Longest Suspension Bridges in the United States

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

Finished in 1964, the Verrazano-Narrows bridge spanning lower New York Bay is the longest suspension bridge in the United States.

Rank Bridge name Location Feet Year completed
1. Verrazano-Narrows Lower New York Bay 4,260 1964
2. Golden Gate San Francisco Bay 4,200 1937
3. Mackinac Mackinac Straits, Mich. 3,800 1957
4. George Washington Hudson River at New York City 3,500 1931
5. Tacoma Narrows II Puget Sound at Tacoma, Wash. 2,800 1950
6. San Francisco-Oakland Bay San Francisco Bay 2,310 1936
7. Bronx-Whitestone East River, New York City 2,300 1939
8. Delaware Memorial Delaware River near Wilmington, Del. 2,150 1951, 1968
9. Seaway Skyway St. Lawrence River at Ogdensburg, N.Y. 2,150 1960
10. Walt Whitman Delaware River at Philadelphia, Penn. 2,000 1957


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