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List of longest cantilever bridge spans

Summary

This list of cantilever bridges ranks the world's cantilever bridges by the length of their main span. A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using cantilevers: structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end.

Completed cantilever bridges edit

This list only includes bridges that carry automobiles or trains. It does not include suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges, footbridges or pipeline bridges. The span must be 750 feet (229 m) or over to be included in the list.

Note: Click on each bridge's rank to go to the bridge's website. The list may be incomplete. Sourced additions are welcomed.
Rank Name Main span in meters (feet) Completed Location
  1 Pont de Québec
(longest from 1917 to present) 		549 (1,800) 1917 Quebec City and Lévis,   Canada
  2 Forth Bridge
(longest from 1890 to 1917) 		521 (1,710) x2 1890 South Queensferry, City of Edinburgh to North Queensferry, Fife,   Scotland,   United Kingdom
  3 Minato Bridge 510 (1,673) 1973 Osaka,   Japan
  4 Commodore Barry Bridge 501 (1,644) 1974 Chester, Pennsylvania, to Bridgeport, New Jersey,   United States
  5 Crescent City Connection
 480 (1,575) 1958 (eastbound)
1988 (westbound) 		New Orleans, Louisiana,   United States
  6 Sanguantang Bridge [zh] 465 (1,526) 2020 Ningbo, Zhejiang,   China
  7 Howrah Bridge 457 (1,500) 1943 Kolkata, West Bengal,   India
  8 Veterans Memorial Bridge
 445 (1,460) 1995 Gramercy, Louisiana,   United States
  9 Tokyo Gate Bridge 440 (1,443) 2012 Tokyo,   Japan
  10 San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (east Bay span) 427 (1,400) 1936
(demolished 2016) 		San Francisco, California,   United States
  11 J. C. Van Horne Bridge 380 (1,247) 1961 Campbellton, New Brunswick, to Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec,   Canada
  12 Astoria–Megler Bridge 376 (1,232) 1966 Astoria, Oregon, to Point Ellice near Megler, Washington,   United States
  13 Horace Wilkinson Bridge 376 (1,235) 1968 Baton Rouge, Louisiana,   United States
  14 Tappan Zee Bridge 369 (1,212) 1955
(demolished 2019) 		Nyack, New York,   United States
  15 Lewis and Clark Bridge 366 (1,200) 1930 Longview, Washington,   United States
  16 Queensboro Bridge 360 (1,182) 1909 New York, New York,   United States
  17 Carquinez Bridge
(parallel spans) 		335 (1,100) x2 1927 (southbound; demolished 2007)
1958 (northbound) 		Vallejo, California,   United States
  18 Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing 335 (1,100) 1960 Vancouver, British Columbia,   Canada
  19 El Ferdan Railway Bridge 335 (1,100) 2001 near Ismailia,   Egypt
  20 Jacques Cartier Bridge 334 (1,096) 1930 Montreal, Quebec,   Canada
  21 Shibanpo Yangtze River Bridge 330 (1,080) 2006 Chongqing,   China
  22 Richmond-San Rafael Bridge 326 (1,070) x2 1956 Richmond, California,   United States
  23 John P. Grace Memorial Bridge 320 (1,050) 1929
(demolished in 2006) 		Charleston, South Carolina,   United States
  24 Newburgh-Beacon Bridge 305 (1,000) 1963 (westbound)
1981 (eastbound) 		Newburgh, New York,   United States
  25 Stolma Bridge 301 (988) 1998 Austevoll,   Norway
  26 Raftsund Bridge 298 (978) 1998 Vesterålen,   Norway
  27 Sundøy Bridge 298 (978) 2003 Nordland,   Norway
  28 Martin Luther King Bridge 294 (964) 1950 St. Louis, Missouri,   United States
  29 Story Bridge 282 (924) 1940 Brisbane, Queensland,   Australia
  30 Bras de la Plaine Bridge 280.77 (921) 2002 Réunion,   France
  31 Caruthersville Bridge 280 (919) 1975 Caruthersville, Missouri,   United States
  32 Silver Memorial Bridge 274 (900) 1969 Henderson, West Virginia,   United States
  33 Ravenswood Bridge 274 (900) 1981 Ravenswood, West Virginia to Meigs County, Ohio,   United States
  34 Carpenter Bridge 274 (900) 1987 St. Marys, West Virginia,   United States
  35 Carl Perkins Bridge 274 (900) 1987 Portsmouth, Ohio,   United States
  36 Blue Water Bridge 265 (871) 1938 Port Huron, Michigan,   United States to Sarnia, Ontario,   Canada
  37 Vicksburg Bridge 263 (870) 1973 Vicksburg, Mississippi,   United States
  38 Sunshine Skyway Bridge 263 (864)[1] 1954 (original span)
1969 (second span)
Demolished 1993; replaced with cable-stayed bridge 		Tampa Bay, Florida,   United States
  39 Foresthill Bridge 263 (862) 1972 Foresthill, California,   United States
  40 Branko's Bridge 261 (856) 1957 Belgrade,   Serbia
  41 Gateway Bridge 260 (853) 1986 Brisbane, Queensland,   Australia
  42 New Varodd Bridge 260 (853) 1993 Kristiansand, Vest-Agder,   Norway
  43 Huey P. Long Bridge 258 (848) x2 1940 Baton Rouge, Louisiana,   United States
  44 Natchez-Vidalia Bridge 258 (846) x2 1940 (westbound)
1988 (eastbound) 		Natchez, Mississippi,   United States
  45 Brownville Bridge 257 (840) 1939 Brownville, Nebraska,   United States
  46 Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge 257 (840) 1940
(demolished 2011) 		Greenville, Mississippi,   United States
  47 Brent Spence Bridge 253 (830) 1963 Covington, Kentucky,   United States
  48 Old Vicksburg Bridge 251 (825) 1930 Vicksburg, Mississippi,   United States
  49 Sunshine Bridge 251 (825) 1964 St. James Parish, Louisiana,   United States
  50 George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge 250 (820) x2 1929 Louisville, Kentucky,   United States
  51 Skye Bridge 250 (820) 1995 Skye,   Scotland,   United Kingdom
  52 Confederation Bridge 250 (820) x43 1997 Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island, to Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick,   Canada
  53 Matthews Bridge 246 (810) 1953 Jacksonville, Florida,   United States
  54 Helena Bridge 245 (804) 1961 Helena, Arkansas,   United States
  55 Tobin Bridge 244 (800) 1950 Boston, Massachusetts (Charlestown-Chelsea, MA,   United States
  56 Cairo Ohio River Bridge 240 (800) x2 1937 Wickliffe, Kentucky and Cairo, Illinois,   United States
  57 Hamana Bridge [ja] 240 (800) 1976 Shizuoka Prefecture,   Japan
  58 Huey P. Long Bridge 238 (790) 1935
(widened 2013) 		Jefferson Parish, Louisiana,   United States
  59 Silas N. Pearman Bridge 230 (760) 1966
(demolished 2006) 		Charleston, SC,   United States
  60 Outerbridge Crossing 229 (750) 1928 Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and southwestern Staten Island, New York City, New York,   United States

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Barker, R.M.; Puckett, J. A. (2013). Design of Highway Bridges: An LRFD Approach. Wiley. p. 21. ISBN 9781118332832. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  • Durkee, Jackson (1999-05-24). "World's Longest Bridge Spans" (PDF). National Steel Bridge Alliance. pp. 24–26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2002-06-01.

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