Notable Modern Bridges

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

Here is information about modern bridges around the world, with their length and date of completion. Types of bridges include suspension, cantilever, steel arch, cable-stayed, continuous truss, concrete arch, and segmental construction.

Name	Location	Length of main span		Year completed
Name	Location	ft	m	Year completed
Suspension	United States
Verrazano-Narrows	Lower New York Bay	4,260	1,298	1964
Golden Gate	San Francisco Bay	4,200	1,280	1937
Mackinac	Mackinac Straits, Mich.	3,800	1,158	1957
George Washington	Hudson River at New York City	3,500	1,067	1931
Tacoma Narrows II	Puget Sound at Tacoma, Wash.	2,800	853	1950
San Francisco–Oakland Bay¹	San Francisco Bay	2,310	704	1936
Bronx-Whitestone	East River, New York City	2,300	701	1939
Delaware Memorial¹	Delaware River near Wilmington, Del.	2,150	655	1951, 1968
Seaway Skyway	St. Lawrence River at Ogdensburg, N.Y.	2,150	655	1960
Walt Whitman	Delaware River at Philadelphia	2,000	610	1957
Ambassador International	Detroit River at Detroit	1,850	564	1929
Throgs Neck	East River, New York City	1,800	549	1961
Benjamin Franklin	Delaware River at Philadelphia	1,750	533	1926
Bear Mountain	Hudson River at Peekskill, N.Y.	1,632	497	1924
William Preston Lane, Jr.¹	Chesapeake Bay, Md.	1,600	488	1952, 1973
Williamsburg	East River, New York City	1,600	488	1903
Newport	Narragansett Bay at Newport, R.I.	1,600	488	1969
Brooklyn	East River, New York City	1,596	486	1883
Mid-Hudson	Poughkeepsie, N.Y.	1,495	457	1930
Manhattan	East River, New York City	1,470	448	1909
Triborough	New York, N.Y.	1,380	421	1936
St. Johns	Portland, Ore.	1,207	368	1931
Mount Hope	Mount Hope Bay, R.I.	1,200	366	1929
Royal Gorge	Arkansas River, Colo.	1,053	321	1929
Wheeling	Ohio River, Wheeling, W.Va.	1,010	308	1847
	International
Akashi Kaikyo	Hyogo, Japan	6,529	1,990	1998
Izmit Bay	Marmara Sea, Turkey	5,472	1,668	UC
Xihoumen Bridge	China	5,413	1,650	2009
Storebælt	Denmark	5,328	1,624	1998
Humber	Humberside, England	4,626	1,410	1981
Jiangyin	Yangtze River, China	4,543	1,385	1999
Tsing Ma	Hong Kong	4,518	1,377	1997
Yangluo	Wuhan, China	4,199	1,280	2007
Höga Kusten (High Coast)	Västernorrland, Sweden	3,969	1,210	1997
Minami Bisan-Seto	Japan	3,609	1,100	1988
Second Bosporus	Istanbul, Turkey	3,576	1,090	1988
Balinghe	Guizhou, China	3,569	1,088	2009
First Bosporus	Istanbul, Turkey	3,524	1,074	1973
Third Kurushima	Japan	3,379	1,030	1999
Second Kurushima	Japan	3,346	1,020	1999
Ponte 25 de Abril	Tagus River at Lisbon, Portugal	3,323	1,013	1966
Forth Road	Queensferry, Scotland	3,300	1,006	1964
Kita Bisan-Seto	Japan	3,248	990	1988
Severn	Severn River at Beachley, England	3,240	988	1966
Yichang	Yangtze River, Hubei Province, China	3,150	960	2001
Shimotsui Straits	Japan	3,084	940	1988
Xiling Yangtze	Three Gorges Dam, China	2,952	900	1996
Siduhe River	Hubei, China	2,952	900	2009
Tigergate (Humen)	Pearl River, Guangdong Province, China	2,913	888	1997
Ohnaruto	Japan	2,874	876	1988
Pierre Laporte	Quebec, Canada	2,190	668	1970
Cantilever	United States
Commodore John Barry	Chester, Pa.	1,644	501	1974
Crescent City Connection¹	Mississippi River, New Orleans, La.	1,576	480	1958, 1985
Transbay Bridge	San Francisco Bay	1,400	427	1936
Baton Rouge	Mississippi River, La.	1,235	376	1968
Tappan Zee	Hudson River at Tarrytown, N.Y.	1,212	369	1955
Longview	Columbia River at Longview, Wash.	1,200	366	1930
Patapsco River	Baltimore Outer Harbor Crossing	1,200	366	1976
Queensboro	East River, New York City	1,182	360	1909
	International
Quebec Railway	Quebec, Canada	1,800	549	1917
Forth Railway¹	Queensferry, Scotland	1,710	521	1890
Minato Ohashi	Osaka, Japan	1,673	510	1974
Howrah	Hooghly River at Calcutta, India	1,500	457	1943
Steel Arch	United States
New River Gorge	Fayetteville, W. Va.	1,700	518	1977
Bayonne	Kill Van Kull at Bayonne, N.J.	1,675	510	1931
Fremont	Portland, Ore.	1,255	383	1973
Roosevelt Lake	Roosevelt, Ariz.	1,080	329	1990
Glen Canyon	Page, Ariz.	1,028	313	1959
Lewiston-Queenston	Lewiston, N.Y.	1,000	305	1962
Perrine	Twin Falls, Idaho	993	303	1976
Hell Gate	East River (Hell Gate), New York City	978	298	1916
	International
Lupu Bridge	Shanghai, China	1,800	550	2003
Sydney Harbor	Sydney, Australia	1,670	509	1932
Port Mann	Fraser River at Vancouver, British Columbia	1,200	366	1964
Yanjisha²	Guangzhou, China	1,181	360	2000
Thatcher Ferry	Panama Canal, Panama	1,128	344	1962
Laviolette	St. Lawrence River, Trois Rivieres, Quebec	1,100	335	1967
Zdákov	Vltava River, Czech Republic	1,083	330	1967
Runcorn-Widnes	Mersey River, England	1,082	330	1961
Birchenough	Sabi River at Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe	1,080	329	1935
Cable-stayed	United States
Arthur Ravenel, Jr.	Cooper River, S.C.	1,546	471	2005
Clark	Alton, Ill.	1,360	415	1994
Dames Point	Jacksonville, Fla.	1,300	396	1988
Fred Hartman	Baytown, Tex.	1,250	381	1995
Sidney Lanier	Brunswick River, Ga.	1,250	381	2003
Hale Boggs Memorial	Luling, La.	1,222	373	1983
Sunshine Skyway	Tampa, Fla.	1,200	366	1987
	International
Tatara	Honshu-Shikoku, Japan	2,920	890	1999
Pont de Normandie	Le Havre, France	2,808	856	1995
Incheon Bridge	Incheon, South Korea	2,624	800	2009
Second Nanjing	Yangtze River, Nanjing, China	2,060	628	2001
Wuhan Third Yangtze	Wuhan, Hubei Province, China	2,028	618	2000
Qingzhou Minjiang	Fuzhou, China	1,985	605	1996
Yang Pu	Shanghai, China	1,975	602	1993
Xupu	Shanghai, China	1,936	590	1997
Meiko Chuo	Aichi, Japan	1,936	590	1997
Rion-Antirion	Greece	1,837	560	2004
Skarnsundet	near Trondheim, Norway	1,739	530	1991
Queshi	Guangdong Province, China	1,700	518	1999
Tsurumi Tsubasa	Kanagawa, Japan	1,673	510	1995
Jingzhou	Yangtze River, Hubei Province, China	1,640	500	2002
Oresund	Denmark/Sweden	1,614	492	2000
Ikuchi	Honshu-Shikoku, Japan	1,608	490	1991
Higashi Kobe	Hyogo, Japan	1,591	485	1994
Zhanjiang Bay	Guangdong Province, China	1,575	480	1998
Ting Kau	Hong Kong	1,558	475	1997
Seohae Grand	South Korea	1,542	470	2000
Alex Fraser	Vancouver, B.C., Canada	1,525	465	1986
Yokohama-ko-odan	Kanagawa, Japan	1,509	460	1989
Second Hooghly	Calcutta, India	1,500	457	1992
Second Severn Crossing	Severn River, England	1,496	456	1996
Queen Elizabeth II	Thames River, Dartford, England	1,476	450	1992
Dao Kanong	Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand	1,476	450	1987
Chongqing 2nd	Sichuan Province, China	1,457	444	1996
Barrio de Luna	Cordillera, Spain	1,444	440	1983
Kap Shui Mun	Kowloon and Lantau Islands, Hong Kong	1,411	430	1997
Helgeland	Sandnessjoen, Nordland, Norway	1,394	425	1991
Wadi Leban	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	1,239	405	1997
Millau Viaduct	Millau, France	1,122	342	2004
Continuous Truss	United States
Astoria	Columbia River, Ore.	1,232	376	1966
Croton Reservoir	Croton, N.Y.	1,052	321	1970
Ravenswood	Ohio River, Ravenswood, W. Va.	902	275	1981
Central	Ohio River, Newport, Ky.	850	259	1995
Braga Memorial	Taunton River at Somerset, Mass.	840	256	1965
Kingston-Rhinecliff	Kingston, N.Y.	800	244	1957
Mark Clark Expressway I-526	Cooper River at Charleston, S.C.	800	244	1992
	International
Oshima	Oshima Island, Japan	1,066	325	1976
Tenmon	Kumamoto, Japan	984	300	1966
Kuronoseto	Nagashima-Kyushu, Japan	984	300	1974
Graf Spee	Germany	839	256	1936
Concrete Arch	United States
Natchez Trace Pkwy.	Franklin, Tenn.	582	177	1994
Westinghouse	Pittsburgh, Pa.	460	140	1931
Jack's Run	Pittsburgh, Pa.	400	120	1930
Cappelen	Minneapolis, Minn.	400	120	1923
	International
Wanxian	Wanxian, Sichuan Province, China	1,378	420	1997
Krk (I)	Krk, Croatia	1,280	390	1980
Jiangjiehe	Guizhou Province, China	1,083	330	1995
Gladesville	Parramatta River at Sydney, Australia	1,000	305	1964
Amizade	Paraná River at Foz do Iguassu, Brazil	951	290	1964
Bloukrans	Bloukrans River, South Africa	892	272	1983
Arrábida	Porto, Portugal	886	270	1963
Sandö	Angerman River at Kramfors, Sweden	866	264	1943
Confederation	Northumberland Strait, Canada	820	250	1997
Sibenik	Sibenik, Croatia	808	246	1966
Krk (II)	Krk, Croatia	800	244	1979
Fiumarella	Catanzaro, Italy	758	231	1961
Zaporozhe	Old Dnepr River, Ukraine	748	228	1952
Esla	Esla River at Zamora, Spain	645	197	1940
Segmental Construction	United States
Jesse H. Jones Memorial	Houston Ship Channel, Tex.	750	228	1982