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A log bridge in the French Alps near Vallorcine.

A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle. Designs of bridges will vary depending on the function of the bridge and the nature of the terrain where the bridge is to be constructed.

History

The Si-o-se Pol bridge over Zayandeh River is the epitome of Safavid dynasty (1502-1722 ) bridge design. Esfahan, Iran

The first bridges were made by nature, as simple as a log falling across a river. The first bridges made by humans were spans made of wooden logs or planks and eventually stones, using a simple support and crossbeam arrangement. Most of these early bridges were very poorly built and could rarely support heavy weights. It was this inadequacy which led to the development of better bridges. The arch was first used by the Roman Empire for bridges and aqueducts, some of which still stand today. These arch based bridges could stand in conditions that would damage or destroy more primitive designs.

An English 18th century example of a bridge in the Palladian style, with shops on the span: Pulteney Bridge, Bath

An example is the Alcántara Bridge, built over the river Tagus, near Portugal. Most earlier bridges would have been swept away by the strong current. The Romans also used cement, which reduced the variation of strength found in natural stone. One type of cement, called pozzolana, consisted of water, lime, sand, and volcanic rock. Brick and mortar bridges were built after the Roman era, as the technology for cement was lost then later rediscovered.

Although large Chinese bridges existed in wooden construction since the ancient Warring States, the oldest surviving stone bridge in China is the Zhaozhou Bridge, built from 595 to 605 AD during the Sui Dynasty. This bridge is also historically significant as it is the world's oldest open-spandrel stone segmental arch bridge. European segmental arch bridges date back to at least the Alconétar Bridge (approximately 2nd century AD), while the enormous Roman era Trajan's Bridge (105 AD) featured open-spandrel segmental arches in wooden construction.

Rope bridges, a simple type of suspension bridge, were used by the Inca civilization in the Andes mountains of South America, just prior to European colonization in the 1500s.

During the 18th century there were many innovations in the design of timber bridges by Hans Ulrich, Johannes Grubenmann, and others. The first engineering book on building bridges was written by Hubert Gautier in 1716.

With the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, truss systems of wrought iron were developed for larger bridges, but iron did not have the tensile strength to support large loads. With the advent of steel, which has a high tensile strength, much larger bridges were built, many using the ideas of Gustave Eiffel.

Etymology

This Y-shaped bridge in Zanesville, Ohio, United States is the only one of its kind except for the older Margaret Bridge.

The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge to an Old English word brycg, of the same meaning, derived from a hypothetical Proto-Germanic root brugjō. There are cognates in other Germanic languages (for instance Brücke in German, brug in Dutch, brúgv in Faroese or bro in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish).

Another theory suggests that "bridge" comes from Turkish "köprü" (lit. bridge). It is highly possible that Turkish lent this word to Eastern European languages and then, in time, it arrived in English. "Köprü" itself is derived from "köprük (köpük)" which literally means "foam". The word for the Pope, pontiff, comes from the Latin word pontifex meaning "bridge builder" or simply just "builder". The word "Pope" however comes from "papa" meaning "father".

Types of bridges

Charles Bridge in Prague

There are six main types of bridges: beam bridges, cantilever bridges, arch bridges, suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges and truss bridges.

By use

A bridge is designed for trains, pedestrian or road traffic, a pipeline or waterway for water transport or barge traffic. In some cases there may be restrictions in use. For example, it may be a bridge carrying a highway and forbidden for pedestrians and bicycles, or a pedestrian bridge, possibly also for bicycles. A Road-rail bridge carries both road and rail traffic.

The area underneath several bridges have become makeshift shelters and homes to homeless people.

The undersides of bridges all around the world are spots of prevalent graffiti.

An aqueduct is a bridge that carries water, resembling a viaduct, which is a bridge that connects points of equal height.

An unintended consequential use of a bridge is as a suicide bridge.

Decorative or ceremonial

To create a beautiful image, some bridges are built much taller than necessary. This type, often found in east-Asian style gardens, is called a Moon bridge, evoking a rising full moon.

Other garden bridges may cross only a dry bed of stream washed pebbles, intended only to convey an impression of a stream.

Often in palaces a bridge will be built over an artificial waterway as symbolic of a passage to an important place or state of mind. A set of five bridges cross a sinuous waterway in an important courtyard of the Forbidden City in Beijing, the People's Republic of China. The central bridge was reserved exclusively for the use of the Emperor, Empress, and their attendants.

Structural and evolutionary taxonomy

A bridge taxonomy showing evolutionary relationships

Bridges may be classified by how the four forces of tension, compression, bending and shear are distributed through their structure. Most bridges will employ all of the principal forces to some degree, but only a few will predominate. The separation of forces may be quite clear. In a suspension or cable-stayed span, the elements in tension are distinct in shape and placement. In other cases the forces may be distributed among a large number of members, as in a truss, or not clearly discernible to a casual observer as in a box beam. Bridges can also be classified by their lineage, which is shown as the vertical axis on the diagram to the right.

Efficiency

A bridge's structural efficiency may be considered to be the ratio of load carried to bridge weight, given a specific set of material types. In one common challenge students are divided into groups and given a quantity of wood sticks, a distance to span, and glue, and then asked to construct a bridge that will be tested to destruction by the progressive addition of load at the center of the span. The bridge taking the greatest load is by this test the most structurally efficient. A more refined measure for this exercise is to weigh the completed bridge rather than measure against a fixed quantity of materials provided and determine the multiple of this weight that the bridge can carry, a test that emphasizes economy of materials and efficient glue joints (see balsa wood bridge).

A bridge's economic efficiency will be site and traffic dependent, the ratio of savings by having a bridge (instead of, for example, a ferry, or a longer road route) compared to its cost. The lifetime cost is composed of materials, labor, machinery, engineering, cost of money, insurance, maintenance, refurbishment, and ultimately, demolition and associated disposal, recycling, and replacement, less the value of scrap and reuse of components. Bridges employing only compression are relatively inefficient structurally, but may be highly cost efficient where suitable materials are available near the site and the cost of labor is low. For medium spans, trusses or box beams are usually most economical, while in some cases, the appearance of the bridge may be more important than its cost efficiency. The longest spans usually require suspension bridges.

Special installations

Some bridges carry special installations such as the tower of Nový Most bridge in Bratislava which carries a restaurant. On other suspension bridge towers transmission antennas are installed.

A bridge can carry overhead power lines as the Storstrøm Bridge.

Visual index

Index to types

Arch bridge	Beam bridge	Box girder bridge	Cable-stayed bridge
Cantilever bridge	Cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge	Clapper bridge	Compression arch suspended-deck bridge
Girder bridge	Log bridge	Moveable bridge	Plate girder bridge
Pontoon bridge	Segmental bridge	Self-anchored suspension bridge	Side-spar cable-stayed bridge
Simple suspension bridge	Step-stone bridge	Stressed ribbon bridge	Suspension bridge
Trestle	Truss arch bridge	Truss bridge	Tubular bridge

Index to related topics

Aqueduct	Bailey bridge	Balsa wood bridge breaking under load	Bridge of boats
Bridges in art	Brown truss	Burr Arch Truss	Caisson
Covered bridge	Double decker bridge	Eyebar	Hoogholtje bridge
Inca rope bridge	Jetway	Lattice girder (laced strut or tie)	Lattice truss (Town's lattice truss)
Medium Girder Bridge	Moon bridge	Packhorse bridge	Toll bridge
Water bridge	Weigh bridge	Viaduct

See also

• Landscape architecture
• Architectural structure
• BASE jumping
• List of bridges
• List of bridges in the United States by height

External links

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Donghai Bridge, longest cross-sea bridge

This is a list of the world's bridges longer than 1 km (3281 ft) sorted by their full length above land or water. "Span" refers to their longest span without ground support. Four of the world's ten longest bridges are located entirely within the U.S. state of Louisiana.

Note: There is no standard way to measure the total length of a bridge. Some bridges are measured from the beginning of the entrance ramp to end of the exit ramp. Some are measured from shoreline to shoreline. Yet others are the length of the total construction involved in building the bridge. Since there is no standard, no ranking of these bridges should be assumed because they are at a specific position in this list. Additionally, some numbers are merely estimates and measures in U.S. customary units (feet) may be imprecise due to conversion error.

Bridges

Name	Length metres (feet)	Span metres (feet)	Completed	Country
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway	38,422 (126,024)	45.7 (500)	1956	United States
Manchac Swamp bridge	36,710 (120,400)	? (?)	1970s	United States
Runyang Bridge	33,660 (116,994)	1,490 m (4,888 ft)	2005	People's Republic of China
Donghai Bridge (longest cross-sea bridge)	32,500 (106,627)	400 (1,312)	2005	People's Republic of China
Atchafalaya Swamp Freeway bridge	29,290 (96,095)	? (?)	1973	United States
The No. 1 bridge (光华路 – 八堡村) of Tianjin Binhai Mass Transit	25,800 (84,645)	? (?)	2003	People's Republic of China
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel	24,140 (79,200)	? (?)	1964	United States
C215 Viaduct[1]	20,000 m (65,617 ft)	??	2007	Taiwan
Bonnet Carré Spillway bridge of I-10	17,702 (58,077)	? (?)	1960s	United States
Vasco da Gama Bridge	17,185 (56,381)	450 (1,476)	1998	Portugal
Kam Sheung Road-Tuen Mun viaduct (part of West Rail Line)	13,400 (43,963)	? (?)	2003	People's Republic of China
Rio-Niterói Bridge	13,290 (43,591)	300 (984)	1974	Brazil
Confederation Bridge	12,900 (42,300)	250 (820) (43 main spans)	1997	Canada
Mobile Bayway of I-10	12,875 (42,240)	? (?)	1978	United States
San Mateo-Hayward Bridge	11,265 (36,960)	? (?)	1967	United States
Seven Mile Bridge	10,887 (35,719)	41 (135)	1982	United States
Third Mainland Bridge	10,500 (34,449)	? (?)	1991	Nigeria
Shandong-Henan Yellow River Bridge[2]	10,282 (33,725)	? (?)	1985	People's Republic of China
Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge	10,020 (32,874)	312 (1,024)	2000	People's Republic of China
Sunshine Skyway Bridge	8,851 (29,040)	366 (1,200)	1987	United States
Twin Span bridge of I-10	8,851 (29,040)	? (?)	1960s	United States
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge	8,851 m (29,039 ft)	317 m (1,040 ft)	1956	United States
General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge	8,678 (28,452)	235 (770)	1962	Venezuela
Penang Bridge	8,400 m (27,559 ft)	225 m (738 ft)	1985	Malaysia
Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge	8,369 (27,456)	? (?)	2002	United States
Xiasha Bridge[3]	8,230 m (27,001 ft)	232 m (761 ft)	1991	People's Republic of China
Mackinac Bridge (road only)	8,038 (26,372)	1,158 (3,800)	1957	United States
Oresund Bridge (also rail bridge)	7,845 (25,732)	490 (1,607)	1999	Denmark/ Sweeden
Maestri Bridge	7,693 (25,238)	11 (35)	1928	United States
Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge[4]	7,675 m (25,180 ft)	216 m (709 ft)	1992	People's Republic of China
James River Bridge	7,425 (24,360)	126 (413)	1983	United States
Gwangan Bridge	7,420 (24,344)	? (?)	2002	South Korea
Champlain Bridge (Montreal)	7,414 m (24,324 ft)	215 m (705 ft)	1967	Canada
Seohae Bridge[5]	7,310 m (23,983 ft)	470 m (1,542 ft)	2000	South Korea
Chesapeake Bay Bridge	7,000 (22,970)	? (?)	1952, 1973	United States
Huey P. Long Bridge	7,000 (22,970)	? (?)	1936	United States
Great Belt Bridge (Eastern)	6,790 (22,277)	1,624 (5,328)	1998	Denmark
Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge (road & rail)	6,772 (22,212)	160 (525)	1968	People's Republic of China
Great Belt Bridge (Western)	6,611 (21,690)	? (?)	1998	Denmark
Rail Mawlamyaing Bridge	6,589 m (21,617 ft)	? (?)	2005	Myanmar
Astoria-Megler Bridge	6,545 (21,474)	375 (1,232)	1966	United States
Öland bridge	6,072 (19,921)	130 (427)	1972	Sweeden
Libertador General San Martín Bridge	5,966 m (19,573 ft)	220 m (722 ft)	1976	Uruguay/ Argentina
Hernando de Soto Bridge	5,954 (19,535)	274 (900)	1973	United States
Pulaski Skyway	5,636 m (18,491 ft)	168 m (550 ft)	1932	United States
Albemarle Sound Bridge[6]	5,627 (18,461)	? (?)	1990	United States
Mahatma Gandhi Setu	5,450 (17,881)	? (?)	1982	India
King Fahd Causeway Bridge I	5,194 (17,041)	? (?)	1986	Saudi Arabia
Hell Gate Bridge	5,182 (17,000)	310 (1,017)	1916	United States
Second Severn Crossing	5,128 (16,824)	456 (1,496)	1996	United Kingdom
Zeeland Bridge	5,022 (16,472)	95 (312)	1965	Netherlands
Candaba Viaduct[7]	5,000 (16 404)	?	2005	Philippines
Buckman Bridge	4,968 (16,300)	76 (250)	1970	United States
Tappan Zee Bridge	4,881 (16,013)	736 (2,416)	1955	United States
Howard Frankland Bridge II	4,846 (15,900)	? (?)	1991	United States
Howard Frankland Bridge I	4,838 (15,872)	? (?)	1959	United States
Jamuna Bridge	4,800 (15,748)	100 (328) (47 main spans)	1998	Bangladesh
Shenzhen Western Corridor Bridge	4,770 m (15,650 ft)	210 m (689 ft)	2007	People's Republic of China
Lindsay C. Warren Bridge [8]	4,550 (14,928)	? (?)	1960	United States
Gandy Bridge I	4,529 (14,859)	? (?)	1975	United States
Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge	4,480 (14,700)	? (?)	1962	United States/ Canada
Jingzhou Yangtze River Bridge[9]	4,398 m (14,429 ft)[10]	500 m (1,640 ft)	2002	People's Republic of China
Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line	4,384 (14,380)	? (?)	1997	Japan
Bayside Bridge	4,270 (14,010)	? (?)	1993	United States
Hochstraße Elbmarsch[11]	4,258 (13,970)	35 (?)	1974	Germany
Commodore Barry Bridge	4,240 (13,912)	501 (1,644)	1974	United States
Gandy Bridge II	4,226 (13,886)	? (?)	1997	United States
Greenville Bridge	4,133 (13,560)	420 (1,378)	2007	United States
Rosario-Victoria Bridge	4,098 (13,445)	330 (1,083)	2003	Argentina
Crescent City Connection	4,093 (13,428)	480 (1,575)	1958	United States
Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge	4,023 (13,200)	471 (1,546)	2005	United States
Fred Hartman Bridge	4,000 (13,123)	381 (1,250)	1995	United States
Vicksburg Bridge	3,954 (12,974)	265 (870)	1973	United States
Köhlbrandbrücke	3,940 (12,927)	520 (1,706)	1974	Germany
Herbert C. Bonner Bridge [12]	3,921 (12,864)	? (?)	1963	United States
Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge	3,911 (12,828)	1,991 (6,530) (longest suspension bridge)	1998	Japan
Lupu Bridge (bridge with the longest arc)	3,900 (12,800)	550 (1,800)	2003	People's Republic of China
Suez Canal Bridge	3,900 m (12,795 ft)	440 m (1,444 ft)	2001	Egypt
Santhià Viaduct[13]	3,782 (12,408)	? (?)	2006	Italy
Kansai International Airport Bridge (Skygate Bridge R)	3,750 (12,303)	? (?)	1991	Japan
Walt Whitman Bridge	3,652 (11,981)	610 (2,000)	1957	United States
Fadalto Viaduct[14]	3,567 m (11,703 ft)	? (?)	1990	Italy
Tay Rail Bridge	3,500 (11,482)	? (?)	1887	United Kingdom
Champlain Bridge	3,440 (11,273)	215 (710)	1962	Canada
San Diego-Coronado Bridge	3,407 (11,179)	? (?)	1969	United States
King Fahd Causeway Bridge II	3,334 (10,938)	? (?)	1986	Bahrain
Delaware Memorial Bridge II	3,291 (10,796)	655 (2,150)	1968	United States
Delaware Memorial Bridge I	3,281 (10,765)	655 (2,150)	1951	United States
Luling Bridge	3,261 (10,700)	376 (1,234)	1983	United States
Dames Point Bridge	3,245 (10,646)	396 (1,300)	1989	United States
Storstrøm Bridge	3,199 (10,495)	136 (446)	1937	Denmark
Second Orinoco crossing	3,156 (10,354)	300 (984)	2006	Venezuela
Heishipu Bridge[15]	3,068 m (10,066 ft)	162 m (531 ft)	2004	People's Republic of China
Talmadge Memorial Bridge	3,060 (10,039)	335 (1,100)	1990	United States
Kolia Bhomora Setu	3,015 (9,891)	? (?)	1987	India
Jiangyin Suspension Bridge	3,000 (9,840)	1,385 (4,543)	1999	People's Republic of China
C310 Viaduct[16]	3,000 m (9,843 ft)	??	2007	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Benjamin Franklin Bridge	2,918 (9,573)	533 (1,750)	1926	United States
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge	2,872 (9,423)	450 (1,476)	1991	United Kingdom
Second Quiantang River Bridge[17]	2,861 m (9,386 ft)	80 m (262 ft)	1991	People's Republic of China
Big Obukhovsky Bridge	2,824 (9,265)	382 (1,253)	2004	Russia
Saratov Bridge	2,804 (9,199)	?	1965	Russia
Hornibrook Bridge	2,800 (9,186)	?	1935	Australia
Houghton Highway	2,740 (8,989)	?	1979	Australia
Victoria Bridge	2,790 (8,545)	?	1859	Canada
Old Godavari Bridge	2,745 (9,006)	? (?)	1900	India
New Godavari Bridge	2,730 (8,957)	? (?)	1997	India
Laviolette Bridge	2,707 (8,881)	335 (1099)	1967	Canada
Jacques Cartier Bridge	2,687 m (8,816 ft)	334 m (1,096 ft)	1930	Canada
Dumbarton Bridge	2,621 m (8,600 ft)	104 m (340 ft)	1982	United States
Banghwa Bridge[18]	2,599 m (8,527 ft)	180 m (591 ft)	2000	Republic of Korea
Kremsbrücke Pressingberg[19]	2,607 m (8,553 ft)	??	1980	Austria
Khabarovsk Bridge	2,590 (8,497)	127 (416)	1916	Russia
Betsy Ross Bridge	2,586 (8,485)	222 (729)	1976	United States
West Gate Bridge	2,582 (8,473)	336 (1,102)	1978	Australia
Burlington Bay Skyway	2,561 (8,400)	150 (495)	1958	Canada
Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge	2,559 (8,395)	? (?)	1985	United States
Forth Bridge	2,529 (8,296)	521 (1,710)	1890	United Kingdom
Forth Road Bridge	2,512 (8,242)	1,006 (3,298)	1964	United Kingdom
Sunshine Bridge	2,510 (8,236)	251 (825)	1964	United States
Zilwaukee Bridge	2,466 (8,090)	119 (392)	1988	United States
Millau Viaduct	2,460 (8,071)	342 (1,102)	2004	France
Rama VIII Bridge	2,450 (8,038)	300 (984)	2002	Thailand
John A. Blatnik Bridge	2,430 (7,975)	? (?)	1961	United States
Shantou Bay Bridge	2,425 m (7,956 ft)	452 m (1,483 ft)	1995	People's Republic of China
Bubiyan Bridge	2,380 m (7,808 ft)	54 m (177 ft)	1983	Kuwait
Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge	2,375 (7,793)	244 (800)	1957	United States
Sidney Lanier Bridge	2,371 (7,779)	381 (1,250)	2003	United States
General Artigas Bridge	2,350 m (7,710 ft)	334 m (1,096 ft)	1975	Uruguay/ Argentina
Road Pamban Bridge	2,345 m (7,694 ft)	115 m (377 ft)	1988	India
Juan Pablo II Bridge	2,310 (7,578)	? (?)	1974	Chile
Evergreen Point Floating Bridge	2,310 (7,578)	? (?)	1963	United States
Rho Viaduct[20]	2,300 m (7,546 ft)	? (?)	2007	Italy
Ambassador Bridge	2,283 (7,490)	564 (1,850)	1929	Canada/ United States
25 de Abril Bridge	2,278 (7,473)	1,013 (3,323)	1966	Portugal
Rio-Antirio bridge	2,252 (7,387)	1,410 (4,625)	2004	Greece
Teodoro Moscoso Bridge	2,250 (7,382)	? (?)	1993	United States
Mahanadi Bridge	2,250 m (7,382 ft)	50 m (164 ft)	1965	India
Tay Road Bridge	2,250 (7,381)	? (?)	1966	United Kingdom
Humber Bridge	2,220 (7,282)	1,410 (4,625)	1979	United Kingdom
Tsing Ma Bridge	2,200 (7,216)	1377	1997	Hong Kong
San Juanico Bridge	2,200 (7,216)	1,377 (4,518) (longest rail-carrying span)	1979	Philippines
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge	2,170 (7,120)	189 (619)	1987	United States
Llacolen Bridge[21]	2,157 (7,077)	? (?)	2000	Chile
Pont de Normandie	2,143 (7,030)	856 (2,808)	1995	France
Igelsta Bridge	2,140 (7,020)	≈100 (≈300)	1995	Sweden
Viadotto San Floriano[22]	3,567 m (11,703 ft)	? (?)	1990	Italy
Des Plaines River Valley Bridge	2,100 (6,890)	? (?)	2007	United States
Port Mann Bridge	2,093 (6,867)	366 (1,200)	1964	Canada
Manhattan Bridge	2,089 (6,855)	448 (1,470)	1909	United States
Surgut Bridge	2,070 (6,791)	408 (4,518)	2000	Russia
Rail Pamban Bridge	2,065 m (6,775 ft)	115 m (377 ft)	1914	India
Asparuhov Most	2,050 (6,286)	160 (525)	1976	Bulgaria
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge	2,034 (6,672)	1,298 (4,257)	1964	United States
King Fahd Causeway Bridge III	2,034 (6,672)	? (?)	1986	Saudi Arabia
Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge	2,019 (6,620)	? (?)	1993	United States
Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge	2,003 (6,571)	208 (682)	1956	United States
Buñol Viaduct	1,996 (6,548)	? (?)	1998?	Spain
Rafael Mendoza Avilés Bridge[23]	1,995 (6,545)	? (?)	1968	Ecuador
Golden Gate Bridge	1,970 (6,462)	1,280 (4,198)	1937	United States
Eads Bridge	1,964 (6,442)	158 (520)	1874	United States
Naqu Bridge instead of Road Bridge(那曲以桥代路特大桥) of Qingzang railway	1,950 (6,400)	?	2004	People's Republic of China
Malaysia-Singapore Second Link	1,920 (6,300)	?	1998	Malaysia/ Singapore
Drammen Bridge	1,892 (6,207)	60 (197)	1975	Norway
Northern M0 Danube bridge	1,852 (6,080)	300 (1000)	2008	Hungary
Köröshegy viaduct	1,870 (6,233)	120 (400)	2007	Hungary
Prai River Bridge	1,850 (6,070)	?	2005	Malaysia
Brooklyn Bridge	1,834 (6,016)	486 (1,596)	1883	United States
Lions' Gate Bridge	1,823 (5,890)	472 (1,550)	1938	Canada
Lueg Bridge	1,837 (6,027)	? (?)	1968	Austria
Benjamin Sheares Bridge	1,800 (5,905)	20	1982	Singapore
Höga Kusten Bridge	1,800 (5,905)	1,210 (3,970)	1997	Sweden
Peace Bridge	1,768 (5,800)	?	1927	United States/ Canada
Bayonne Bridge	1,762 (5,780)	511 (1,675)	1931	United States
Charles M. Braga, Jr. Bridge	1,762 (5,780)	256 (840)	1965	United States
Prievoz Viaduct	1,756 (5,760)	? (?)	2002	Slovakia
Farø Bridges (south bridge)	1,726 (5,663)	290 (951)	1985	Denmark
Minami-Bisan Seto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge)	1,723 (5,652)	1,100 (3,608)	1988	Japan
Sallingsund Bridge	1,717 (5,633)	93 (305)	1978	Denmark
Solidarity Bridge	1,713 m (5,620 ft)	375 (1230)	2007	Poland
Vejle Fjord Bridge	1,712 m (5,617 ft)	110 (361)	1980	Denmark
Uddevalla Bridge	1,712 m (5,617 ft)	414 m	2000	Sweden
New Little Belt Bridge	1,700 (5,577)	600 (1,969)	1970	Denmark
Angostura Bridge	1,678 (5,501)	712 (2,335)	1967	Venezuela
Dunaújváros Bridge	1,670 (5,495)	308 (1,027)	2007	Hungary
King Carol I Bridge	1,662 ()	190 ()	1895	Romania
Bridge of the Americas	1,654 (5,425)	344 (1,128)	1962	Panama
Ō-Naruto Bridge	1,629 (5,344)	876 (2,874)	1985	Japan
Fuldatalbrücke Solms	1,628 (5,341)	44 (144)	1988	Germany
Lethbridge Viaduct	1,624 (5,328)	??	1909	Canada
Nordhordland Bridge	1,614 (5,295)	172 (564)	1994	Norway
Kita-Bisan Seto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge)	1,611 (5,285)	990 (3,248)	1988	Japan
Farø Bridges (north bridge)	1,596 (5,236)	40 (131)	1985	Denmark
Cedar Avenue Bridge	1,580 (5,185)	? (?)	1979	United States
Kurushima-Kaikyō 3rd Bridge (Shimanami Kaidō)	1,570 (5,150)	1,030 (3,379)	1999	Japan
Gerald Desmond Bridge	1,565 (5,134)	321 (1,053)	1968	United States
Bosphorus Bridge	1,560 (5,118)	1,074 (3,523)	1973	Turkey
Puente Pumarejo	1,550 (5,085)	? (?)	1974	Colombia
Paton Bridge	1,543 (5,062)	? (?)	1953	Ukraine
Sannesund Bridge	1,528 (5,013)	139 (456)	1978	Norway
Kurushima-Kaikyō 2nd Bridge (Shimanami Kaidō)	1,515 (4,970)	1,020 (3,346)	1999	Japan
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge	1,510 (4,954)	1,090 (3,576)	1988	Turkey
Vallsund Bridge	1,500 m	?	1997	Sweden
Tatara Bridge (Shimanami Kaidō)	1,480 (4,855)	890 (2,919)	1999	Japan
Zhivopisny Bridge	1,460 (4,789)	420? (1,377?)	2007	Russia
George Washington Bridge	1,451 (4,760)	1,067 (3,500)	1931	United States
Fuldatalbrücke Morschen	1,450 (4,757)	116 (381)	1989	Germany
Shimotsui Seto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge)	1,447 (4,747)	940 (3,083)	1988	Japan
Krk Bridge	1,431 (4,694)	390 (1,279)	1980	Croatia
Mjøsa Bridge	1,421 (4,662)	69 (226)	1985	Norway
Tasman Bridge	1,395 (4576)	?	1964	Australia
Stallbacka Bridge	1392 m	?	1981	Sweden
Horace Wilkinson Bridge	1,387 (4,550)	376 (1,235)	1968	United States
Canso Causeway	1,385 (4,544)	94 (308)	1955	Canada
Tahaddart Viaduct	1,374 (4,507)	? (?)	2005	Morocco
Khanty-Mansiysk Bridge	1,374 (4,507)	231 (758)	2004	Russia
Honoré Mercier Bridge	1,361 (4,465)	122 (400)	1959	Canada
Kizuna Bridge (Japanese Friendship Bridge)	1,360 (4,463)	?	2001	Cambodia
Neckarbrücke Neckarsulm	1,348 (4,423)	213 (699)	1967	Germany
Innoshima Bridge (Shimanami Kaidō)	1,339 (4,393)	770 (2,526)	1983	Japan
Sannsund Bridge	1,322 m	?	1981	Sweden
Van Brienenoordbrug	1,320 (4,331)	288 (940)	1965	Netherlands
Angus L. Macdonald Bridge	1,300 (4,265.1)	762.1 (2500.3)	1955	Canada
Maintalbrücke Veitshöchheim	1,280 (4,199)	162 (531)	1987	Germany
Gjemnessund Bridge	1,257 (4,124)	623 (2,044)	1991	Norway
Mendota Bridge	1,255 (4,119)	? (?)	1926	United States
Marcelo Fernan Bridge	1,237 (4,058)	185 (607)	1999	Philippines
Sotra Bridge	1,236 (4,055)	468 (1,535)	1971	Norway
Leinachtalbrücke	1,232 (4,042)	44 (144)	1986	Germany
Hakata-Ōshima Bridge (Shimanami Kaidō)	1,230 (4,035)	560 (1,837)	1988	Japan
Måløy Bridge	1,224 (4,016)	125 (410)	1973	Norway
Prakasam Barrage	1,223.5 (4,016)	125 (410)	1957	India
Sandnessund Bridge	1,220 (4,003)	150 (492)	1973	Norway
Svendborgsund Bridge	1,220 (4,003)	90 (295)	1966	Denmark
Cheongdam Bridge	1,211 (3,973)	? (?)	2001	South Korea
Pivdennyi Bridge	1,200 (3,937)	? (?)	1990	Ukraine
A. Murray MacKay Bridge	1,200 (3,937)	739.9 (2727.5)	1970	Canada
Old Little Belt Bridge	1,178 (3,865)	220 (722)	1935	Denmark
Akinada Bridge	1,175 (3,854)	750 (2,460)	2000	Japan
Strängnäs Bridge	1,164 m	?	1981	Sweden
Bartelsgrabentalbrücke	1,160 (3,806)	58 (190)	1986	Germany
Sydney Harbour Bridge	1,149 (3,770)	503 (1,650)	1932	Australia
Gisund Bridge	1,147 (3,763)	143 (469)	1972	Norway
Kochertalbrücke	1,128 (3,701)	138 (453)	1979	Germany
Geratalbrücke Ichtershausen	1,121 (3,678)	58 (190)	2001	Germany
Tacony-Palmyra Bridge	1,115 (3,569)	159 (523)	1929	United States
Negrelli Viaduct	1,110 (3,641)	25 (82)	1849	Czech Republic
Burdekin Bridge	1,097 (3,600)	? (?)	1957	Australia
Yanjisha Bridge	1,084 (3,556)	360 (1,181)	2000	People's Republic of China
Stord Bridge	1,077 (3,533)	677 (2,221)	2000	Norway
Pančevo Bridge	1,075 (3,529)	? (?)	1935	Serbia
Kanmon Bridge	1,068 (3,503)	712 (2,335)	1973	Japan
Stavanger City Bridge	1,067 (3,501)	185 (607)	1978	Norway
Helgeland Bridge	1,065 (3,494)	425 (1,394)	1991	Norway
Črni Kal Viaduct	1,065 (3,494)	141 (462)	2004	Slovenia
Askøy Bridge	1,057 (3,468)	850 (2,789)	1992	Norway
Replot Bridge	1,045 (3,428)	250 (820)	1997	Finland
Enztalbrücke	1,044 (3,425)	58 (190)	1989	Germany
Alnö Bridge	1,042 m	?	1964	Sweden
Pierre Laporte Bridge	1,041 (3,414)	667 (2,190)	1970	Canada
Podtureň Viaduct	1,035 (3,395)	? (?)	1983	Slovakia
Auckland Harbour Bridge	1,020 (3,348)	244 (800)	1959	New Zealand
Tromsø Bridge	1,016 (3,333)	80 (262)	1960	Norway
Hadsel Bridge	1,011 (3,317)	150 (492)	1978	Norway
Skarnsund Bridge	1,010 (3,314)	530 (1,739)	1991	Norway
Tjeldsund Bridge	1,007 (3,304)	290 (951)	1967	Norway

Under construction

Name	Length kilometres (miles)	Span metres (feet)	Year	Country
Hangzhou Bay Bridge	36 (22.4)	448 (1,470)	2008	People's Republic of China
Penang Second Bridge	24 (15)	17	2011	Malaysia
Incheon Bridge[24]	12.3 (7.4)	800 (2,625)	2009	South Korea
Sutong Bridge	8.2 (5.1)	1,088 (3,570)	2009	People's Republic of China
Podilskyi Metro Bridge[25]	7 (4.4)	? (?)	2010	Ukraine
Suramadu Bridge	5.4 (3.4)	??	2008	Indonesia

References

See also

• List of bridges in the United States by height
• List of tunnels by length

Bridge-related articles
Types of bridges	Moveable bridge · Beam bridge · Cantilever bridge · Arch bridge · Suspension bridge · Cable-stayed bridge · Truss bridge · Visual index to various types
Lists of Bridges	Notable bridges · By length · Longest suspension bridge spans · Largest cable-stayed bridges · Longest cantilever bridges · Arch bridges · Bridge disasters