Bridges Under Construction
Most of the large suspension bridges built in recent years have been in the People's Republic of China. As the following list shows, most of the bridges under construction are also in China.
| Name | Location | Main span |
Scheduled opening date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| İzmit Bay Bridge | Marmara Sea, Turkey | 1,550 m (5,090 ft) | 2017 | Reduced from 1,688m to 1,550m in 2012 |
| Nanjing Fourth Yangtze Bridge | China | 1,418 m (4,652 ft) | 2012 | |
| Hardanger Bridge | Hardangerfjorden, Norway | 1,310 m (4,300 ft) | 2013 | Construction start was in January 2009, and is estimated to be completed in 2013. |
| Longjiang River Bridge | Wuhexiang, Yunnan, China | 1,196 m (3,924 ft) | 2015 | |
| Taizhou Bridge | near Taixhou, Jiangsu, China | 1,080 m (3,540 ft) | 2012 | Two 1,080 m (3,540 ft) spans connecting three towers. |
| Ma'anshan Bridge | near Ma'anshan, Anhui, China | 1,000 m (3,300 ft) | 2013 | Two 1,000 m (3,300 ft) main spans. |
| Lishui Bridge | near Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China | 856 m (2,808 ft) | 2013 | |
| Yingwuzhou Bridge | near Wuhan, China | 850 m (2,790 ft) | 2015 | Two 850 m (2,790 ft) main spans. |
| Nanxi Bridge | China | 820 m (2,690 ft) | 2012 | |
| Puli Bridge | Pulixiang, Yunnan, China | 628 m (2,060 ft) | 2015 | |
| Dimuhe River Bridge | Liupanshui, Guizhou, China | 538 m (1,765 ft) | 2015 | |
| Taohuayu Yellow River Bridge | Taohuayu, Henan, China | 406 m (1,332 ft) | 2013 | |
| Eastern section of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge | San Francisco – Oakland, California, USA | 385 m (1,263 ft) | 2013 | This will be the largest self-anchored suspension bridge ever constructed. With one tower, it will have two asymmetric spans of 180 and 385 m. |
Read more about this topic: List Of Longest Suspension Bridge Spans
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