List of longest arch bridge spans
This list of the longest arch bridge spans ranks the world's arch bridges by the length of their main span. The length of the main span is the most common way to rank bridges as it usually correlates with the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. If one bridge has a longer span than another it does not necessarily mean that the bridge is longer from shore to shore or from abutment to abutment.
Completed bridges
Rank | Name | Span meters | Span feet | Material | Year opened | Location | Country | Ref | |
1 | Chaotianmen Bridge | 552 m | 1811 ft | steel | Chongqing | ||||
2 | Lupu Bridge | 550 m | 1804 ft | steel | Shanghai | ||||
3 | Bosideng Bridge | 530 m | 1740 ft | CFST | Hejiang County, Sichuan | ||||
4 | New River Gorge Bridge | 518 m | 1699 ft | steel | Fayetteville, West Virginia | United States | |||
5 | Bayonne Bridge | 510 m | 1673 ft | steel | Staten Island, New York - Bayonne, New Jersey | United States | |||
6 | 508 m | 1667 ft | CFST | Zigui County, Hubei | |||||
7 | Sydney Harbour Bridge | 503 m | 1650 ft | steel | Sydney | Australia | |||
8 | Wushan Bridge | 460 m | 1509 ft | CFST | Wushan, Chongqing | ||||
9 | Guantang Bridge | 457 m | 1499 ft | steel | Liuzhou, Guangxi | ||||
10 | 450 m | 1476 ft | steel | Ningbo, Zhejiang | |||||
11 | Xijiang Railway Bridge | 450 m | 1476 ft | steel | Zhaoqing, Guangdong | ||||
12 | 450 m | 1476 ft | CFST | Dongdangxiang, Guizhou | |||||
13 | Qinglong Railway Bridge | 445 m | 1460 ft | concrete | Qinglong County, Guizhou | ||||
14 | Yachi Railway Bridge | 436 m | 1430 ft | CFST | Qianxi County, Guizhou | ||||
15 | Zhijinghe River Bridge | 430 m | 1411 ft | CFST | Dazhipingzhen, Hubei | ||||
16 | Xinguang Bridge | 428 m | 1404 ft | steel | Guangzhou, Guangdong | ||||
17 | Wanxian Bridge | 420 m | 1378 ft | concrete | Wanzhou District, Chongqing | ||||
18 | Caiyuanba Bridge | 420 m | 1378 ft | steel | Chongqing | ||||
19 | Krk Bridge | 416 m | 1365 ft | concrete | Krk | Croatia | |||
20 | Nanpan River Qiubei Bridge | 416 m | 1365 ft | concrete | Qiubei County, Yunnan | ||||
21 | Lianxiang Bridge | 400 m | 1312 ft | CFST | Xiangtan, Hunan | ||||
22 | Daninghe Bridge | 400 m | 1312 ft | steel | Wushan, Chongqing | ||||
23 | Second Hengqin Bridge | 400 m | 1312 ft | steel | Zhuhai, Guangdong | ||||
24 | Almonte River Railway Viaduct | 384 m | 1260 ft | concrete | Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain | Spain | |||
25 | Fremont Bridge | 382 m | 1253 ft | steel | Portland, Oregon | United States | |||
26 | 380 m | 1247 ft | steel | Hiroshima | Japan | ||||
27 | Bugrinsky Bridge | 380 m | 1247 ft | steel | Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast | Russia | |||
28 | Yelanghe Bridge | 370 m | 1214 ft | concrete | Tongzi, Guizhou | ||||
29 | Maocaojie Bridge | 368 m | 1207 ft | CFST | Yiyang, Hunan | ||||
30 | Old Port Mann Bridge | 366 m | 1201 ft | steel | closed 2012 | Surrey, British Columbia | Canada | ||
31 | Zhaohua Jialing River Bridge | 364 m | 1194 ft | concrete | Guangyuan, Sichuan | ||||
32 | Žďákov Bridge | 362 m | 1188 ft | steel | Orlík nad Vltavou, South Bohemian Region | Czech Republic | |||
33 | Yajisha Bridge | 360 m | 1181 ft | CFST | Guangzhou, Guangdong | ||||
34 | Wanzhou Railway Bridge | 360 m | 1181 ft | steel | Wanzhou District, Chongqing | ||||
35 | Zongqihe Bridge | 360 m | 1181 ft | CFST | Nayong County, Guizhou | ||||
36 | Zhunshuo Railway Yellow River Bridge | 357 m | 1171 ft | CFST | Jungar Banner, Inner Mongolia - Hequ County, Shanxi | ||||
37 | Najiehe Railway Bridge | 352 m | 1155 ft | steel | Liuchangxiang, Guizhou | ||||
38 | Shintenmon Bridge | 348 m | 1142 ft | steel | Uki, Kumamoto | Japan | |||
39 | Bridge of the Americas | 344 m | 1129 ft | steel | Balboa, Panamá Province | Panama | |||
40 | Margaret McDermott Bridge | 343 m | 1125 ft | steel | Dallas | United States | |||
41 | Xiaohe River Bridge | 338 m | 1109 ft | CFST | Enshi City, Hubei | ||||
42 | Yonghe Bridge | 338 m | 1109 ft | CFST | Nanning, Guangxi | ||||
43 | Yibin Jinsha River Road Rail Bridge | 336 m | 1102 ft | CFST | Yibin, Sichuan | ||||
44 | Taipinghu Bridge | 336 m | 1102 ft | CFST | Huangshan City, Anhui | ||||
45 | Dashengguan Bridge | 336 m | 1102 ft | steel | Nanjing, Jiangsu | ||||
46 | 336 m | 1102 ft | steel | Ningbo, Zhejiang | |||||
47 | Matan Hongshuihe Bridge | 336 m | 1102 ft | CFST | Laibin, Guangxi | ||||
48 | Laviolette Bridge | 335 m | 1099 ft | steel | Trois-Rivières, Quebec | Canada | |||
49 | Silver Jubilee Bridge | 330 m | 1083 ft | steel | Runcorn - Widnes, Cheshire | United Kingdom | |||
50 | Jiangjiehe Bridge | 330 m | 1083 ft | concrete | Weng'an County, Guizhou | ||||
51 | Birchenough Bridge | 329 m | 1079 ft | steel | Chipinge, Manicaland Province | Zimbabwe | |||
52 | Theodore Roosevelt Lake Bridge | 329 m | 1079 ft | steel | Gila County - Maricopa County, Arizona | United States | |||
53 | Tajo Railway Bridge | 324 m | 1063 ft | concrete | Cáceres, Extremadura | Spain | |||
54 | Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge | 323 m | 1060 ft | concrete | Boulder City Nevada, Arizona | United States | |||
55 | Glen Canyon Dam Bridge | 313 m | 1027 ft | steel | Page, Arizona | United States | |||
56 | Yongjiang Bridge | 312 m | 1024 ft | concrete | Yongning District, Guangxi | ||||
57 | Chunan Nanpu Bridge | 308 m | 1010 ft | CFST | Chun'an County, Zhejiang | ||||
58 | Pentele Bridge | 308 m | 1010 ft | steel | Dunaújváros, Fejér County | Hungary | |||
59 | Fenghuang Third Bridge | 308 m | 1010 ft | steel | Nansha District, Guangdong | ||||
60 | Lewiston-Queenston Bridge | 305 m | 1001 ft | steel | Lewiston, New York - Queenston, Ontario | United States Canada | |||
61 | Gladesville Bridge | 305 m | 1001 ft | concrete | Sydney | Australia | |||
62 | 305 m | 1001 ft | steel | Osaka, Osaka Prefecture | Japan | ||||
63 | Perrine Bridge | 303 m | 994 ft | steel | Twin Falls, Idaho | United States | |||
64 | Van Brienenoordbrug | 300 m | 984 ft | steel | Rotterdam | Netherlands | |||
65 | Seri Saujana Bridge | 300 m | 984 ft | steel | Putrajaya | Malaysia | |||
66 | 300 m | 984 ft | steel | Foshan, Guangdong | |||||
67 | Nanning Bridge | 300 m | 984 ft | steel | Nanning, Guangxi | ||||
68 | Tsakona Arch Bridge | 300 m | 984 ft | steel | Meligalas - Paradiseia, Peloponnese | Greece | |||
69 | Karun 4 Arch Bridge | 300 m | 984 ft | steel | Kabusi, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province | ||||
70 | Xianghuoyan Bridge | 300 m | 984 ft | CFST | Kaiyang, Guizhou | - | |||
71 | Cuijiaying Hanjiang Bridge | 300 m | 984 ft | Xiangyang, Hubei | - | ||||
72 | Guansheng Qujiang Bridge | 300 m | 984 ft | concrete | Guang'an, Sichuan |
Under construction
Name | Span meters | Span feet | Material | Year opened | Location | Country | Ref | |
600 m | 1969 ft | concrete | Tian'e County, Guangxi | |||||
575 m | 1886 ft | CFST | Ping'nan County, Guangxi | |||||
Hejiang Yangtze River Bridge | 507 m | 1663 ft | CFST | Hejiang County, Sichuan | ||||
Nujiang Railway Bridge Darui | 490 m | 1608 ft | steel | Lamengxiang, Yunnan | ||||
Chenab Bridge | 467 m | 1532 ft | steel | Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir | India | |||
Daduhe Bridge Tianwan | 440 m | 1444 ft | CFST | Shimian County, Sichuan | - | |||
Daduhe Bridge Shaba | 440 m | 1444 ft | CFST | Shimian County, Sichuan | - | |||
Mingzhuwan Bridge | 436 m | 1430 ft | steel | Guangzhou, Guangdong | ||||
Zangmu Railway Bridge | 430 m | 1411 ft | CFST | Jiachazhen, Tibet | - | |||
Zhaozhuang Bridge | 410 m | 1345 ft | CFST | Xingyi, Guizhou | - | |||
Podilsko-Voskresensky Bridge | 344 m | 1129 ft | steel | Kiev | Ukraine | |||
Lancanjiang River Railway Bridge | 342 m | 1122 ft | CFST | Shanyangxiang - Shuizhaixiang, Yunnan | ||||
336 m | 1102 ft | steel | Nantong - Suzhou, Jiangsu | - |
History of largest spans
Flags refer to present national boundaries.Record | Name | Location | Main span | Crosses | Notes |
2009–present | Chaotianmen Bridge | Chongqing | Yangtze River | ||
2003–2009 | Lupu Bridge | Shanghai | Huangpu River | ||
1977–2003 | New River Gorge Bridge | Fayetteville, West Virginia | New River | ||
1931–1977 | Bayonne Bridge | Bayonne, New Jersey | Kill Van Kull | ||
1916–1931 | Hell Gate Bridge | New York City | Hell Gate | ||
1898–1916 | Upper Steel Arch Bridge | Niagara Falls, Ontario/ Niagara Falls, New York | Niagara River | destroyed in 1938 | |
1886–1898 | Dom Luís I Bridge | Porto | Douro River | ||
1884–1886 | Garabit Viaduct | Ruynes-en-Margeride | Truyère River | ||
1877–1884 | Maria Pia Bridge | Porto | Douro River | ||
1874–1877 | Eads Bridge | St. Louis, Missouri | 158.5 m | Mississippi River | |
1860–1874 | Southwark Bridge | London | River Thames | ||
1848–1860 | Cascade Bridge | Windsor, New York | Cascade Gulf | ||
1819–1848 | Southwark Bridge | London | River Thames | ||
1796–1819 | Wearmouth Bridge | Sunderland | River Wear | ||
1479–1796 | Pont de Vieille-Brioude | Vieille-Brioude | Allier River | destroyed in 1822 | |
1416–1479 | Castelvecchio Bridge | Verona, Veneto | Adige River | destroyed in 1945 | |
1377–1416 | Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge | Trezzo sull'Adda, Lombardy | Adda River | destroyed in 1416 | |
1356–1377 | Castelvecchio Bridge | Verona, Veneto | Adige River | destroyed in 1945 | |
1341–1356 | Pont du Diable | Céret | Tech River | ||
1147–1341 | Malabadi Bridge | Silvan | Batman River | ||
605–1147 | Zhaozhou Bridge | Zhao County, Hebei | Xiao River | ||
270–605 | Severan Bridge | Kahta | Chabinas Creek | ||
105–270 | Trajan's Bridge | Drobeta-Turnu Severin/ Kladovo | Danube | wooden arches destroyed in 270 | |
27 BC–105 | Ponte d'Augusto | Narni | Nera River | destroyed in 1855 | |
62 BC–27 BC | Pons Fabricius | Rome | Tiber River | ||
142 BC–62 BC | Pons Aemilius | Rome | Tiber River | destroyed in 1890s |