This list ranks the world's cable-stayed bridges by the length of main span, i.e. the distance between the suspension towers. The length of the main span is the most common way to rank cable-stayed 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.
Cable-stayed bridges with more than three spans are generally more complex, and bridges of this type generally represent a more notable engineering achievement, even where their spans are shorter.
Cable-stayed bridges have the second-longest spans, after suspension bridges, of bridge types. They are practical for spans up to around 1 kilometre (0.6 mi). The Russky Bridge over the Eastern Bosphorus in Vladivostok, Russia, with its 1,104 metres (3,622 ft) span, has the longest span of any cable-stayed bridge, displacing the former record holder, the Sutong Bridge over the Yangtze River in the People's Republic of China 1,088 metres (3,570 ft) on 12 April 2012.[citation needed]
This list of largest cable-stayed bridges includes all bridges with a main span of at least 500 metres (1,640 ft) in length. This list only includes bridges that carry vehicular traffic, such as automobiles or trains. It does not include suspension bridges, footbridges or pipeline bridges.
Image | Rank | Name | Main span
metres (feet) |
Number of pylons |
Year completed |
Location | Country | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Russky Bridge | 1,104 m (3,622.0 ft) | 2 |
2012 |
Vladivostok 43°3′47.6″N 131°54′26.8″E / 43.063222°N 131.907444°E |
Russia | [S 1] | |
2 | Husutong Yangtze River Bridge | 1,092 m (3,582.7 ft) | 2 |
2020 |
Nantong - Suzhou, Jiangsu 32°00′17.1″N 120°42′50.1″E / 32.004750°N 120.713917°E |
China | [S 2][1][2] | |
3 | Sutong Yangtze River Bridge | 1,088 m (3,569.6 ft) | 2 |
2008 |
Suzhou - Nantong, Jiangsu 31°46′40.2″N 120°59′41.2″E / 31.777833°N 120.994778°E |
China | [S 3] | |
4 | Stonecutters Bridge | 1,018 m (3,339.9 ft) | 2 |
2009 |
Tsing Yi - Stonecutters Island, Hong Kong 22°19′33.7″N 114°7′6″E / 22.326028°N 114.11833°E |
China | [S 4] | |
5 | Qingshan Yangtze River Bridge | 938 m (3,077.4 ft) | 2
|
2021
|
Wuhan, Hubei 30°40′47.8″N 114°28′00.4″E / 30.679944°N 114.466778°E |
China | ||
6 | Edong Yangtze River Bridge | 926 m (3,038.1 ft) | 2 |
2010 |
Huangshi, Hubei 30°15′38.1″N 115°4′20.1″E / 30.260583°N 115.072250°E |
China | [S 5] | |
7 | Jiayu Yangtze River Bridge | 920 m (3,018.4 ft) | 2 |
2019 |
Jiayu County, Hubei 30°03′07.0″N 113°59′05.0″E / 30.051944°N 113.984722°E |
China | [3] | |
8 | Tatara Bridge | 890 m (2,919.9 ft) | 2 |
1999 |
Ikuchi Island, Hiroshima - Ōmishima Island, Ehime 34°15′35.7″N 133°3′52.6″E / 34.259917°N 133.064611°E |
Japan | [S 6] | |
9 | Pont de Normandie | 856 m (2,808.4 ft) | 2 |
1995 |
Le Havre, Seine-Maritime - Honfleur, Calvados 49°25′56.1″N 0°16′26.3″E / 49.432250°N 0.273972°E |
France | [S 7] | |
10 | Chizhou Yangtze River Bridge | 828 m (2,716.5 ft) | 2
|
2019
|
Chizhou - Zongyang County, Anhui 30°41′38.0″N 117°20′54.4″E / 30.693889°N 117.348444°E |
China | [4] | |
11 | Shishou Yangtze River Bridge | 820 m (2,690.3 ft) | 2
|
2019
|
Shishou, Hubei 29°47′14.6″N 112°29′34.3″E / 29.787389°N 112.492861°E |
China | [5] | |
12 | Jiujiang Yangtze River Expressway Bridge | 818 m (2,683.7 ft) | 2 |
2013 |
Jiujiang, Jiangxi - Huangmei County, Hubei 29°43′21.4″N 115°54′30.2″E / 29.722611°N 115.908389°E |
China | [S 8] | |
13 | Jingyue Yangtze River Bridge | 816 m (2,677.2 ft) | 2 |
2010 |
Jingzhou, Hubei - Yueyang, Hunan 29°32′39.9″N 113°13′20.3″E / 29.544417°N 113.222306°E |
China | [S 9] | |
14 | Wuxue Yangtze River Bridge | 808 m (2,650.9 ft) | 2
|
2021
|
Wuxue, Hubei 29°50′34.9″N 115°30′10.7″E / 29.843028°N 115.502972°E |
China | [6] | |
15 | Second Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge | 806 m (2,644.4 ft) | 2 |
2017 |
Wuhu, Anhui 31°14′06.5″N 118°07′44.9″E / 31.235139°N 118.129139°E |
China | [7] | |
16 | Incheon Bridge | 800 m (2,624.7 ft) | 2 |
2009 |
Incheon - Yeongjongdo 37°24′50.2″N 126°34′1.1″E / 37.413944°N 126.566972°E |
South Korea | [S 10] | |
17 | Yachi River Bridge | 800 m (2,624.7 ft) | 2 |
2016 |
Qingzhen, Guizhou 26°50′56.9″N 106°08′14.5″E / 26.849139°N 106.137361°E |
China | [8] | |
18 | Xiamen Zhangzhou Bridge | 780 m (2,559.1 ft) | 2 |
2013 |
Zhangzhou - Xiamen, Fujian 24°27′22.5″N 117°56′57.9″E / 24.456250°N 117.949417°E |
China | [9] | |
19 | Zhuankou Yangtze River Bridge | 760 m (2,493.4 ft) | 2 |
2017 |
Wuhan, Hubei 30°26′04.4″N 114°11′07.2″E / 30.434556°N 114.185333°E |
China | [10] | |
20 | Danjiangkou Reservoir Bridge | 760 m (2,493.4 ft) | 2
|
2023
|
Shiyan, Hubei |
China | [11] | |
21 | Zolotoy Bridge | 737 m (2,418.0 ft) | 2 |
2012 |
Vladivostok 43°6′31.4″N 131°53′45.9″E / 43.108722°N 131.896083°E |
Russia | [S 11] | |
22 | Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge | 730 m (2,395.0 ft) | 2 |
2009 |
Shanghai - Chongming County 31°26′4.3″N 121°44′38.3″E / 31.434528°N 121.743972°E |
China | [S 12] | |
23 | Third Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge | 730 m (2,395.0 ft) | 2
|
2019
|
Wanzhou District, Chongqing 30°47′26.3″N 108°23′50.4″E / 30.790639°N 108.397333°E |
China | [12] | |
24 | Duge Bridge | 720 m (2,362.2 ft) | 2 |
2016 |
Dugexiang, Guizhou 26°23′11.8″N 104°40′31.8″E / 26.386611°N 104.675500°E |
China | [S 13] | |
25 | Chibi Yangtze River Bridge | 720 m (2,362.2 ft) | 2
|
2021
|
Chibi City - Honghu, Hubei 29°51′10.1″N 113°34′08.3″E / 29.852806°N 113.568972°E |
China | [13] | |
26 | Minpu Bridge | 708 m (2,322.8 ft) | 2 |
2009 |
Shanghai 31°3′10.7″N 121°28′35.1″E / 31.052972°N 121.476417°E |
China | [S 14] | |
27 | Jiangshun Xi River Bridge | 700 m (2,296.6 ft) | 2 |
2015 |
Foshan - Jiangmen, Guangdong 22°46′52.1″N 113°04′08.7″E / 22.781139°N 113.069083°E |
China | [14] | |
28 | Xiangshan Port Bridge | 688 m (2,257.2 ft) | 2 |
2012 |
Ningbo - Xiangshan County, Zhejiang 29°37′36.7″N 121°49′2.1″E / 29.626861°N 121.817250°E |
China | [15] | |
29 | Langqi Min River Bridge | 680 m (2,231.0 ft) | 2 |
2013 |
Fuzhou, Fujian 26°5′57″N 119°32′13.1″E / 26.09917°N 119.536972°E |
China | [16] | |
30 | Second Fengdu Yangtze River Bridge | 680 m (2,231.0 ft) | 2 |
2017 |
Fengdu County, Chongqing 29°52′05.9″N 107°42′28.1″E / 29.868306°N 107.707806°E |
China | [17] | |
31 | Bianyuzhou Bridge | 672 m (2,204.7 ft) | 2 |
2021 |
Huangmei County - Jiujiang, Hubei/Jiangxi | China | [18] | |
32 | Baijusi Yangtze River Bridge | 660 m (2,165.4 ft) | 2
|
2022
|
Dadukou District - Banan District, Chongqing 29°25′27.8″N 106°30′45.1″E / 29.424389°N 106.512528°E |
China | [19] | |
33 | Queensferry Crossing | 650 m (2,132.5 ft) | 3 |
2017 |
Lothian and Fife 56°0′17″N 3°24′45″W / 56.00472°N 3.41250°W |
United Kingdom | [S 15] | |
34 | Third Nanjing Yangtze Bridge | 648 m (2,126.0 ft) | 2 |
2005 |
Nanjing, Jiangsu 31°58′13″N 118°38′29.7″E / 31.97028°N 118.641583°E |
China | [S 16] | |
35 | Wangdong Yangtze River Bridge | 638 m (2,093.2 ft) | 2 |
2016 |
Wangjiang County, Anhui 30°5′26.5″N 116°46′49″E / 30.090694°N 116.78028°E |
China | [S 17] | |
36 | New Yalu River Bridge | 636 m (2,086.6 ft) | 2 |
2015 |
Dandong, Liaoning - Sinuiju, North Pyongan Province 40°2′7.8″N 124°22′11.2″E / 40.035500°N 124.369778°E |
China North Korea |
[20] | |
37 | Second Tongling Yangtze River Bridge | 630 m (2,066.9 ft) | 2 |
2015 |
Tongling, Anhui 31°5′0.4″N 117°57′58.3″E / 31.083444°N 117.966194°E |
China | [S 18] | |
38 | Second Nanjing Yangtze Bridge | 628 m (2,060.4 ft) | 2 |
2001 |
Nanjing, Jiangsu 32°9′45.4″N 118°50′10.2″E / 32.162611°N 118.836167°E |
China | [S 19] | |
39 | Jintang Bridge | 620 m (2,034.1 ft) | 2 |
2009 |
Ningbo - Jintang Island, Zhejiang 30°3′38″N 121°48′16.6″E / 30.06056°N 121.804611°E |
China | [S 20] | |
40 | Baishazhou Yangtze River Bridge | 618 m (2,027.6 ft) | 2 |
2000 |
Wuhan, Hubei 30°29′24.8″N 114°14′10.4″E / 30.490222°N 114.236222°E |
China | [S 21] | |
41 | Erqi Yangtze River Bridge | 616 m (2,021.0 ft) | 3 |
2011 |
Wuhan, Hubei 30°37′39.5″N 114°20′31″E / 30.627639°N 114.34194°E |
China | [S 22] | |
42 | Yongchuan Yangtze River Bridge | 608 m (1,994.8 ft) | 2 |
2014 |
Songjizhen 29°02′37.9″N 105°53′03.2″E / 29.043861°N 105.884222°E |
China | [21] | |
43 | Qingzhou Bridge | 605 m (1,984.9 ft) | 2 |
2001 |
Fuzhou, Fujian 25°59′15.9″N 119°28′17.5″E / 25.987750°N 119.471528°E |
China | [S 23] | |
44 | Yangpu Bridge | 602 m | 2 |
1993 |
Shanghai 31°15′24.4″N 121°32′29.4″E / 31.256778°N 121.541500°E |
China | [S 24] | |
45 | Nanjing Jiangxinzhou Yangtze River Bridge | 600 m (1,968.5 ft) | 3
|
2020
|
Nanjing, Jiangsu 32°00′21.4″N 118°39′41.6″E / 32.005944°N 118.661556°E |
China | [22] | |
46 | Xijiang Rail Bridge | 600 m (1,968.5 ft) | 2
|
2021
|
Jiangmen-Foshan, Guangdong 22°42′1″N 113°05′47″E / 22.70028°N 113.09639°E |
China | [23] | |
47 | Xupu Bridge | 590 m (1,935.7 ft) | 2 |
1997 |
Shanghai 31°7′45.6″N 121°27′52.8″E / 31.129333°N 121.464667°E |
China | [S 25] | |
48 | Meiko-Chuo Bridge | 590 m (1,935.7 ft) | 2 |
1998 |
Nagoya, Aichi 35°3′12.5″N 136°51′37.2″E / 35.053472°N 136.860333°E |
Japan | [S 26] | |
49 | Yijishan Yangtze River Bridge | 588 m (1,929.1 ft) | 2 |
2020 |
Wuhu, Anhui 31°21′19.8″N 118°20′29.2″E / 31.355500°N 118.341444°E |
China | [24] | |
50 | Taoyaomen Bridge | 580 m (1,902.9 ft) | 2 |
2003 |
Cezi Island - Fuchi Island, Zhoushan 30°6′0.9″N 121°57′34.3″E / 30.100250°N 121.959528°E |
China | [S 27] | |
51 | Anqing Yangtze River Railway Bridge | 580 m (1,902.9 ft) | 2 |
2014 |
Anqing, Anhui 30°34′20″N 117°14′57.4″E / 30.57222°N 117.249278°E |
China | [S 28] | |
52 | Liuguanghe Xiqian Expressway Bridge | 580 m (1,902.9 ft) | 2 |
2017 |
Liutongxiang, Guizhou 27°04′43.3″N 106°24′03.2″E / 27.078694°N 106.400889°E |
China | [25] | |
53 | Nanxi Xianyuan Yangtze River Bridge | 572 m (1,876.6 ft) | 2
|
2019
|
Nanxi District, Sichuan 28°48′34.7″N 104°57′33.8″E / 28.809639°N 104.959389°E |
China | [26] | |
54 | Huanggang Yangtze River Bridge | 567 m (1,860.2 ft) | 2 |
2014 |
Huanggang, Hubei 30°31′57.6″N 114°49′58.5″E / 30.532667°N 114.832917°E |
China | [S 29] | |
55 | Yumenkou Yellow River Road Bridge | 565 m (1,853.7 ft) | 2
|
2020
|
Hancheng, Shaanxi - Hejin, Shanxi 35°39′17.4″N 110°36′4.62″E / 35.654833°N 110.6012833°E |
China | [27] | |
56 | Rio–Antirrio bridge | 560 m (1,837.3 ft) | 4 |
2004 |
Rio, Peloponnese - Antirrio, Aetolia-Acarnania 38°19′13.9″N 21°46′23.3″E / 38.320528°N 21.773139°E |
Greece | [S 30] | |
57 | Haihuang Bridge | 560 m (1,837.3 ft) | 2 |
2017 |
Jainca County - Hualong Hui, Qinghai 35°50′12.4″N 102°05′06.5″E / 35.836778°N 102.085139°E |
China | [S 31] | |
58 | Zunyu Expressway Xiang River Bridge | 560 m (1,837.3 ft) | 2
|
2021
|
Weng'an, Guizhou | China | [28][29] | |
59 | Pingtang Bridge | 550 m (1,804.5 ft) | 3
|
2019
|
Pingtang, Guizhou 25°47′09.2″N 107°03′20.1″E / 25.785889°N 107.055583°E |
China | ||
60 | Can Tho Bridge | 550 m (1,804.5 ft) | 2 |
2010 |
Cần Thơ, Mekong Delta 10°2′5.6″N 105°48′46.3″E / 10.034889°N 105.812861°E |
Vietnam | [S 32] | |
61 | Changmen Bridge | 550 m (1,804.5 ft) | 2
|
2019
|
Fuzhou, Fujian 26°8′3.23″N 119°35′31.72″E / 26.1342306°N 119.5921444°E |
China | [30] | |
62 | Zhoudai Bridge | 550 m (1,804.5 ft) | 3
|
2021
|
Zhoushan, Zhejiang | China | [31] | |
63 | Busan Harbor Bridge | 540 m (1,771.7 ft) | 2 |
2014 |
Busan, Yeongnam 35°6′21.1″N 129°3′54.5″E / 35.105861°N 129.065139°E |
South Korea | [S 33] | |
64 | La Pepa Bridge | 540 m (1,771.7 ft) | 2 |
2015 |
Cádiz, Andalusia 36°31′23.4″N 6°15′56″W / 36.523167°N 6.26556°W |
Spain | [S 34] | |
65 | Shachengwan Bridge | 535 m (1,755.2 ft) | 2
|
2021
|
Fuding, Fujian
27°14′22.25″N 120°17′33.81″E / 27.2395139°N 120.2927250°E |
China | [32] | |
66 | Pingtan Strait Rail-Road Bridge | 532 m (1,745.4 ft) | 2 |
2020 |
Changle - Pingtan County, Fujian 25°41′45.7″N 119°37′40.6″E / 25.696028°N 119.627944°E |
China | [33][34] | |
67 | Skarnsund Bridge | 530 m (1,738.8 ft) | 2 |
1991 |
Inderøy - Mosvik, Nord-Trøndelag 63°50′35.8″N 11°4′32.2″E / 63.843278°N 11.075611°E |
Norway | [S 35] | |
68 | Atlantic Bridge, Panama | 530 m (1,738.8 ft) | 2 |
2019[35] |
Colón Province 9°18′27.9″N 79°55′05.7″W / 9.307750°N 79.918250°W |
Panama | [S 36] | |
69 | Yinzhouhu Bridge | 530 m (1,738.8 ft) | 2
|
2023
|
Jiangmen, Guangdong 22°25′2.94″N 113°4′11.92″E / 22.4174833°N 113.0699778°E |
China | [36] | |
70 | Lingang Yangtze River Bridge | 522 m (1,712.6 ft) | 2
|
2023
|
Yibin, Sichuan | China | [37][38] | |
71 | Baluarte Bridge | 520 m (1,706.0 ft) | 2 |
2012 |
Concordia, Sinaloa - Pueblo Nuevo, Durango 23°32′1.8″N 105°45′36.4″W / 23.533833°N 105.760111°W |
Mexico | [S 37] | |
72 | Huangyi Yangtze River Bridge | 520 m (1,706.0 ft) | 2 |
2012 |
Huangyizhen, Sichuan 28°53′42.6″N 105°32′53.8″E / 28.895167°N 105.548278°E |
China | [S 38] | |
73 | Hejiang Shenbicheng Yangtze River Bridge | 520 m (1,706.0 ft) | 2
|
2023
|
Hejiang, Sichuan
28°52′19.02″N 105°41′50.25″E / 28.8719500°N 105.6972917°E |
China | [39] | |
74 | Naxi Yangtze River Bridge | 520 m (1,706.0 ft) | 2
|
2023
|
Luzhou, Sichuan | China | [40] | |
75 | Queshi Bridge | 518 m (1,699.5 ft) | 2 |
1999 |
Shantou, Guangdong 23°20′38.1″N 116°39′35.9″E / 23.343917°N 116.659972°E |
China | [S 39] | |
76 | Gong'an Yangtze River Bridge | 518 m (1,699.5 ft) | 2 |
2018 |
Gong'an County - Jiangling County, Hubei 30°04′14.4″N 112°19′39.3″E / 30.070667°N 112.327583°E |
China | [41] | |
77 | Tsurumi Tsubasa Bridge | 510 m (1,673.2 ft) | 2 |
1994 |
Yokohama, Kanagawa 35°28′19.3″N 139°41′57.1″E / 35.472028°N 139.699194°E |
Japan | [S 40] | |
78 | Anqing Yangtze River Bridge | 510 m (1,673.2 ft) | 2 |
2004 |
Anqing, Anhui 30°29′56.6″N 117°4′16.9″E / 30.499056°N 117.071361°E |
China | [S 41] | |
79 | First Cheonsa Bridge | 510 m (1,673.2 ft) | 2 |
2019 |
Amtae Island - Aphae Island, South Jeolla Province 34°51′38.2″N 126°10′16.6″E / 34.860611°N 126.171278°E |
South Korea | [42][43] | |
80 | Hongshui River Huiluo Bridge | 508 m (1,666.7 ft) | 2
|
2018
|
Hongshuihezhen, Guizhou 25°10′54.8″N 106°41′12.7″E / 25.181889°N 106.686861°E |
China | [44] | |
81 | Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge | 504 m (1,653.5 ft) | 2 |
2008 |
Wuhan, Hubei 30°39′25.8″N 114°24′1.7″E / 30.657167°N 114.400472°E |
China | [S 42] | |
82 | Jingzhou Yangtze River Bridge north bridge |
500 m (1,640.4 ft) | 2 |
2002 |
Jingzhou, Hubei 30°19′4″N 112°13′2.8″E / 30.31778°N 112.217444°E |
China | [S 43] | |
83 | Kanchanaphisek Bridge | 500 m (1,640.4 ft) | 2 |
2007 |
Phra Pradaeng District, Samut Prakan Province 13°37′59.5″N 100°32′18.2″E / 13.633194°N 100.538389°E |
Thailand | [S 44] | |
84 | Sungai Johor Bridge | 500 m (1,640.4 ft) | 2 |
2011 |
Johor Bahru, Johor 1°31′54.7″N 104°1′21.4″E / 1.531861°N 104.022611°E |
Malaysia | [S 45] | |
85 | Mokpo Bridge | 500 m (1,640.4 ft) | 2 |
2012 |
Mokpo, South Jeolla Province 34°47′20.7″N 126°21′20.7″E / 34.789083°N 126.355750°E |
South Korea | [45] | |
86 | Hwatae Bridge | 500 m (1,640.4 ft) | 2 |
2015 |
Yeosu - Hwatae Island 34°35′52.5″N 127°44′6.9″E / 34.597917°N 127.735250°E |
South Korea | [46] | |
87 | Honghe Bridge | 500 m (1,640.4 ft) | 4
|
2020
|
Zhuhai, Guangdong 22°10′10″N 113°26′4.77″E / 22.16944°N 113.4346583°E |
China | [47] | |
88 | Nanjing Shangba Jiajiang Bridge | 500 m (1,640.4 ft) | 2
|
2020
|
Nanjing, Jiangsu 32°10′5.89″N 118°46′20.86″E / 32.1683028°N 118.7724611°E |
China | [48] | |
89 | Hwayang-Jobal Bridge | 500 m (1,640.4 ft) | 2 |
2020 |
Jobaldo Island - Jangsu-ri, South Jeolla Province 34°38′03.8″N 127°34′19.2″E / 34.634389°N 127.572000°E |
South Korea | [49] | |
90 | Xuefenghu Bridge | 500 m (1,640.4 ft) | 2
|
2023
|
Anhua, Hunan | China | [50] |
Name | Main span
metres (feet) |
Number of pylons |
Year to open |
Location | Country | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Changtai Yangtze River Bridge | 1,176 m (3,858.3 ft) | 2 |
2024 |
Changzhou - Taizhou, Jiangsu 31°58′53″N 120°00′03″E / 31.98139°N 120.00083°E |
China | [51][52] |
Guanyinsi Yangtze River Bridge | 1,160 m (3,805.8 ft) | 2
|
2026
|
Jiangling, Hubei | China | [53] |
Maanshan Yangtze River Rail & Road Double Deck Bridge | 1,120 m (3,674.5 ft) | 3
|
2025
|
Ma'anshan, Hubei 31°35′38″N 118°23′31″E / 31.59389°N 118.39194°E |
China | [54] |
Puzhehei Bridge | 930 metres (3,050 ft) | 2
|
2026
|
Shedexiang, Yunnan | China | [55] |
Bailizhou Yangtze River Bride | 890 m (2,919.9 ft) | 2
|
2026
|
Zhijiang, Hubei
30°24′52″N 111°46′55″E / 30.41444°N 111.78194°E |
China | [56] |
Xiangshan Bridge | 880 m (2,887.1 ft) | 2
|
2024
|
Zhongshan, Guangdong | China | [57] |
Gordie Howe International Bridge | 853 m (2,798.6 ft) | 2 |
2025[58] |
Detroit to Windsor | United States/ Canada | [59][60] |
Shenzhen-Jiangmen High Speed Railroad Hongqili Bridge | 808 m (2,650.9 ft) | 2
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2028
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Zhongshan, Guangdong |
China | [61] |
Qinglongmen First Bridge | 756 m (2,480.3 ft) | 3 |
2028 |
Ningbo - Zhoushan, Zhejiang | China | [62] |
Huangmaohai Bridge | 720 m (2,362.2 ft) | 3
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2024
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Zhuhai-Taishan, Guangdong | China | [63] |
Min'an Bridge | 716 m (2,349.1 ft) | 2
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2025
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Fuzhou, Fujian | China | [64] |
Gaolangang Bridge | 700 m (2,296.6 ft) | 2
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2024
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Zhuhai-Taishan, Guangdong | China | [63] |
Xiangshan Port Railway Bridge | 688 m (2,257.2 ft) | 2
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Ningbo - Xiangshan County, Zhejiang 29°37′36.7″N 121°49′2.1″E / 29.626861°N 121.817250°E |
China | [65] | |
Xinshi Jinsha River Bridge | 680 m (2,231.0 ft) | 2
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2024
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Pingshan, Sichuan - Suijiang, Yunnan | China | [66] |
Taoyaomen Rail Road Bridge | 666 m (2,185.0 ft) | 2
|
2025
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Cezi Island - Fuchi Island, Zhoushan 30°6′0.03″N 121°57′32.41″E / 30.1000083°N 121.9590028°E |
China | [67] |
Yangmeizhou Bridge | 658 m (2,158.8 ft) | 2 |
2024 |
Xiangtan, Hunan 27°50′16.4″N 112°52′59.1″E / 27.837889°N 112.883083°E |
China | [68] |
Shunde Bridge | 626 m (2,053.8 ft) | 2
|
2024
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Foshan, Guangdong | China | [69] |
Qianjiang Bridge | 618 m (2,027.6 ft) | 2
|
2024
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Laibin-Wuxuan, Guangxi | China | [70] |
Fuling Shituo Yangtze River Rail/Road Bridge | 608 m (1,994.8 ft) | 2
|
2026
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Fuling District, Chongqing | China | [71] |
Dongying Yellow River Rail/Road Bridge | 600 m (1,968.5 ft) | 2
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Dongying, Shandong | China | [72][73] | |
Honglian Bridge | 580 m (1,902.9 ft) | 2
|
2024
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Guangzhou, Guangdong | China | [74] |
Shenzhong Corridor Zhongshan Bridge | 580 m (1,902.9 ft) | 2
|
2024
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Zhongshan, Guangdong 22°32′29″N 113°38′10″E / 22.54139°N 113.63611°E |
China | [75] |
Fulong Xi River Bridge | 580 m (1,902.9 ft) | 2
|
2024
|
Foshan, Guangdong 22°59′59″N 112°50′20″E / 22.99972°N 112.83889°E |
China | [76] |
Gujin Expressway Chishuihe Bridge | 575 m (1,886.5 ft) | 2
|
2024
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Sichuan | China | [77] |
Huangjueping Yangtze River Bridge | 550 m (1,804.5 ft) | 2 |
2024 |
Jiulongpo District - Nan'an District, Chongqing 29°29′25.2″N 106°32′53.6″E / 29.490333°N 106.548222°E |
China | [78] |
Godeok Bridge | 540 m (1,771.7 ft) | 2 |
2023 |
Gangdong District, Seoul - Guri, Gyeonggi Province 37°34′17.6″N 127°08′57.3″E / 37.571556°N 127.149250°E |
South Korea | [79] |
Rongshan Yangtze River Bridge | 530 m (1,738.8 ft) | 2
|
2024
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Hejiang, Sichuan | China | [80] |
Hongqimen Bridge | 520 m (1,706.0 ft) | 2
|
2024
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Guangzhou, Guangdong | China | [81] |
Anluo Expressway Yellow River Bridge | 520 m (1,706.0 ft) | 2
|
2025
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Yuanyang-Zhongmou, Guangdong | China | [82] |
Harbor Bridge Project | 506.4 m (1,661.4 ft) | 2
|
2023
|
Corpus Christi, Texas | United States | [83] |
Name | Main span
metres (feet) |
Status | Location | Notes |
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Nie Er Bridge | 1,056 m (3,465 ft) | proposed | Hainan to Guangdong China | The bridge will cross the Qiongzhou Strait, and include two 1408 metre suspension spans and several 1056 metre cable-stayed spans.[84] |
Yangshan Zhoushan Bridge | 930 m (3,050 ft) | preliminary work |
Zhoushan to Yangshan, China | Sections of the bridge on Zhoushan Islands are under development |
Bataan–Cavite Interlink Bridge | 900 m (3,000 ft) | proposed | Bataan to Cavite, Philippines | The bridge includes a 32.15-kilometer-long, four-lane, cable-stayed bridge that will cross the Manila Bay and connect Barangay Alas-asin in Mariveles, Bataan, and Barangay Timalan, Naic, Cavite.[85] |
Fourth Panama Canal Bridge | 540 m (1,770 ft) | proposed | Balboa, Panama | Will support six vehicle lanes and the new line 3 of the Panama Metro.[86] |
The definition of cable-stayed bridge deck length used here is: A continuous part of the bridge deck that is supported only by stay-cables and pylons, or are free spans. This means that columns supporting the side span as for example found in Pont de Normandie, excludes most of the side span decks from the cable-stayed deck length.
There are some bridges with long bridge decks whose span lengths have not been published, and therefore are missing. Extradosed bridges are not included. The thirty longest decks are:
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Rank | Cable-stayed deck length |
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1 | 2,540 m (8,330 ft) | Jiaxing-Shaoxing Sea Bridge[87] | 200 | 428 | 428 | 428 | 428 | 428 | 200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | 2,460 m (8,070 ft) | Millau Viaduct[88] | 204 | 342 | 342 | 342 | 342 | 342 | 342 | 204 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 2,252 m (7,388 ft) | Rio-Antirio Bridge[89] | 286 | 560 | 560 | 560 | 286 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 2,016 m (6,614 ft) | Hutong Yangtze River Bridge[1] | 462 | 1092 | 462 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 1,744 m (5,722 ft) | Queensferry Crossing | 222 | 650 | 650 | 222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 1,688 m (5,538 ft) | Sutong Yangtze River Bridge | 300 | 1088 | 300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 1,685 m (5,528 ft) | Pelješac Bridge | 130 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 130 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 1,648 m (5,407 ft) | Honghe Bridge[90] | 162 | 500 | 162 | 162 | 500 | 162 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 1,552 m (5,092 ft) | Erqi Yangtze River Bridge[91] | 160 | 616 | 616 | 160 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 1,500 m (4,900 ft) | Nhật Tân Bridge | 150 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 150 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 1,500 m (4,900 ft) | Pingtang Bridge[92] | 200 | 550 | 550 | 200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 1,495 m (4,905 ft) | General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge[93] | 160 | 235 | 235 | 235 | 235 | 235 | 160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 1,470 m (4,820 ft) | Chishi Bridge | 165 | 380 | 380 | 380 | 165 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 1,422 m (4,665 ft) | Second Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge[7] | 308 | 806 | 308 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 1,323 m (4,341 ft) | Jiayu Yangtze River Bridge[3] | 73 | 920 | 330 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 1,320 m (4,330 ft) | Incheon Bridge | 260 | 800 | 260 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 1,312 m (4,304 ft) | Tatara Bridge | 164 | 890 | 258 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 1,310 m (4,300 ft) | Dunkou Yangtze River Bridge | 275 | 760 | 275 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 1,278 m (4,193 ft) | Chizhou Yangtze River Bridge[4] | 170 | 828 | 280 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 1,272 m (4,173 ft) | Russky Bridge | 84 | 1104 | 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 1,250 m (4,100 ft) | Qingshan Yangtze River Bridge[94] | 156 | 938 | 156 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 1,246 m (4,088 ft) | Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge | 258 | 730 | 258 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 1,240 m (4,070 ft) | Xiamen Zhangzhou Bridge[95] | 230 | 780 | 230 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 1,234 m (4,049 ft) | Qingshan Yangtze River Bridge[96] | 148 | 938 | 148 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 1,212 m (3,976 ft) | Xiangshan Port Bridge | 262 | 688 | 262 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 1,194 m (3,917 ft) | Jingyue Yangtze River Bridge[97] | 80 | 816 | 298 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 1,190 m (3,900 ft) | Shishou Yangtze River Bridge[5] | 80 | 820 | 290 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 1,178 m (3,865 ft) | Stonecutters Bridge | 80 | 1018 | 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 1,177 m (3,862 ft) | Ting Kau Bridge | 127 | 448 | 475 | 127 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 1,170 m (3,840 ft) | Meiko-Chuo Bridge | 290 | 590 | 290 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | 1,170 m (3,840 ft) | Baijusi Yangtze River Bridge[98] | 255 | 660 | 255 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 1,158 m (3,799 ft) | Third Nanjing Yangtze Bridge[99] | 255 | 648 | 255 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 1,136 m (3,727 ft) | Jiujiang Yangtze River Expressway Bridge | 84 | 818 | 234 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | 1,128 m (3,701 ft) | Wuxue Yangtze River Bridge[100] | 290 | 768 | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | 1,110 m (3,640 ft) | Second Tongling Yangtze River Bridge | 240 | 630 | 240 |
Many early suspension bridges included cable-stayed construction, including the 1817 footbridge Dryburgh Abbey Bridge, James Dredge's patented Victoria Bridge, Bath (1836), and the later Albert Bridge, London (1872), and Brooklyn Bridge (1883). Their designers found that the combination of technologies created a stiffer bridge. Albert Caquot's 1952 concrete-decked cable-stayed bridge over the Donzère-Mondragon canal at Pierrelatte is one of the first of the modern type, but had little influence on later development.[101] The steel-decked Strömsund Bridge designed by Franz Dischinger (1956) is therefore more often cited as the first modern cable-stayed bridge.[102]
This list tracks the bridge having the longest cable-stayed main span through time.
Record | Name | Location | Main span: metres (feet) |
Crosses | Notes |
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1871 – 1885 | Old Redheugh Bridge | Newcastle upon Tyne | 73 m (240 ft) | River Tyne | destroyed in 1885[S 46][103] |
1885 – 1891 | Järnbron | Uppsala | 35 m (115 ft)[104] | Fyris River | [S 47] |
1891 – 1914 | Bluff Dale Bridge | Bluff Dale, TX | 43 m (141 ft) | Paluxy River | [S 48] |
1914 – 1922 | Kaihihi Stream Bridge | Okato | 52 m (171 ft) | footbridge[S 49][105] | |
1922 – 1926 | Tauranga Bridge | Ōpōtiki | 58 m (190 ft) | Waioeka River | [S 50] |
1926 – 1952 | Tempul Aqueduct | Jerez de la Frontera | 60 m (200 ft) | Guadalete River | [S 51] |
1952 – 1956 | Donzère-Mondragon Bridge | Pierrelatte | 81 m (266 ft) | Donzère-Mondragon Canal | [S 52] |
1956 – 1957 | Strömsund Bridge | Strömsund | 182 m (597 ft) | Ströms vattudal | [S 53] |
1957 – 1959 | Theodor Heuss Bridge | Düsseldorf | 260 m (850 ft) | Rhine | [S 54] |
1959 – 1969 | Severin Bridge | Cologne | 302 m (991 ft) | Rhine | [S 55] |
1969 – 1971 | Kniebrücke | Düsseldorf | 319 m (1,047 ft) | Rhine | [S 56] |
1971 – 1974 | Duisburg-Neuenkamp Bridge | Duisburg | 350 m (1,150 ft) | Rhine | [S 57] |
1974 – 1983 | Saint-Nazaire Bridge | Saint-Nazaire | 404 m (1,325 ft) | Loire River | [S 58] |
1983 – 1986 | Engineer Carlos Fernández Casado Bridge | León | 440 m (1,440 ft) | Barrios de Luna | [S 59] |
1986 – 1991 | Alex Fraser Bridge | Vancouver | 465 m (1,526 ft) | Fraser River | [S 60] |
1991 – 1993 | Skarnsund Bridge | Inderøy | 530 m (1,740 ft) | Skarnsundet | [S 35] |
1993 – 1995 | Yangpu Bridge | Shanghai | 602 m (1,975 ft) | Huangpu River | [S 24] |
1995 – 1999 | Pont de Normandie | Le Havre | 856 m (2,808 ft) | Seine River | [S 7] |
1999 – 2008 | Tatara Bridge | Imabari | 890 m (2,920 ft) | Inland Sea | [S 6] |
2008 – 2012 | Sutong Bridge | Nantong - Changsu | 1,088 m (3,570 ft) | Yangtze River | [S 3] |
2012 – | Russky Bridge | Vladivostok | 1,104 m (3,622 ft) | Eastern Bosphorus | [S 1] |
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