Suspension Bridge
The has the longest central span of any suspension bridge. Map all coordinates using: Download coordinates as: The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main (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, 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 to abutment). Suspension bridges have the longest spans of any type of bridge., 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 ).
Since 1998 in holds the record with its span of 1,991 metres (6,532 ft). The of the, currently under construction in, is expected to surpass it with a span of 2,023 metres (6,637 ft). Contents. Completed suspension bridges This list includes only completed suspension bridges that carry automobiles or trains.
It does not include cable-stayed bridges,. Rank Name Main span (metres) Main span (feet) Year opened Location Country Ref. See also: Bridge Location length m (ft) Year became longest span Notes Mexico 62 m (203 ft) 600 Hemp-rope.
Existence unproven. No longer standing. Prior longest bridges are located in Exceeded by the masonry arch from 1377 to 1416, with main span of 72m. Tibet 137 m (449 ft) 1430 Chain suspension footbridge south of Lhasa, built. Reported by British spies to still be in use in 1878. Later (before 1904) fell into disuse after river course changed, swamping the northern end.
Dynamited by Chinese soldiers after the in 1950. Scotland - England, UK 137 m (449 ft) 1820 The oldest in the world still in use today. Wales, UK 176 m (577 ft) 1826 Fribourg, Switzerland 271 m (889 ft) 1834 The bridge was replaced by the in the 1920s., US 308 m (1,010 ft) 1849 The longest deck span from 1849 until 1866, and the oldest vehicular suspension bridge in use in the United States. US and Canada 317 m (1,040 ft) 1851 The longest cable span from 1851 until it was destroyed by wind in 1864. However, the road deck span was only 258 meters long., US 322 m (1,056 ft) 1866 US and Canada 384 m (1,260 ft) 1869 Replaced in 1899., US 486 m (1,594 ft) 1883, US 488 m (1,601 ft) 1903 It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges.
The, completed in 1890, a cantilever bridge with two spans of 521 m was longer until surpassed by the in 1917., US 497 m (1,631 ft) 1924 It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges. The completed in 1917, a cantilever bridge with a span of 549 m was longer until surpassed in 1929 by the. The first suspension bridge to have a concrete deck.
The construction methods pioneered in building it would make possible several much larger projects to follow., US 533 m (1,749 ft) 1926 It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges. US and Canada 564 m (1,850 ft) 1929 Since this bridge was built, the record for longest bridge span has only been held by suspension bridges., US 1,067 m (3,501 ft) 1931 The first span longer than 1 km., US 1,280 m (4,200 ft) 1937, US 1,298 m (4,259 ft) 1964 1,410 m (4,630 ft) 1981 Japan 1,991 m (6,532 ft) 1998 The longest span since 1998.
Sources: Other record holding suspension bridges. The. , 2016.
The highest bridge in the world (565 m 1,854 ft). (, U.S.), 2013. The widest bridge in the world (78.74 m 258.3 ft) and also the most expensive bridge and the largest ever constructed. (, U.S.), 1950 and 2007. The pair of bridges with the longest spans in the world (853 m 2,799 ft).
The longest span carrying road and rail traffic, longest double deck span (1,377 m 4,518 ft). ( and, U.S.), 1931. Suspension bridge with the most lanes of traffic (fourteen total on two levels). The world's longest suspension bridge structure.
Capilano Bridge Vancouver
(Japan), 1978–1988. World's longest two-tiered bridge system (not all of the spans that make up the bridge system are suspension bridges) See also. (list of permanent wire spans).