Kull at Bayonne, N.J. 1,675 5101931
Fremont Portland, Ore. 1,255 3831973
Roosevelt LakeRoosevelt, Ariz.1,0803291990
Glen CanyonPage, Ariz.1,0283131959
Lewiston-QueenstonLewiston, N.Y.1,0003051962
PerrineTwin Falls, Idaho9933031976
Hell GateEast River (Hell Gate), New York City9782981916
 International    
Lupu Bridge Shanghai, China1,800550 2003
Sydney Harbor Sydney, Australia 1,670 5091932
Port Mann Fraser River at Vancouver, British Columbia 1,200 3661964
Yanjisha2Guangzhou, China1,1813602000
Thatcher Ferry Panama Canal, Panama 1,128 3441962
Laviolette St. Lawrence River, Trois Rivieres, Quebec 1,100 3351967
Zdákov Vltava River, Czech Republic 1,083 3301967
Runcorn-Widnes Mersey River, England 1,082 3301961
Birchenough Sabi River at Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe 1,080 3291935
Cable-stayed United States    
Arthur Ravenel, Jr.Cooper River, S.C.1,5464712005
ClarkAlton, Ill.1,3604151994
Dames Point Jacksonville, Fla.1,300 3961988
Fred HartmanBaytown, Tex.1,250 3811995
Sidney Lanier Brunswick River, Ga.1,2503812003
Hale Boggs Memorial Luling, La.1,222 3731983
Sunshine Skyway Tampa, Fla.1,200 3661987
 International    
Tatara Honshu-Shikoku, Japan 2,920 8901999
Pont de Normandie Le Havre, France 2,808 8561995
Second Nanjing Yangtze River, Nanjing, China2,0606282001
Wuhan Third YangtzeWuhan, Hubei Province, China2,0286182000
Qingzhou MinjiangFuzhou, China1,985 6051996
Yang Pu Shanghai, China 1,975 6021993
XupuShanghai, China1,936 5901997
Meiko ChuoAichi, Japan1,936 5901997
Rion-Antirion Greece1,8375602004
Skarnsundet near Trondheim, Norway 1,739 5301991
Queshi Guangdong Province, China1,7005181999
Tsurumi TsubasaKanagawa, Japan1,673 5101995
JingzhouYangtze River, Hubei Province, China1,6405002002
OresundDenmark/Sweden1,614 4922000
Ikuchi Honshu-Shikoku, Japan 1,608 4901991
Higashi KobeHyogo, Japan1,5914851994
Zhanjiang Bay Guangdong Province, China1,5754801998
Ting KauHong Kong1,5584751997
Seohae GrandSouth Korea1,5424702000
Alex Fraser Vancouver, B.C., Canada 1,525 465 1986
Yokohama-ko-odan Kanagawa, Japan 1,509 4601989
Second Hooghly Calcutta, India 1,500 4571992
Second Severn Crossing Severn River, England 1,496 4561996
Queen Elizabeth IIThames River, Dartford, England 1,476 4501992
Dao Kanong Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand 1,476 4501987
Chongqing 2nd Sichuan Province, China1,4574441996
Barrio de Luna Cordillera, Spain 1,444 4401983
Kap Shui MunKowloon and Lantau Islands, Hong Kong1,4114301997
Helgeland Sandnessjoen, Nordland, Norway 1,394 4251991
Wadi LebanRiyadh, Saudi Arabia1,2394051997
Continuous Truss United States    
Astoria Columbia River, Ore. 1,232 3761966
Croton Reservoir Croton, N.Y. 1,052 3211970
Ravenswood Ohio River, Ravenswood, W. Va. 902 2751981
Central Ohio River, Newport, Ky. 850 2591995
Braga Memorial Taunton River at Somerset, Mass. 840 2561965
Kingston-RhinecliffKingston, N.Y.8002441957
Mark Clark Expressway I-526 Cooper River at Charleston, S.C. 800 2441992
 International    
Oshima Oshima Island, Japan 1,066 3251976
Tenmon Kumamoto, Japan 984 3001966
Kuronoseto Nagashima-Kyushu, Japan 984 3001974
Graf Spee Germany 839 2561936
Concrete Arch United States    
Natchez Trace Pkwy. Franklin, Tenn. 582 177 1994
Westinghouse Pittsburgh, Pa. 460 1401931
Jack's Run Pittsburgh, Pa. 400 1201930
Cappelen Minneapolis, Minn. 400 1201923
 International    
WanxianWanxian, Sichuan Province, China1,3784201997
Krk (I)Krk, Croatia 1,280 3901980
JiangjieheGuizhou Province, China1,0833301995
Gladesville Parramatta River at Sydney, Australia 1,000 3051964
Amizade Paraná River at Foz do Iguassu, Brazil 951 2901964
BloukransBloukrans River, South Africa8922721983
Arrábida Porto, Portugal 886 2701963
Sandö Angerman River at Kramfors, Sweden 866 2641943
ConfederationNorthumberland Strait, Canada8202501997
SibenikSibenik, Croatia8082461966
Krk (II)Krk, Croatia8002441979
Fiumarella Catanzaro, Italy 758 2311961
Zaporozhe Old Dnepr River, Ukraine 748 2281952
EslaEsla River at Zamora, Spain6451971940
Segmental Construction United States    
Jesse H. Jones Memorial Houston Ship Channel, Tex.750 2281982
NOTES: UC = under construction in 2006.
1. Twin span.
2. Concrete-filled steel tubes.
Sources: National Steel Bridge Alliance, Swedish Institute of Steel Construction, Structurae, Federal Highway Administration.

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