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List of longest suspension bridge spans

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List of longest suspension bridge spans

The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e. the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of suspension bridges, often correlating with the height of the towers and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. If one bridge has a longer span than another it does not necessarily mean that the bridge is longer from shore to shore (or from abutment to abutment).

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Suspension bridges have the longest spans of any type of bridge. Cable-stayed bridges, the next longest design, are practical for spans up to just over 1 kilometre. Therefore, the 17 longest bridges on this list are all currently the 17 longest spans of all types of vehicular bridges (other than floating pontoon bridges).

As of March 2017, Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in Japan holds the record with its span of 1,991 m / 6,532 ft, and Çanakkale 1915 Bridge, currently under construction in Turkey, is expected to take the lead with its span of 2,023 m / 6,637 ft.

Completed suspension bridges

This list includes only completed suspension bridges that carry automobiles or trains. It does not include cable-stayed bridges, footbridges, or pipeline bridges.

Bridges under construction

Most of the large suspension bridges built in recent years have been in the People's Republic of China. As the following list shows, most of the bridges under construction are also in China.

History of longest suspension spans

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Other record holding suspension bridges

  • Si Du River Bridge (People's Republic of China) 2009 The highest bridge in the world (472 m).
  • San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (Eastern Span). The widest bridge in the world (78.74 m) is also the most expensive bridge and the largest self-anchored suspension bridge ever constructed.
  • Tacoma Narrows Bridges (Washington State) 853 m—1950 & 2007. The pair of bridges with the longest spans in the world (853 m).
  • Tsing Ma Bridge (Hong Kong) 1997. The longest span carrying road and rail traffic (1,377 m).
  • George Washington Bridge (New York – New Jersey). Suspension bridge with the most lanes of traffic (fourteen total on two levels).
  • Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge (Japan): The world's longest suspension bridge structure
  • Great Seto Bridge (Japan): World's longest two-tiered bridge system (note: not all of the spans that make up the bridge system are suspension bridges)

    • References

    List of longest suspension bridge spans Wikipedia
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