List of longest cantilever bridge spans
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. Itdoes not include suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges, footbridges or pipeline bridges. The span must be 750 feet or over to be included in the list.
Rank | Name | Location | Main span in meters | Completed | |
1 | Pont de Québec | Quebec City and Lévis, | 549 | 1917 | |
2 | Forth Bridge | Lothian/Fife,, | 521 x2 | 1890 | |
Minato Bridge | Osaka, | 510 | 1973 | ||
4 | Commodore Barry Bridge | Chester, Pennsylvania, to Bridgeport, New Jersey, | 501 | 1974 | |
5 | Crescent City Connection | New Orleans, Louisiana, | 480 | 1958 1988 | |
6 | Howrah Bridge | Kolkata, West Bengal, | 457 | 1943 | |
7 | Veterans Memorial Bridge | Gramercy, Louisiana, | 445 | 1995 | |
8 | Tokyo Gate Bridge | Tokyo, | 440 | 2012 | |
9 | San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge | San Francisco, California, | 427 | 1936 | |
10 | J. C. Van Horne Bridge | Campbellton, New Brunswick, to Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec, | 380 | 1961 | |
Astoria–Megler Bridge | Astoria, Oregon, to Point Ellice near Megler, Washington, | 376 | 1966 | ||
12 | Horace Wilkinson Bridge | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, | 376 | 1968 | |
13 | Tappan Zee Bridge | Nyack, New York, | 369 | 1955 | |
14 | Lewis and Clark Bridge | Longview, Washington, | 366 | 1930 | |
15 | Queensboro Bridge | New York, New York, | 360 | 1909 | |
16 | Carquinez Bridge | Vallejo, California, | 335 x2 | 1927 1958 | |
17 | Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing | Vancouver, British Columbia, | 335 | 1960 | |
18 | El Ferdan Railway Bridge | near Ismailia, | 335 | 2001 | |
19 | Jacques Cartier Bridge | Montreal, Quebec, | 334 | 1930 | |
20 | Hart Bridge | Jacksonville, Florida, | 331.6 | 1967 | |
21 | Shibanpo Yangtze River Bridge | Chongqing, | 330 | 2006 | |
22 | Richmond-San Rafael Bridge | Richmond, California, | 326 x2 | 1956 | |
23 | John P. Grace Memorial Bridge | Charleston, South Carolina, | 320 | 1929 | |
24 | Newburgh-Beacon Bridge | Newburgh, New York, | 305 | 1963 1981 | |
25 | Stolma Bridge | Austevoll, | 301 | 1998 | |
26 | Raftsund Bridge | Vesterålen, | 298 | 1998 | |
27 | Sundøy Bridge | Nordland, | 298 | 2003 | |
28 | Martin Luther King Bridge | St. Louis, Missouri, | 294 | 1950 | |
29 | Story Bridge | Brisbane, Queensland, | 282 | 1940 | |
30 | Caruthersville Bridge | Caruthersville, Missouri, | 280 | 1975 | |
31 | Silver Memorial Bridge | Henderson, West Virginia, | 274 | 1969 | |
32 | Ravenswood Bridge | Ravenswood, West Virginia to Meigs County, Ohio, | 274 | 1981 | |
33 | Carpenter Bridge | St. Marys, West Virginia, | 274 | 1987 | |
34 | Carl Perkins Bridge | Portsmouth, Ohio, | 274 | 1987 | |
35 | Blue Water Bridge | Port Huron, Michigan, to Sarnia, Ontario, | 265 | 1938 | |
36 | Vicksburg Bridge | Vicksburg, Mississippi, | 263 | 1973 | |
37 | Sunshine Skyway Bridge | Tampa Bay, Florida, | 263 | 1954 1969 Demolished 1993; replaced with cable-stayed bridge | |
38 | Foresthill Bridge | Foresthill, California, | 263 | 1972 | |
39 | Branko's Bridge | Belgrade, | 261 | 1957 | |
40 | Gateway Bridge | Brisbane, Queensland, | 260 | 1986 | |
41 | New Varodd Bridge | Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, | 260 | 1993 | |
42 | Huey P. Long Bridge | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, | 258 x2 | 1940 | |
43 | Natchez-Vidalia Bridge | Natchez, Mississippi, | 258 x2 | 1940 1988 | |
— | 44 | Cornwall Bridge | Cornwall, Ontario, | 257 | 1899 |
45 | Brownville Bridge | Brownville, Nebraska, | 257 | 1939 | |
46 | Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge | Greenville, Mississippi, | 257 | 1940 | |
47 | Brent Spence Bridge | Covington, Kentucky, | 253 | 1963 | |
48 | Old Vicksburg Bridge | Vicksburg, Mississippi, | 251 | 1930 | |
49 | Sunshine Bridge | St. James Parish, Louisiana, | 251 | 1964 | |
50 | George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge | Louisville, Kentucky, | 250 x2 | 1929 | |
51 | Skye Bridge | Skye,, | 250 | 1995 | |
52 | Confederation Bridge | Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island, to Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick, | 250 x43 | 1997 | |
53 | Matthews Bridge | Jacksonville, Florida, | 246 | 1953 | |
54 | Helena Bridge | Helena, Arkansas, | 245 | 1961 | |
55 | Tobin Bridge | Boston, Massachusetts | 1950 | ||
56 | Cairo Ohio River Bridge | Wickliffe, Kentucky and Cairo, Illinois, | 240 x2 | 1937 | |
57 | Huey P. Long Bridge | Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, | 238 | 1935 | |
58 | Silas N. Pearman Bridge | Charleston, SC, | 230 | 1966 | |
59 | Outerbridge Crossing | Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and southwestern Staten Island, New York City, New York, | 229 | 1928 | |
60 | Beğendik Bridge Turkey's longest main span cantilever bridge | Pervari, Siirt Province, | 210 | 2020 |