Completed Suspension Bridges
This list includes only completed suspension bridges that carry automobiles or trains. It does not include cable-stayed bridges, footbridges, or pipeline bridges.
Rank | Name | Location | Main span metres |
Main span feet |
Year opened | |
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1 | Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (The longest since 1998) |
Kobe-Awaji Route, Japan 34°37′1.3″N 135°1′18.9″E / 34.617028°N 135.021917°E / 34.617028; 135.021917 (Akashi Kaikyō Bridge) |
1,991 | 6,532 | 1998 | |
2 * | Xihoumen Bridge | Zhoushan Archipelago, China 30°3′42.4″N 121°54′57.6″E / 30.061778°N 121.916°E / 30.061778; 121.916 (Xihoumen Bridge) |
1,650 | 5,414 | 2009 | |
3 | Great Belt Bridge (also known as the Storebælt Bridge) |
Halsskov-Sprogø, Denmark 55°20′31″N 11°2′9.3″E / 55.34194°N 11.035917°E / 55.34194; 11.035917 (Great Belt Bridge) |
1,624 | 5,328 | 1998 | |
4 | Yi Sun-sin Bridge | Gwangyang-Yeosu, South Korea | 1,545 | 5,069 | 2012 | |
5 | Runyang Bridge | Yangtze River, China | 1,490 | 4,888 | 2005 | |
6 | Humber Bridge (The longest from 1981 until 1998) |
Hessle - Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom | 1,410 | 4,626 | 1981 | |
7 * | Jiangyin Suspension Bridge | Yangtze River, China | 1,385 | 4,543 | 1999 | |
8 | Tsing Ma Bridge (longest rail carrying) |
Tsing Yi-Ma Wan, Hong Kong | 1,377 | 4,518 | 1997 | |
9 | Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (The longest from 1964 until 1981, and still longest in North America) |
Brooklyn–Staten Island), New York, USA | 1,298 | 4,260 | 1964 | |
10 | Golden Gate Bridge (The longest from 1937 until 1964) |
San Francisco-Marin County, California, USA | 1,280 | 4,200 | 1937 | |
11 * | Yangluo Bridge | Yangtze River, China | 1,280 | 4,200 | 2007 | |
12 | Högakustenbron (High Coast Bridge) | Ångermanälven river, Sweden | 1,210 | 3,970 | 1997 | |
13 | Mackinac Bridge | Mackinaw City - St. Ignace, Michigan | 1,158 | 3,800 | 1957 | |
14 | Aizhai Bridge | near Aizhaizhen, Hunan, China | 1,146 | 3,760 | 2012 | |
15 | Huangpu Bridge | People's Republic of China Guangzhou, China | 1,108 | 3,635 | 2008 | |
16 | Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge) | Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan | 1,100 | 3,609 | 1989 | |
17 * | Fatih Sultan Mehmet (Second Bosporus Bridge) | Istanbul, Turkey | 1,090 | 3,576 | 1988 | |
18 | Balinghe Bridge | near Guanling, China | 1,088 | 3,570 | 2009 | |
19 * | Boğaziçi (First Bosporus Bridge) | Istanbul, Turkey | 1,074 | 3,524 | 1973 | |
20 | George Washington Bridge (The longest from 1931 until 1937) |
Fort Lee, New Jersey - Washington Heights, New York City | 1,067 | 3,500 | 1931 | |
21 | Third Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge | Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan | 1,030 | 3,379 | 1999 | |
22 | Second Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge | Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan | 1,020 | 3,346 | 1999 | |
23 | Ponte 25 de Abril (Tagus Bridge) | Pragal, Almada Municipality and Lisbon, Portugal | 1,013 | 3,323 | 1966 | |
24 | Forth Road Bridge | Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK | 1,006 | 3,300 | 1964 | |
25 | Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge) | Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan | 990 | 3,248 | 1988 | |
26 | Severn Bridge | River Severn, England/Wales, UK | 988 | 3,240 | 1966 | |
27 * | Yichang Bridge | Yichang (Yangtze River), China | 960 | 3,150 | 2001 | |
28 | Shimotsui-Seto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge) | Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan | 940 | 3,084 | 1988 | |
29 * | Xiling Bridge | Yichang (Yangtze River), China | 900 | 2,952 | 1996 | |
30 * | Si Du River Bridge (The highest bridge in the world from 2009 to present) |
Hubei, China | 900 | 2,953 | 2009 | |
31 * | Humen Pearl River Bridge | Dongguan (Pearl River), Guangdong province, China | 888 | 2,913 | 1997 | |
32 | Ohnaruto Bridge | Kobe-Naruto Route, Japan | 876 | 2,874 | 1985 | |
33 | Tacoma Narrows Bridge (westbound) | Tacoma, WA, USA | 853 | 2,800 | 1950 | |
34 | Tacoma Narrows Bridge (eastbound) | Tacoma, WA, USA | 853 | 2,800 | 2007 | |
35 * | Askøy Bridge | Bergen, Norway | 850 | 2,789 | 1992 | |
36 | Innoshima Bridge | Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan | 770 | 2,526 | 1983 | |
37 * | Akinada Bridge | Akinada Islands (Hiroshima Pref.), Japan | 750 | 2,461 | 2000 | |
38 * | Semipalatinsk Bridge | Semipalatinsk (Irtysh river), Kazakhstan | 750 | 2,461 | 2000 | |
39 | Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge (New Carquinez Bridge) | Carquinez Strait, CA, USA | 728 | 2,388 | 2003 | |
40 * | Hakucho Bridge | Muroran (Hokkaidō Pref.), Japan | 720 | 2,362 | 1998 | |
41 * | Angostura Bridge | Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela | 712 | 2,336 | 1967 | |
42 * | Kanmonkyo Bridge | Honshū-Kyūshū, Japan | 712 | 2,336 | 1973 | |
43 | San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (Yerba Buena Island to anchorage) | San Francisco - Oakland, CA, USA | 704 | 2,310 | 1936 | |
44 | San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (San Francisco to anchorage) | San Francisco - Oakland, CA, USA | 704 | 2,310 | 1936 | |
45 | Bronx-Whitestone Bridge | New York, NY, (The Bronx - Queens) USA | 701 | 2,300 | 1939 | |
46 | Stord Bridge | Stord, Norway | 677 | 2,221 | 2001 | |
47 * | Pierre Laporte Bridge | Quebec City, Canada | 668 | 2,190 | 1970 | |
48 | Delaware Memorial Bridge I (eastbound) | New Castle, DE - Pennsville, NJ, USA | 655 | 2,150 | 1951 | |
49 | Delaware Memorial Bridge II (westbound) | New Castle, DE - Pennsville, NJ, USA | 655 | 2,150 | 1968 | |
50 * | Haicang Bridge | Xiamen, Fujian Province, China | 648 | 2,126 | 1999 | |
51 * | Beipanjiang River 2009 Bridge | Qinglong, Guizhou, China | 636 | 2,086 | 2009 | |
52 * | Gjemnessund Bridge | Gjemnes, Norway | 623 | 2,044 | 1992 | |
Linked photo | 53 * | Yuzui Yangtze Bridge | Chongqing, China | 616 | 2,021 | 2010 |
54 | Walt Whitman Bridge | Philadelphia, PA - Gloucester City, NJ, USA | 610 | 2,000 | 1957 | |
55 * | Tancarville Bridge | Le Havre, France | 608 | 1,995 | 1959 | |
56 * | New Little Belt Bridge | Little Belt, Denmark | 600 | 1,969 | 1970 | |
57 | First Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge | Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan | 600 | 1,969 | 1999 | |
58 * | E'gongyan Bridge | Chongqing, Sichuan Province, China (Yangtze River) | 600 | 1,969 | 2000 | |
59 * | Osterøy Bridge | Osterøy, Norway | 595 | 1,952 | 1997 | |
- | 60 * | Second Wanxian Bridge | Chongqing, China | 580 | 1,903 | 2004 |
61 | Bømla Bridge | Bømlo, Norway | 577 | 1,893 | 2001 | |
62 * | Rainbow Bridge | Tokyo, Japan | 570 | 1,870 | 1993 | |
63 | Ambassador Bridge (The longest from 1929 until 1931) | Detroit, Michigan, USA– Windsor, Ontario, Canada | 564 | 1,850 | 1929 | |
64 | Hakata-Ohshima Bridge | Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan | 560 | 1,837 | 1988 | |
65 * | Zhongxian Yangtze River Bridge | Chongqing, China | 560 | 1,837 | 2001 | |
66 | Throgs Neck Bridge | New York, NY, (The Bronx - Queens) USA | 549 | 1,800 | 1961 | |
67 * | Toyoshima Bridge | Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan | 540 | 1,772 | 2005 | |
68 | Benjamin Franklin Bridge (The longest from 1926 until 1929) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Camden, New Jersey, USA | 533 | 1,750 | 1926 | |
69 * | Skjomen Bridge | Narvik, Norway | 525 | 1,722 | 1972 | |
70 * | Kvalsund Bridge | Hammerfest, Norway | 525 | 1,722 | 1977 | |
70 * | Matadi Bridge | Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 520 | 1,706 | 1983 | |
71 * | Emmerich Rhine Bridge | Emmerich am Rhein, Germany | 500 | 1,640 | 1965 | |
72 * | Dazi Bridge | Dazi, China | 500 | 1,640 | 1984 | |
73 * | Gwangan Bridge | Busan, South Korea | 500 | 1,640 | 2002 | |
74 | Bear Mountain Bridge (The longest from 1924 until 1926) | Peekskill, NY, USA | 497 | 1,632 | 1924 | |
75 | Williamsburg Bridge (The longest from 1903 until 1924) | New York, NY, (Brooklyn - Manhattan) USA | 488 | 1,600 | 1903 | |
76 | W. Preston Lane Memorial Bridge I | Chesapeake Bay, MD, USA | 488 | 1,600 | 1952 | |
77 * | Newport Bridge (Sen. Claiborne Pell Bridge) | Newport, Rhode Island, RI, USA | 488 | 1,600 | 1969 | |
78 | W. Preston Lane Memorial Bridge II | Chesapeake Bay, MD, USA | 488 | 1,600 | 1973 | |
79 | Brooklyn Bridge (The longest from 1883 until 1903) | New York, NY, (Brooklyn - Manhattan) USA | 486 | 1,596 | 1883 | |
80 * | Lions' Gate Bridge | West Vancouver - Vancouver, British Columbia Canada | 473 | 1,550 | 1938 | |
81 * | Sotra Bridge | Bergen, Norway | 468 | 1,535 | 1971 | |
82 * | Hirado Bridge | Hirado Island-Kyūshū Island, Japan | 460 | 1,509 | 1977 | |
83 * | Vincent Thomas Bridge | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 457 | 1,499 | 1963 | |
84 | Mid-Hudson Bridge | Poughkeepsie, NY, USA | 456 | 1,495 | 1930 | |
Linked photo | 85 * | Shantou Bay Bridge | Shantou, Guangdong, China | 452 | 1,483 | 1995 |
86 * | Fengdu Bridge | Sichuan (Yangtze River), China | 450 | 1,476 | 1996 | |
87 | Manhattan Bridge | New York, NY, (Manhattan - Brooklyn) USA | 448 | 1,470 | 1909 | |
88 * | Lysefjord Bridge | Rogaland, Norway | 446 | 1,463 | 1997 | |
89 | Angus L. Macdonald Bridge | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | 441 | 1,447 | 1955 | |
90 | A. Murray MacKay Bridge | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | 427 | 1,400 | 1970 | |
91 | Triborough Bridge | New York, NY, (Manhattan - The Bronx - Queens) USA | 421 | 1,380 | 1936 | |
92 * | Älvsborg Bridge | Gothenburg, Sweden | 417 | 1,368 | 1966 | |
93 * | Thuan Phuoc Bridge | Đà Nẵng, Vietnam | 405 | 1329 | 2008 | |
94 * | Namhae Bridge | Namhae, South Korea | 404 | 1,325 | 1973 | |
95 * | Aquitaine Bridge | Bordeaux, France | 394 | 1,293 | 1967 | |
Linked photo | 96 * | Amu Daria River Bridge | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 390 | 1,280 | 1964 |
97 * | Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge | Cologne, Germany | 378 | 1,240 | 1954 | |
98 | St. Johns Bridge | Portland, OR, USA | 368 | 1,207 | 1931 | |
99 * | Wakato Narrows Bridge | Kitakyūshū, Japan | 367 | 1,204 | 1962 | |
100 * | Mount Hope Bridge | Mount Hope Bay, RI, USA | 366 | 1,200 | 1929 | |
101 | Ogdensburg Prescott International Bridge (Seaway Skyway) | Ogdensburg, NY, USA - Prescott, Ontario, Canada | 351 | 1,151 | 1960 | |
102 * | Hercilio Luz Bridge | Florianopolis, Brazil | 340 | 1,115 | 1926 | |
103 * | Xixi Bridge | Linquanzhen, Guizhou, China | 338 | 1,109 | 2001 | |
104 | Bidwell Bar Bridge | Oroville, CA, USA | 338 | 1,108 | 1965 | |
105 * | Varodd Bridge | Kristiansand, Norway | 337 | 1,106 | 1956 | |
106 | Tamar Bridge | Plymouth-Saltash, United Kingdom | 335 | 1,100 | 1961 | |
107 * | Feda Fjord Bridge | Feda, Vest-Agder, Norway | 335 | 1,100 | 2006 | |
108 * | Deer Isle Bridge | Penobscot Bay, ME, USA | 329 | 1,088 | 1939 | |
109 * | Otto Beit Bridge | Chirundu, Zambia to Chirundu, Zimbabwe | 328 | 1,085 | 1939 | |
110 * | Rombak Bridge | Nordland, Norway | 325 | 1,066 | 1964 | |
111 * | Nærøysund Bridge | Nord-Trøndelag, Norway | 325 | 1,066 | 1981 | |
112 * | Simon Kenton Bridge | Maysville, KY, USA | 323 | 1,060 | 1932 | |
113 * | Île d'Orléans Bridge | Quebec City, Canada | 323 | 1,059 | 1936 | |
114 * | John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge (The longest from 1867 until 1883) | Cincinnati, OH, USA | 322 | 1,057 | 1867 | |
115 * | Dent Bridge | Orofino, ID, USA | 320 | 1,050 | 1971 | |
116 * | Cologne Mülheim Bridge | Cologne, Germany | 315 | 1,033 | 1951 | |
117 * | Wheeling Suspension Bridge (The longest from 1849 until 1867) | Wheeling, West Virginia to Ohio over the Ohio River | 308 | 1,010 | 1849 | |
118 * | Konohana Bridge | Osaka, Japan | 300 | 984 | 1987 | |
119 * | Chavanon Viaduct | Merlines and Messeix, France (Chavanon Valley) | 300 | 984 | 2000 | |
120 | Yeongjong Grand Bridge (The longest self-anchored suspension bridge) | Incheon, South Korea | 300 | 984 | 2000 |
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