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List of longest cantilever bridge spans
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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
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 720 feet (220 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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Pont de Québec vu du Parc aquarium du Québec.JPG | 150px]] | 1 | Pont de Québec | |||||||||||
| (longest from 1917 to present) | 549 (1,800) | 1917 | ||||||||||||
| [[Image:Scotland-2016-Aerial-Edinburgh-Forth Bridge.jpg | 150px]] | 2 | Forth Bridge | |||||||||||
| (longest from 1890 to 1917) | 521 (1,710) x2 | 1890 | ||||||||||||
| [[Image:Minato Ohashi Osaka JPN 001.jpg | 150px]] | 3 | Minato Bridge | 510 (1,673) | 1973 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Commodore Barry Bridge From Ferry Rd.jpg | 150px]] | 4 | Commodore Barry Bridge | 501 (1,644) | 1974 | |||||||||
| [[Image:CrescentCityConnection.jpg | 150px]] | 5 | Crescent City Connection | |||||||||||
| 480 (1,575) | 1958 (eastbound) | |||||||||||||
| 1988 (westbound) | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Sanguantang Bridge, Ningbo, 2021-01-02 02.jpg | 150px]] | 6 | 465 (1,526) | 2020 | ||||||||||
| [[Image:Howrah Bridge, Kolkata.jpg | 150px]] | 7 | Howrah Bridge | 457 (1,500) | 1943 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Cool looking bridge over the Mississippi on the Great River Road.jpg | 150px]] | 8 | Veterans Memorial Bridge | |||||||||||
| 445 (1,460) | 1995 | |||||||||||||
| [[Image:Tokyo Gate Bridge-1.jpg | 150px]] | 9 | Tokyo Gate Bridge | 440 (1,443) | 2012 | |||||||||
| [[Image:EasternSFO OAKBrFromTI.jpg | 150px]] | 10 | [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge | San Francisco–Oakland Bay | 427 (1,400) | 1936 | ||||||||
| (demolished 2016) | ||||||||||||||
| [[Image:View Of Campbellton.jpeg | 150px]] | 11 | J. C. Van Horne Bridge | 380 (1,247) | 1961 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Astoria-Megler Bridge01 2008-02-26.jpg | 150px]] | 12 | Astoria–Megler Bridge | 376 (1,232) | 1966 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Horace Wilkinson Bridge southeast.jpg | 150px]] | 13 | Horace Wilkinson Bridge | 376 (1,235) | 1968 | |||||||||
| [[Image:TappanZeeBridgeFromBelow.JPG | 150px]] | 14 | Tappan Zee Bridge | 369 (1,212) | 1955 | |||||||||
| (demolished 2019) | ||||||||||||||
| [[Image:Lewis&ClarkBridgeSP.jpg | 150px]] | 15 | Lewis and Clark Bridge | 366 (1,200) | 1930 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Queensboro Bridge from Manhattan side.jpg | 150px]] | 16 | Queensboro Bridge | 360 (1,182) | 1909 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Carquinez Bridge 2 (cropped).jpg | 150px]] | 17 | Carquinez Bridge | |||||||||||
| (parallel spans) | 335 (1,100) x2 | 1927 (southbound; demolished 2007) | ||||||||||||
| 1958 (northbound) | ||||||||||||||
| [[Image:Ironworkers Memorial Bridge Vancouver BC.jpg | 150px]] | 18 | Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing | 335 (1,100) | 1960 | |||||||||
| [[Image:El Ferdan Railway Bridge.jpg | 150px]] | 19 | El Ferdan Railway Bridge | 335 (1,100) | 2001 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Jacques-Cartier bridge.JPG | 150px]] | 20 | Jacques Cartier Bridge | 334 (1,096) | 1930 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Shibanpo Bridge in Chongqing.jpg | 150px]] | 21 | Shibanpo Yangtze River Bridge | 330 (1,080) | 2006 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Richmond-San Rafeal Bridge wide.jpg | 150px]] | 22 | Richmond-San Rafael Bridge | 326 (1,070) x2 | 1956 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Silas N. Pearman & Grace Memorial Bridges (Charleston, South Carolina).jpg | 150px]] | 23 | John P. Grace Memorial Bridge | 320 (1,050) | 1929 | |||||||||
| (demolished in 2006) | ||||||||||||||
| [[Image:Newburgh-Beacon Bridge 2.jpg | 150px]] | 24 | Newburgh-Beacon Bridge | 305 (1,000) | 1963 (westbound) | |||||||||
| 1981 (eastbound) | ||||||||||||||
| [[Image:Stolmabrua01-edit.JPG | 150px]] | 25 | Stolma Bridge | 301 (988) | 1998 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Raftsund bridge.jpg | 150px]] | 26 | Raftsund Bridge | 298 (978) | 1998 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Sundøybrua 002.JPG | 150px]] | 27 | Sundøy Bridge | 298 (978) | 2003 | |||||||||
| [[Image:MLK Memorial Bridge.jpg | Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge | 150px]] | 28 | Martin Luther King Bridge | 294 (964) | 1950 | ||||||||
| [[Image:BNE-StoryBridge-fromCityCat.jpg | 150px]] | 29 | Story Bridge | 282 (924) | 1940 | |||||||||
| [[File:Pont du Bras de la Plaine -1.jpg | 150px]] | 30 | Bras de la Plaine Bridge | 280.77 (921) | 2002 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Caruthersville Bridge1.jpg | 150px]] | 31 | Caruthersville Bridge | 280 (919) | 1975 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Day 10- The Silver Memorial Bridge.jpg | 150px]] | 32 | Silver Memorial Bridge | 274 (900) | 1969 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Ravenswood Bridge.jpg | 150px]] | 33 | Ravenswood Bridge | 274 (900) | 1981 | |||||||||
| [[Image:WV Pleasants St. Marys 08 109-edit.jpg | 150px]] | 34 | Carpenter Bridge | 274 (900) | 1987 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Carl Perkins Bridge 1.jpg | 150px]] | 35 | Carl Perkins Bridge | 274 (900) | 1987 | |||||||||
| [[Image:North Span Bluewater Bridge (Port Huron Mich).jpg | 150px]] | 36 | Blue Water Bridge | 265 (871) | 1938 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Vicksburg-bridge.JPG | 150px]] | 37 | Vicksburg Bridge | 263 (870) | 1973 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Sunshine Skyway Bridge 3.JPG | Before demolition | 150px]] | 38 | Sunshine Skyway Bridge | title=Design of Highway Bridges: An LRFD Approach | author1=Barker, R.M. | author2=Puckett, J. A. | date=2013 | publisher=Wiley | isbn=9781118332832 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ytKw4IZD_ZMC&pg=PA21 | page=21 | access-date=2015-08-27}} | 1954 (original span) |
| 1969 (second span) | ||||||||||||||
| Demolished 1993; replaced with cable-stayed bridge | ||||||||||||||
| [[Image:Foresthill bridge 1978.jpg | 150px]] | 39 | Foresthill Bridge | 263 (862) | 1972 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Branko's Bridge in Belgrade by night.JPG | 150px]] | 40 | Branko's Bridge | 261 (856) | 1957 | |||||||||
| [[Image:GatewayBridge800.jpg | 150px]] | 41 | Gateway Bridge | 260 (853) | 1986 | |||||||||
| [[File:Varoddbruene 01.jpg | 150px]] | 42 | New Varodd Bridge | 260 (853) | 1993 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Huey P Long Bridge Baton Rouge northwest 1.jpg | 150px]] | 43 | Huey P. Long Bridge | 258 (848) x2 | 1940 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Old ferry landing-edit.jpg | 150px]] | 44 | Natchez-Vidalia Bridge | 258 (846) x2 | 1940 (westbound) | |||||||||
| 1988 (eastbound) | ||||||||||||||
| [[Image:BrownvilleBridge.jpg | 150px]] | 45 | Brownville Bridge | 257 (840) | 1939 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Us82 Greenville Bridge.jpg | 150px]] | 46 | Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge | 257 (840) | 1940 | |||||||||
| (demolished 2011) | ||||||||||||||
| [[Image:Brent Spence Bridge 2018.jpg | 150px]] | 47 | Brent Spence Bridge | 253 (830) | 1963 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Mississippi Railroad Bridge Vicksburg.jpg | 150px]] | 48 | Old Vicksburg Bridge | 251 (825) | 1930 | |||||||||
| [[Image:SunShine Bridge.jpg | 150px]] | 49 | Sunshine Bridge | 251 (825) | 1964 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Clarkmemorial.jpg | 150px]] | 50 | George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge | 250 (820) x2 | 1929 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Skye Road Bridge.JPG | 150px]] | 51 | Skye Bridge | 250 (820) | 1995 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Confederation Bridge 2007.jpg | 150px]] | 52 | Confederation Bridge | 250 (820) x43 | 1997 | |||||||||
| 150px | 53 | Matthews Bridge | 246 (810) | 1953 | ||||||||||
| [[Image:Helena Bridge.jpg | 150px]] | 54 | Helena Bridge | 245 (804) | 1961 | |||||||||
| [[Image:Tobin bridge 2009f.JPG | 150px]] | 55 | Tobin Bridge | 244 (800) | 1950 | |||||||||
| [[Image:CairoOhioRiverBridge.jpg | 150px]] | 56 | Cairo Ohio River Bridge | 240 (800) x2 | 1937 | |||||||||
| [[File:Hamana Bridge01.jpg | 150px]] | 57 | 240 (800) | 1976 | ||||||||||
| [[Image:Huey P. Long Bridge in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana November 2007.jpg | 150px]] | 58 | Huey P. Long Bridge | 238 (790) | 1935 | |||||||||
| (widened 2013) | ||||||||||||||
| [[Image:Silas N. Pearman & Grace Memorial Bridges (Charleston, South Carolina).jpg | 150px]] | 59 | Silas N. Pearman Bridge | 230 (760) | 1966 | |||||||||
| (demolished 2006) | ||||||||||||||
| [[Image:Outerbridge Crossing.jpg | 150px]] | 60 | Outerbridge Crossing | 229 (750) | 1928 | |||||||||
| [[File:Bi-State_Vietnam_Gold_Star_Bridges_2.jpg | 150px]] | 61 | Bi-State_Vietnam_Gold_Star_Bridges | 220 (720) | 1932 (Northbound) and 1965 (Southbound) |
References
References
- (2013). "Design of Highway Bridges: An LRFD Approach". Wiley.
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