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List of longest masonry arch bridge spans

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The masonry arch bridges of stone or brick are the most genuine of arch bridges, some lasting a thousand years. Because they are made of worked stone, there is a slight chance they might even stand without mortar, like the Pont du Gard aqueduct. Yet arch bridges using rough hewn stones like Changhong Bridge need mortar to stand. Arches with a core of reinforced concrete covered by facade stone for decoration are not to be included in this list, the load-bearing part of the arch should be cut stone or brick, or as follows, unreinforced concrete.

In a closed spandrel stone arch bridge the hollow space can be filled with rubble and loose material. It can also be filled with concrete, in which case the filling itself becomes able to bear load in addition to the load carried by the ring of voussoirs. If the voussoir stones are thin they cannot take much weight so instead it is the concrete filling that becomes the structural part of the arch. The next step is to remove the voussoir stones completely, or only use them as facade stones. An unreinforced concrete arch is technically a masonry arch that use only very small stones, that is the aggregate of the concrete, sand and gravel. Such an arch would not stand without mortar.

Some modern bridges are built masonry style with precast concrete blocks, like Gladesville Bridge that has a span of 305 metres (1000 ft). These types are not in this list because their blocks are most likely made of reinforced concrete, that may make the assembled arch to have more in common with a modern reinforced concrete arch than a stone masonry arch.

The Maidenhead Railway Bridge may have the two longest arches made of bricks, 39 m.

Building new masonry arch bridges today is a solely Chinese business. There are 18 stone arch bridges with spans exceeding 100 m. There are probably several dozens of stone arches exceeding 40m in the Fujian province only. Almost all bridges were built after 1950.

This list contains the longest masonry arch spans ever built being at least 50 m.

	Rank	Name	Span
metres	Span
feet	Note	Year opened	Location	Country	Ref
	1
丹河大桥	146 m	479 ft	Concrete deck		Jincheng, Shanxi
	2	Wuchaohe Bridge
乌巢河大桥	120 m	394 ft	Concrete deck		Fenghuang County, Hunan
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/wuchaohe-bridge	title=Wuchaohe Bridge}}
[[File:Jiuxigou masonry arch bridge across the Long River near Fengdu city.jpg	150px]]	3	Jiuxigou Bridge
九溪溝橋	116 m	381 ft	Concrete deck		Fengdu County, Chongqing
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/jiuxigou-bridge	title=Jiuxigou Bridge}}
[[File:Changhong_Bridge_in_Kaiyuan,_Yunnan_04.jpg	150px]]	4	Changhong Bridge
长虹桥	112 m	367 ft			Kaiyuan, Yunnan
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/changhong-bridge	title=Changhong Bridge}}
	5	Fushun Tuojiang Bridge
富顺红旗大桥	111 m	364 ft			Fushun County, Sichuan
	6	Shengli Bridge
108 m	354 ft
	7	First Sizhuang Bridge
108 m	354 ft
	8	Xianfeng Aqueduct Bridge
险峰渡槽	106 m	348 ft			Ci County, Hebei
	9	Huwan Bridge
105 m	344 ft			Henan
	10	New Tongshan Bridge
105 m	344 ft
	11	First Danhe Bridge
105 m	344 ft
	12	Jiangpinghe Bridge
105 m	344 ft
	13	Yugong Bridge
102 m	335 ft
	14	Gongtan Bridge
100 m	328 ft
	15	Youduhe Bridge
游渡河大桥	100 m	328 ft			Jiangjin District, Chongqing
	16	Hongdu Bridge
红渡桥	100 m	328 ft			Mashan County - Du'an County, Guangxi
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/hongdu-bridge	title=Hongdu Bridge}}
	17	Longwu Bridge
100 m	328 ft			Guangxi
	18	Fujin Bridge
100 m	328 ft
	19	Jianjin Bridge
100 m	328 ft
	20	Daliushu Bridge
100 m	328 ft
	21	Jin-shan Bridge
金山大桥	99 m	325 ft			Hua'an County, Fujian
	22	Xiaoduchuan Bridge
现有红江桥	97 m	318 ft			Enshi City, Hubei
[[File:Villeneuve-sur-Lot - Pont de la Libération -122.jpg	150px]]	23
96 m	315 ft	Unreinforced concrete arches
Concrete deck		Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/pont-de-la-liberation	title=Pont de la Libération}}
[[File:Syratalviadukt Plauen (Friedensbruecke).jpg	150px]]	24
90 m	295 ft			Plauen, Saxony
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/peace-bridge-1905	title=Peace Bridge}}
[[File:Grutas de Longmen em Luoyang - China (6972397596).jpg	150px]]	25	Longmen Bridge
龙门大桥	90 m	295 ft	Two 60-meter side spans		Luoyang, Henan
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/longmen-bridge	title=Longmen Bridge}}
[[File:Solkanski most čez Sočo2.jpg	150px]]	26	Solkan Bridge	85 m	279 ft	Destroyed in 1916
Rebuilt in 1927		Nova Gorica, Goriška
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/solkan-bridge	title=Solkan Bridge}}
[[File:Adolphe Bridge over the valley of Petrusse in Luxembourg City.jpg	150px]]	27	Adolphe Bridge	84 m	276 ft	Concrete deck		Luxembourg City
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/adolphe-bridge	title=Adolphe Bridge}}
[[File:Pont des pierres - Montanges-1-edit.jpg	150px]]	28
Pont des Pierres	80 m	262 ft	Destroyed in 1944		Montanges, Ain
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/viaduc-des-pierres	title=Viaduc des Pierres}}
[[File:Viaduc de Roizonne (32238881910)2.jpeg	150px]]	29
79 m	259 ft			La Mure, Isère
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/roizonne-viaduct	title=Roizonne Viaduct}}
[[File:Castello di Trezzo1.JPG	150px]]	30	Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge	72 m	236 ft	Destroyed in 1416		Trezzo sull'Adda, Lombardy
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/trezzo-bridge	title=Trezzo Bridge}}
[[File:Klaus Steyrling Brücke Pyhrnbahn.JPG	150px]]	31	Steyrling Bridge	70 m	230 ft			Steyrling, Upper Austria
[[File:قنطرة سيدي راشد والزاوية.JPG	150px]]	32
68 m	223 ft			Constantine, Constantine Province
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/sidi-rached-bridge	title=Sidi Rached Bridge}}
[[File:Union Arch Bridge MD 2008.jpg	150px]]	33	Union Arch Bridge	67 m	220 ft			Cabin John, Maryland
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/cabin-john-aqueduct-bridge	title=Cabin John Aqueduct Bridge}}
[[File:Sonnborner + Siegfriedstraße 03 ies.jpg	150px]]	34
66 m	217 ft			Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/sonnborn-railroad-bridge	title=Sonnborn Railroad Bridge}}
[[File:Veresk Bridge 3.jpg	150px]]	35	Veresk Bridge	66 m	217 ft			Veresk, Mazandaran Province
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/veresk-bridge	title=Veresk Bridge}}
[[File:Wutach-Wanderung August 2005 Black forest.jpg	150px]]	36	Gutach Bridge	64 m	210 ft			Lenzkirch, Baden-Württemberg
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/gutach-bridge	title=Gutach Bridge}}
[[File:König-Ludwig-Brücke Obere Illerbrücken Kempten (Foto Hilarmont).jpg	150px]]	37
64 m	210 ft	Tamped concrete arch		Kempten, Bavaria
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/illerbrucken-kempten	title=Illerbrücken Kempten}}
[[File:Obere Illerbrücken Sommer2014.JPG	150px]]	38
64 m	210 ft	Tamped concrete arch		Kempten, Bavaria
	39
64 m	210 ft			Peyrieu, Ain - La Balme, Savoie
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/la-balme-bridge	title=La Balme Bridge}}
[[File:Au-Haidhausen, Munich, Germany - panoramio (32).jpg	150px]]	40
63 m	207 ft			Munich, Bavaria
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/luitpoldbrucke	title=Luitpoldbrücke}}
[[File:MunichMaxJosephBruecke1.jpg	150px]]	41
63 m	207 ft			Munich, Bavaria
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/max-joseph-brucke	title=Max-Joseph-Brücke}}
[[File:River Dee, Grosvenor Bridge near to Handbridge, Cheshire, Great Britain.jpg	150px]]	42	Grosvenor Bridge	61 m	200 ft			Chester, North West England
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/grosvenor-bridge-1832	title=Grosvenor Bridge}}
[[File:Lavaur - Viaduc Séjourné sur l'Agout -2.jpg	150px]]	43
61 m	200 ft			Lavaur, Tarn
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/lavaur-railroad-bridge	title=Lavaur Railroad Bridge}}
	44	Pont du Gour Noir	60 m	197 ft			Uzerche - Saint-Ybard, Corrèze
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/pont-du-gour-noir	title=Pont du Gour Noir}}
[[File:GöhrenMuldebrücke.JPG	150px]]	45	Wechselburg-Göhrer Bridge	60 m	197 ft			Wechselburg, Saxony
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/wechselburg-gohren-bridge	title=Wechselburg-Göhren Bridge}}
[[File:Orkla bru hurtigtog.jpg	150px]]	46
60 m	197 ft			Rennebu, Trøndelag
	title=Steinhvelvbruer, Vegvesenets Håndbokserie	publisher=Statens Vegvesen	date=December 2002	volume=230	isbn=82-7207-522-9	pages=66	url=https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/196073/HB-230-2002.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y	language=no	format=PDF}}
	47	Huanghugang Bridge
黄虎港大桥	60 m	197 ft			Hupingshanzhen, Hunan
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/huanghugang-bridge	title=Huanghugang Bridge}}
	48	Wallstraßenbrücke	57 m	187 ft	Tamped concrete arch
Destroyed in 1945		Ulm, Baden-Württemberg		url=https://structurae.net/structures/wallstrassenbrucke	title=Wallstrassenbrücke}}
[[File:PanoramaSkodjebroene2.jpg	150px]]	49	Skodje Bridge	57 m	187 ft			Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal
[[File:Escot - pont ferrovaire -2.JPG	150px]]	50	Escot Viaduct	56 m	184 ft			Escot, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/escot-viaduct	title=Escot Viaduct}}
[[File:Ballochmyle Viaduct, Mauchline, Scotland.jpg	150px]]	51	Ballochmyle Viaduct	55 m	180 ft			Mauchline - Catrine, East Ayrshire
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/ballochmyle-viaduct	title=Ballochmyle Viaduct}}
[[File:Wiesener Viadukt2.jpg	150px]]	52	Wiesen Viaduct	55 m	180 ft			Davos Wiesen, Grisons
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/landwasser-bridge-wiesen	title=Landwasser Bridge (Wiesen)}}
[[File:Viaduc de Pélussin (9921487866).jpg	150px]]	53
55 m	180 ft			Pélussin, Loire
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/pelussin-tramway-bridge	title=Pélussin Tramway Bridge}}
[[File:Vue générale prise des berges, Rabastens (6028757118).jpg	150px]]	54	Rabastens Bridge	55 m
(x2)	180 ft
(x2)	Concrete deck		Rabastens - Coufouleux, Tarn
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/rabastens-bridge	title=Rabastens Bridge}}
[[File:Pont Vieille-Brioude.jpg	150px]]	55	Pont de Vieille-Brioude	54 m	177 ft	Destroyed many times
Rebuilt in 1832 with 45 meters span		Vieille-Brioude, Haute-Loire
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/vieille-brioude-bridge-1	title=Vieille-Brioude Bridge}}
[[File:Jora bru.JPG	150px]]	56
54 m	177 ft			Dombås, Innlandet
[[File:YixiantianBridgeLaochangCreek.jpg	150px]]	57	Yixiantian Bridge
一线天桥	54 m	177 ft	Concrete deck		Hanyuan County, Sichuan
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/yixiantian-bridge	title=Yixiantian Bridge}}
[[File:Chemins de fer de l'Hérault - Gignac le pont.jpg	150px]]	58	Gignac Bridge	50 m	164 ft			Gignac, Hérault
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/gignac-bridge	title=Gignac Bridge}}
	59
50 m
(x4)	164 ft
(x4)	Destroyed during the World War II		Nogent-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/nogent-sur-marne-viaduct	title=Nogent-sur-Marne Viaduct}}
	60	Munderkingen Bridge	50 m	164 ft	Tamped concrete arch
Destroyed in 1945		Munderkingen, Baden-Württemberg
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/munderkingen-bridge	title=Munderkingen Bridge}}
[[File:Viaduc-Eaux-salées60.JPG	150px]]	61
50 m	164 ft			Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/pont-de-la-calanque-des-eaux-salees	title=Pont de la Calanque des Eaux Salées}}
	62		50 m	164 ft			Treungen, Telemark
[[File:Baisha Bridge of Jiande.jpg	150px]]	63
白沙大桥	50 m
(x2)	164 ft
(x2)			Jiande, Zhejiang
	url=https://structurae.net/structures/baisha-bridge	title=Baisha Bridge}}

References

Structurae.com, International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering
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