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. It
does 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.
RankNameLocationMain span in meters Completed
1Pont de Québec
Quebec City and Lévis, 549 1917
2Forth Bridge
Lothian/Fife,, 521 x21890
Minato BridgeOsaka, 510 1973
4Commodore Barry BridgeChester, Pennsylvania, to Bridgeport, New Jersey, 501 1974
5Crescent City Connection
New Orleans, Louisiana, 480 1958
1988
6Howrah BridgeKolkata, West Bengal, 457 1943
7Veterans Memorial Bridge
Gramercy, Louisiana, 445 1995
8Tokyo Gate BridgeTokyo, 440 2012
9San Francisco–Oakland Bay
Bridge
San Francisco, California, 427 1936
10J. C. Van Horne BridgeCampbellton, New Brunswick, to Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec, 380 1961
Astoria–Megler BridgeAstoria, Oregon, to Point Ellice near Megler, Washington, 376 1966
12Horace Wilkinson BridgeBaton Rouge, Louisiana, 376 1968
13Tappan Zee BridgeNyack, New York, 369 1955
14Lewis and Clark BridgeLongview, Washington, 366 1930
15Queensboro BridgeNew York, New York, 360 1909
16Carquinez Bridge
Vallejo, California, 335 x21927
1958
17Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows CrossingVancouver, British Columbia, 335 1960
18El Ferdan Railway Bridgenear Ismailia, 335 2001
19Jacques Cartier BridgeMontreal, Quebec, 334 1930
20Hart BridgeJacksonville, Florida, 331.6 1967
21Shibanpo Yangtze River BridgeChongqing, 330 2006
22Richmond-San Rafael BridgeRichmond, California, 326 x21956
23John P. Grace Memorial BridgeCharleston, South Carolina, 320 1929
24Newburgh-Beacon BridgeNewburgh, New York, 305 1963
1981
25Stolma BridgeAustevoll, 301 1998
26Raftsund BridgeVesterålen, 298 1998
27Sundøy BridgeNordland, 298 2003
28Martin Luther King BridgeSt. Louis, Missouri, 294 1950
29Story BridgeBrisbane, Queensland, 282 1940
30Caruthersville BridgeCaruthersville, Missouri, 280 1975
31Silver Memorial BridgeHenderson, West Virginia, 274 1969
32Ravenswood BridgeRavenswood, West Virginia to Meigs County, Ohio, 274 1981
33Carpenter BridgeSt. Marys, West Virginia, 274 1987
34Carl Perkins BridgePortsmouth, Ohio, 274 1987
35Blue Water BridgePort Huron, Michigan, to Sarnia, Ontario, 265 1938
36Vicksburg BridgeVicksburg, Mississippi, 263 1973
37Sunshine Skyway BridgeTampa Bay, Florida, 263 1954
1969
Demolished 1993; replaced with cable-stayed bridge
38Foresthill BridgeForesthill, California, 263 1972
39Branko's BridgeBelgrade, 261 1957
40Gateway BridgeBrisbane, Queensland, 260 1986
41New Varodd BridgeKristiansand, Vest-Agder, 260 1993
42Huey P. Long BridgeBaton Rouge, Louisiana, 258 x21940
43Natchez-Vidalia BridgeNatchez, Mississippi, 258 x21940
1988
44Cornwall BridgeCornwall, Ontario, 257 1899
45Brownville BridgeBrownville, Nebraska, 257 1939
46Benjamin G. Humphreys BridgeGreenville, Mississippi, 257 1940
47Brent Spence BridgeCovington, Kentucky, 253 1963
48Old Vicksburg BridgeVicksburg, Mississippi, 251 1930
49Sunshine BridgeSt. James Parish, Louisiana, 251 1964
50George Rogers Clark Memorial BridgeLouisville, Kentucky, 250 x21929
51Skye BridgeSkye,, 250 1995
52Confederation BridgeBorden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island, to Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick, 250 x431997
53Matthews BridgeJacksonville, Florida, 246 1953
54Helena BridgeHelena, Arkansas, 245 1961
55Tobin BridgeBoston, Massachusetts 1950
56Cairo Ohio River BridgeWickliffe, Kentucky and Cairo, Illinois, 240 x21937
57Huey P. Long BridgeJefferson Parish, Louisiana, 238 1935
58Silas N. Pearman BridgeCharleston, SC, 230 1966
59Outerbridge CrossingPerth Amboy, New Jersey, and southwestern Staten Island, New York City, New York, 229 1928
60Beğendik Bridge
Turkey's longest main span cantilever bridge
Pervari, Siirt Province, 210 2020