largest suspension bridges


list includes bridges that carry automobiles or trains.


Rank Name Location Span in metres (ft) Completed
1 Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge Kobe - Naruto Route, Japan 1,991 (6,529) 1998
2 Great Belt Bridge Halsskov - Sprogo, Denmark 1,624 (5,328) 1998
3 Runyang Bridge Yangtze River, China 1,490 (4,888) 2005
4 Humber Bridge Barton-upon-Humber, UK 1,410 (4,626) 1981
5 Jiangyin Suspension Bridge Yangtze River, China 1,385 (4,543) 1999
6 Tsing Ma Bridge Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China 1,377 (4,518) 1997
7 Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
New York City (Brooklyn–Staten Island), USA 1,298 (4,260) 1964
8 Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco - Marin County, CA, USA 1,280 (4,200) 1937
9 Högakustenbron (High Coast Bridge) Angermanalven river , Sweden 1,210 (3,970) 1997
10 Mackinac Bridge Mackinaw City - St. Ignace, Michigan USA 1,158 (3,800) 1957
11 Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan 1,118 (3,609) 1988
12 Fatih Sultan Mehmet Istanbul, Turkey 1,090 (3,576) 1988
13 Bogaziçi Istanbul, Turkey 1,074 (3,524) 1973
14 George Washington Bridge Fort Lee, NJ - New York, NY, USA 1,067 (3,500) 1931
15 Third Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan 1,030 (3,379) 1999
16 Second Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan 1,020 (3,346) 1999
17 Ponte 25 de Abril (Tagus Bridge) Lisbon, Portugal 1,013 (3,323) 1966
18 Forth Road Bridge Firth of Forth, UK 1,006 (3,300) 1964
19 Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge) Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan 990 (3,248) 1988
20 Severn Bridge Bristol Channel, UK 988 (3,240) 1966
21 Yichang Bridge Yichang (Yangtze River), China 960 (3,150) 2001
22 Shimotsui-Seto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge) Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan 940 (3,084) 1988
23 Xiling Bridge Yichang (Yangtze River), China 900 (2,952) 1996
24 Humen Pearl River Bridge Dongguan (Pearl River), Guangdong province, China 888 (2,913) 1997
25 Ohnaruto Bridge Kobe-Naruto Route, Japan 876 (2,874) 1985
26 Tacoma Narrows Bridge Tacoma, WA, USA 853 (2,800) 1950
27 Askøy Bridge Bergen, Norway 850 1992
28 Innoshima Bridge Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan 770 1983
29 Akinada Bridge Akinada Islands (Hiroshima Pref.), Japan 750 2000
30 Semipalatinsk Bridge Semipalatinsk (Irtish river), Kazakhstan 750 2000
31 Al Zampa Memorial Bridge (New Carquinez Bridge) Carquinez Strait, CA, USA 728 2003
32 Hakucho Bridge Muroran (Hokkaido Pref.), Japan 720 1998
33 Angostura Bridge Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela 712 1967
34 Kanmonkyo Bridge Honshu-Kyushu, Japan 712 1973
35 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge San Francisco - Oakland, CA, USA 704 (2,310) 1936
36 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge San Francisco - Oakland, CA, USA 704 (2,310) 1936
37 Bronx Whitestone Bridge New York, NY, USA 701 (2,300) 1939
38 Stord Bridge Stord, Norway 677 2001
39 Pierre Laporte Bridge Quebec City, Canada 668 (2,190) 1970
40 Delaware Memorial Bridge I New Castle, DE - Pennsville, NJ, USA 655 (2,150) 1951
41 Delaware Memorial Bridge II New Castle, DE - Pennsville, NJ, USA 655 (2,150) 1968
42 Haicang Bridge Xiamen, Fujian Province, China 648 1999
43 Gjemnessund Bridge Kristiansund, Norway 623 1992
44 Walt Whitman Bridge Philadelphia, PA USA 610 (2,000) 1957
45 Tancarville Bridge Le Havre, France 608 1959
46 New Little Belt Bridge Little Belt, Denmark 600 1970
47 First Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan 600 1999
48 E'gongyan Bridge Chongqing, Sichuan Province, China (Yangtze River) 600 2000
49 Bømla Bridge Bømlo, Norway 577 2001
50 Rainbow Bridge Tokyo, Japan 570 (1,870) 1993
51 Ambassador Bridge Detroit, MI, USA - Windsor, Ontario, Canada 564 (1,850) 1929
52 Hakata-Ohshima Bridge Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan 560 1988
53 Throgs Neck Bridge New York, NY, USA 549 (1,800) 1961
54 Benjamin Franklin Bridge Philadelphia, PA, USA 533 (1,750) 1926
55 Skjomen Bridge Narvik, Norway 525 1972
56 Kvalsund Bridge Hammerfest, Norway 525 1977
57 Matadi Bridge Matadi, Zaire 520 1983
58 Kleve-Emmerich Bridge Emmerich, Germany 500 1965
59 Dazi Bridge Dazi, Tibet 500 1984
60 Kwang Ahn Bridge Pusan, South Korea 500 2002
61 Bear Mountain Bridge Peekskill, NY, USA 497 (1,632) 1924
62 Williamsburg Bridge New York, NY, USA 488 (1,600) 1903
63 W. Preston Lane Memorial Bridge I Chesapeake Bay, MD, USA 488 (1,600) 1952
64 Newport Bridge Newport, Rhode Island, RI, USA 488 (1,600) 1969
65 W. Preston Lane Memorial Bridge II Chesapeake Bay, MD, USA 488 (1,600) 1973
66 Brooklyn Bridge New York, NY, USA 486 (1,596) 1883
67 Lions' Gate Bridge Vancouver, Canada 473 (1,550) 1938
68 Sotra Bridge Bergen, Norway 468 1971
69 Hirado Bridge Hirado Island, Japan 460 1977
70 Vincent Thomas Bridge San Pedro, CA, USA 457 (1,550) 1963
71 Mid-Hudson Bridge Poughkeepsie, NY, USA 456 (1,495) 1930
72 Shantou Bay Bridge Guangdong province, China 452 1996
73 Fengdu Bridge Sichuan (Yangtze River), China 450 1996
74 Manhattan Bridge New York, NY, USA 448 (1,470) 1909
75 Lysefjord Bridge Rogaland, Norway 446 1997
76 Angus L. Macdonald Bridge Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 441 (1,447) 1955
77 A. Murray MacKay Bridge Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 427 (1,400) 1970
78 Triborough Bridge New York, NY, USA 421 (1,380) 1936
79 Älvsborg Bridge Gothenburg, Sweden 417 1966
80 Hadong Namhae Bridge Pusan, South Korea 404 1973
81 Aquitaine Bridge Bordeaux, France 394 1967
82 Amu Daria River Bridge Bukhara, Uzbekistan 390 1964
83 Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge Cologne, Germany 378 1954
84 St. Johns Bridge Portland, OR, USA 368 (1,207) 1931
85 Wakato Narrows Bridge Kitakyushu, Japan 367 1962
86 Mount Hope Bridge Mount Hope Bay, RI, USA 366 (1,200) 1929
87 Ogdensburg Prescott International Bridge Ogdensburg, NY, USA - Prescott, Ontario, Canada 351 (1151) 1960
88 Hercilio Luz Bridge Florianopolis Island, Brazil 340 1926
89 Bidwell Bar Bridge Oroville, CA, USA 338 (1,108) 1965
90 Varodd Bridge Kristiansand, Norway 337 1956
91 Tamar Bridge Plymouth-Saltash, UK 335 (1,100) 1961
92 Deer Isle Bridge Penobscot Bay, ME, USA 329 (1,088) 1939
93 Otto Beit Bridge Chirundu Zambia/Zimbabwe 328 1939
94 Rombak Bridge Nordland, Norway 325 1964
95 Simon Kenton Bridge Maysville, KY, USA 323 (1,060) 1932
96 Île d'Orléans Bridge Quebec City, Canada 323 (1,059) 1936
97 John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge (The largest from 1867 until 1883) Cincinnati, OH, USA 322 (1,057) 1867
98 Dent Bridge Orofino, ID, USA 320 (1,050) 1971
99 Cologne Mulheim Bridge Cologne, Germany 315 1951
100 Wheeling Suspension Bridge Wheeling, WV, USA 308 (1,010) 1849
101 Konohana Bridge Osaka, Japan 300 1987
102 Chavanon Viaduct Merlines and Messeix, France (Chavanon Valley) 300 2000
103 Yeongjong Grand Bridge Incheon, South Korea 300 2000
104 Elizabeth Bridge Budapest, Hungary 290 1964
105 Tjeldsund Bridge Bjerkvik, Norway 290 1967




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