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This is a list of the world’s longest bridges that are more than 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) in length sorted by their full length above land and water. The main span is the longest span without any ground support.
Note: There is no standard way to measure the total length of a bridge. Some bridges are measured from the beginning of the entrance ramp to the end of the exit ramp. Some are measured from shoreline to shoreline. Yet others use the length of the total construction involved in building the bridge. Since there is no standard, no ranking of a bridge should be assumed because of its position in the list. Additionally, numbers are merely estimates and measures in U.S. customary units (feet) may be imprecise due to conversion rounding.
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| Name | Length | Main span | Completed | Traffic | Country | ||
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| Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway Guinness: Longest bridge (any type), 2011[2] |
164,800 | 540,700 | (Viaduct) | 2010 | High-speed rail |  China
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| Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct[3] Taiwan High Speed Rail |
157,317 | 516,132 | (Viaduct) | 2004 | High-speed rail |  Taiwan
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| Kita–Yaita Viaduct Tohoku Shinkansen |
114,424 | 375,407 | (Viaduct) | 1982 | High-speed rail |  Japan
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| Tianjin Grand Bridge[4] Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway Guinness: Second longest bridge (any type), 2011[2] |
113,700 | 373,000 | (Viaduct) | 2010 | High-speed rail | China
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| Cangde Grand Bridge[5][6] Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway |
105,881 | 347,379 | (Viaduct) | 2010 | High-speed rail | China
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| Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge Zhengzhou–Xi’an High-Speed Railway |
79,732 | 261,588 | (Viaduct) | 2008 | High-speed rail | China
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| Bang Na Expressway Guinness: Longest Road Bridge, 2000[7] |
54,000 | 177,000 | (Viaduct) | 2000 | Expressway |  Thailand
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| Beijing Grand Bridge Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway |
48,153 | 157,982 | (Viaduct) | 2010 | High-speed rail | China
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| Metro Manila Skyway System | 39,200 | 128,600 | (Viaduct) | 2021 | Expressway |  Philippines
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| Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Guinness: Longest bridge over water (continuous), 1969[1] |
38,442 | 126,122 | (Viaduct) | 1956 (SB) 1969 (NB) |
Highway |  United States
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| Line 1, Wuhan Metro Bridge | 37,788 | 123,976[8] | (Viaduct) | 2009 | Metro | China
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| Manchac Swamp Bridge | 36,710 | 120,440 | (Viaduct) | 1979 | Highway | United States
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| Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Skyway | 36,400 | 119,400[9] | (Viaduct) | 2019 | Expressway |  Indonesia
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| Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway Main Link | 36,140 | 118,570[10] | (Viaduct) | 2019 | Highway |  Kuwait
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| Yangcun Bridge[11] Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway |
35,812 | 117,493[12] | (Viaduct) | 2007 | High-speed rail | China
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| Hangzhou Bay Bridge | 35,673 | 117,037 | 448 | 1,470 | 2007 | Expressway | China
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| Runyang Bridge | 35,660 | 116,990 | 1,490 | 4,890 | 2005 | Expressway | China
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| Line 1 – Lima Metro | 34,600 | 113,500 | (Viaduct) | 2014[13] | Metro |  Peru
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| Donghai Bridge | 32,500 | 106,600 | 400 | 1,300 | 2005 | Expressway | China
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| Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Bridge | 30,000 | 98,000 | 260 | 850 | 2020[14] | Highway |  Brunei Darussalam
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| Shanghai Maglev line | 29,908 | 98,123[15] | (Viaduct) | 2003 | Maglev | China
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| Delhi Blue Line Bridge (Dwarka Sector 8-Rama Krishna Ashram Marg) |
29,808 | 97,795 | (Viaduct) | 2010 | Metro |  India
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| Atchafalaya Basin Bridge | 29,290 | 96,100 | (Viaduct) | 1973 | Highway | United States
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| Yanshi Bridge[5] Zhengzhou–Xi’an High-Speed Railway |
28,543 | 93,645[16] | (Viaduct) | 2009 | High-speed rail | China
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| Jiaozhou Bay Bridge | 26,707 | 87,621[17][18] | 260 | 850 | 2011 | Road | China
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| Jintang Bridge | 26,540 | 87,070 | 620 | 2,030 | 2009 | Expressway | China
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| Jinbin Light Rail No. 1 Bridge[citation needed](Guanghualu – Babaocun) | 25,800 | 84,600 | (Viaduct) | 2003 | Metro | China
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| East West MRT line (Redhill – Tuas Link) | 25,700 | 84,300 | (Viaduct) | 2017 | Metro |  Singapore
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| Suvarnabhumi Airport Link | 24,500 | 80,400 | (Viaduct) | 2010 | Rail | Thailand
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| Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (US 13 across Chesapeake Bay in Virginia) |
24,140 | 79,200 | (Viaduct) | 1964 (NB) 1999 (SB) |
Highway | United States
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| Penang Second Bridge | 24,000 | 79,000 | 250 | 820[19] | 2014 | Highway |  Malaysia
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| MRT Kajang Line Northern Elevated Section | 23,100 | 75,800 | (Viaduct) | 2016 | Metro | Malaysia
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| Bridge section of Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge Guinness: Longest bridge over water (aggregate), October 2018[20] |
22,900 | 75,100 | 460 | 1,510 | 2018 | Expressway | China
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| Liangshui River Bridge Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway |
21,563 | 70,745[12] | (Viaduct) | 2007 | High-speed rail | China
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| Incheon Bridge | 21,380 | 70,140[21] | 800 | 2,600 | 2009 | Road |  South Korea
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| Yongding New River Bridge Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway |
21,133 | 69,334[22] | (Viaduct) | 2007 | High-speed rail | China
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| 6th October Bridge | 20,500 | 67,300 | (Viaduct) | 1996 | Road |  Egypt
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| C215 Viaduct[23] Taiwan High Speed Rail |
20,000 | 66,000 | (Viaduct) | 2007 | High-speed rail | Taiwan
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| Manila LRT Line 1 | 19,650 | 64,470 | (Viaduct) | 2010 | Metro | Philippines
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| Hami Grade Separation Bridge Lanzhou–Urumqi High-Speed Railway |
19,300 | 63,300[24] | (Viaduct) | 2014 | High-speed rail | China
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| MRT Kajang Line Southern Elevated Section | 19,000 | 62,000 | (Viaduct) | 2017 | Metro | Malaysia
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| Niya River Grand Bridge[25] Hotan–Ruoqiang railway |
18,628 | 61,115 | (Viaduct) | 2022 | Rail | China
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| Cangzhou–Dezhou Grand Bridge[4] Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway |
18,200 | 59,700 | 128 | 420 | 2010 | High-speed rail | China
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| Crimean Bridge[26] (Kerch Strait) | 18,100 | 59,400 | 227 | 745 (x2) | 2018 | Road and rail |  Russia Ukraine
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| Aérotrain Test Track No longer in use |
18,000 | 59,000 | (Viaduct) | 1965 | Rail (prototype) |
 France
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| Vasco da Gama Bridge | 17,185 | 56,381 | 450 | 1,480 | 1998 | Highway |  Portugal
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| Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge of I-10 | 17,702 | 58,077 | (Viaduct) | 1972 | Highway | United States
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| Pingtan Strait Rail-Road Bridge [zh] | 16,322 | 53,550 | 532 | 1,745[27] | 2020 | Highway and rail | China
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| Green line (Taichung Metro)[28] | 15,650 | 51,350 | (Viaduct) | 2020 | Metro | Taiwan
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| Eastern Freeway South Stretch | 15,595 | 51,165[29][30] | (Viaduct) | 2013 | Expressway | India
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| Cross Beijing Ring Roads Bridge Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway |
15,595 | 51,165[12] | (Viaduct) | 2007 | High-speed rail | China
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| Manila LRT Line 2 | 13,800 | 45,300 | (Viaduct) | 2004 | Metro | Philippines
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| Penang Bridge | 13,500 | 44,300 | 225 | 738 | 1985 | Highway | Malaysia
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| Kam Sheung Road-Tuen Mun viaduct (part of West Rail line) | 13,400 | 44,000 | (Viaduct) | 2003 | Rail |  Hong Kong
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| Louisiana Highway 1 Bridge[31] | 13,300 | 43,600 | (Viaduct) | 2009 | Highway | United States
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| Rio–Niterói Bridge | 13,290 | 43,600 | 300 | 980 | 1974 | Road |  Brazil
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| Great Seto Bridge | 13,100 | 43,000 | 1,100 | 3,600 | 1988 | Highway and rail | Japan
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| Taoyuan Airport MRT[32] (2k+900~15k+930 from Airport Terminal 1 station) |
13,030 | 42,750 | (Viaduct) | 2017 | Metro | Taiwan
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| Bhumibol Bridge | 13,000 | 43,000 | 398 | 1,306 | 2006 | Road | Thailand
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| Confederation Bridge | 12,900 | 42,300 | 220 | 720 (x43) | 1997 | Highway |  Canada
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| Nansha Bridge | 12,891 | 42,293 | 1,688 | 5,538 | 2019 | Expressway | China
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| Jubilee Parkway | 12,875 | 42,241 | (Viaduct) | 1978 | Highway | United States
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| Bali Mandara Toll Road | 12,700 | 41,700 | 0? | 2013 | Road | Indonesia
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| Rudong Yangkou Yellow Sea Bridge[33] | 12,600 | 41,300[34] | 0? | 2008 | Road | China
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| Digha-AIIMS Elevated Tollway[35] | 12,500 | 41,000 | 34 | 112 (x380) | 2020[36] | Highway | India
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| Rosario-Victoria Bridge | 12,282 | 40,295[37] | 350 | 1,150 | 2003 | Road |  Argentina
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| North South MRT line (Lentor North – Marsiling) | 12,200 | 40,000 | (Viaduct) | 1996 | Metro | Singapore
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| Emsland test facility | 12,000 | 39,000 | (Viaduct) | 1985 | Maglev |  Germany
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| Ir. Wiyoto Wiyono Toll Road[citation needed] | 12,000 | 39,000 | (Viaduct) | 1990 | Highway | Indonesia
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| Nanjing Qinhuai River Bridge Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway |
12,000 | 39,000[34] | 0? | 2010 | High-speed rail | China
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| Third Mainland Bridge | 11,800 | 38,700 | (Viaduct) | 1991 | Road |  Nigeria
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| Qingshuihe Bridge[38] Qingzang Railway |
11,700 | 38,400 | (Viaduct) | 2006 | Rail | China
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| Lezíria Bridge[39] | 11,670 | 38,290 | 133 | 436 | 2007 | Highway | Portugal
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| P.V. Narasimha Rao Elevated Expressway | 11,600 | 38,100 | (Viaduct) | 2009 | Highway | India
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| NAIA Expressway | 11,600 | 38,100 | (Viaduct) | 2016 | Expressway | Philippines
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| Taoyuan Airport MRT[32] (19k+600~31k+100 from Airport Terminal 1 station) |
11,500 | 37,700 | (Viaduct) | 2017 | Metro | Taiwan
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| San Mateo–Hayward Bridge | 11,270 | 36,980 | 230.8 | 757[40] | 1967 | Highway | United States
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| Hutong Yangtze River Bridge | 11,072 | 36,325[41] | 1,092 | 3,583 | 2020 | Expressway and rail | China
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| Zhenjiang Beijing–Hangzhou Canal Bridge Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway |
11,000 | 36,000[34] | 0? | 2010 | High-speed rail | China
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| Seven Mile Bridge | 10,887 | 35,719 | (Viaduct) | 1982 | Highway | United States
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| Shashangou Bridge[42][43] | 10,690 | 35,070 | (Viaduct) | 2019 | Rail | China
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| Shandong-Henan Yellow River Bridge[44] | 10,282 | 33,734 | 0? | 1985 | Rail | China
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| Jiaxing-Shaoxing Sea Bridge | 10,138 | 33,261 | 428 | 1,404 (x6) | 2013 | Expressway | China
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| Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge | 10,020 | 32,870 | 312 | 1,024 | 2000 | Expressway and rail | China
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| Bangalore Elevated Tollway | 9,945 | 32,628 | (Viaduct) | 2010 | Highway | India
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| Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge | 9,970 | 32,710 | 730 | 2,400 | 2009 | Road (& future Rail) | China
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| Viadotto Coltano | 9,860 | 32,350[45] | (Viaduct) | 1993 | Expressway |  Italy
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| General W.K. Wilson Jr. Bridge | 9,786 | 32,106 | 244 | 801 | 1980 | Highway | United States
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| Norfolk Southern Lake Pontchartrain Bridge | 9,300 | 30,500 | 0? | 1884[46] | Rail | United States
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| TransJakarta Corridor 13 | 9,300 | 30,500[47] | (Viaduct) | 2017 | Elevated BRT | Indonesia
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| Nanjing Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge | 9,273 | 30,423[34] | 336 | 1,102 | 2010 | High-speed rail and metro | China
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| Dhola–Sadiya Bridge | 9,150 | 30,020[48] | 50 | 160 (x183) | 2017 | Road | India
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| Chacahoula Swamp Bridge | 9,005 | 29,544 | (Viaduct) | 1995 | Highway | United States
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| Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway | 8,900 | 29,200 | 390 | 1,280 | 2022 | Highway | Philippines
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| Frank Davis «Naturally N’Awlins» Memorial Bridge | 8,851 | 29,039 | (Viaduct) | 1962 2011 |
Highway | United States
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| Richmond–San Rafael Bridge | 8,851 | 29,039 | 317 | 1,040 | 1956 | Highway | United States
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| General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge | 8,678 | 28,471 | 235 | 771 | 1962 | Road |  Venezuela
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| Metro Bus corridor-Rawalpindi Section | 8,600 | 28,200[49] | (Viaduct) | 2015 | Elevated BRT |  Pakistan
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| Yimlakut Bridge[50] Hotan–Ruoqiang railway |
8,600 | 28,200 | (Viaduct) | 2022 | Rail | China
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| Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge | 8,369 | 27,457 | (Viaduct) | 2002 | Highway | United States
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| Yangpu Bridge | 8,354 | 27,408 | 602 | 1,975 | 1993 | Road | China
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| NLEX Harbor Link (Segment 10) | 8,250 | 27,070 | (Viaduct) | 2020 | Expressway | Philippines
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| Xiasha Bridge[51] | 8,230 | 27,000 | 232 | 761 | 1991 | Expressway | China
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| Sutong Bridge | 8,206 | 26,923 | 1,088 | 3,570 | 2008 | Expressway | China
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| Mackinac Bridge | 8,038 | 26,371 | 1,158 | 3,799 | 1957 | Highway | United States
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| LaBranche Wetlands Bridge | 7,902 | 25,925 | (Viaduct) | 1992 | Highway | United States
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| Öresund Bridge | 7,845 | 25,738 | 490 | 1,610 | 1999 | Highway and rail |  Denmark and  Sweden
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| Maestri Bridge | 7,693 | 25,240 | (Viaduct) | 1928 | Road | United States
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| Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge[52] | 7,675 | 25,180 | 216 | 709 | 1992 | Highway and rail | China
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| Gwangan Bridge | 7,420 | 24,340 | 500 | 1,600 | 2002 | Road | South Korea
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| Viadotto Fichera | 7,350 | 24,110 | (Viaduct) | 1972 | Expressway | Italy
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| Jamal Abdul Nasser Bridge[citation needed] | 7,333 | 24,058 | (Viaduct) | 2016 | Highway | Kuwait
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| Seohae Bridge[53] | 7,310 | 23,980 | 470 | 1,540 | 2000 | Highway | South Korea
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| First Saecheonnyeon Bridge [ko][54] | 7,260 | 23,820 | 650 | 2,130 (x2) | 2019[55] | Road | South Korea
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| Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye railway bridge | 7,194 | 23,602[56] | 145 | 476 | 2021 | Rail | China Russia
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| Ershilipu Bridge Lanzhou–Urumqi High-Speed Railway |
7,093 | 23,271[57] | 0? | 2014 | High-speed rail | China
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| James River Bridge | 7,071 | 23,199 | 126.5 | 415 | 1983 | Highway | United States
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| Huey P. Long Bridge[58] | 7,009 | 22,995 | 241 | 791 | 1936 | Rail | United States
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| Chesapeake Bay Bridge | 6,946 | 22,789 | 490 | 1,610 | 1952 1973 |
Highway | United States
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| Gardiner Expressway | 6,800 | 22,300 | (Viaduct) | 1966 | Highway | Canada
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| Dalian Xinghai Bay Bridge [fr] | 6,800 | 22,300[59] | 460 | 1,510 | 2015 | Highway | China
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| Great Belt Bridge (Eastern) | 6,790 | 22,280 | 1,624 | 5,328 | 1998 | Highway | Denmark
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| Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge | 6,772 | 22,218 | 160 | 520 | 1968 | Highway and rail | China
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| Xiangshan Harbor Bridge | 6,761 | 22,182 | 688 | 2,257 | 2012 | Highway | China
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| Great Belt Bridge (Western) | 6,611 | 21,690 | 110 | 360 | 1998 | Highway and rail | Denmark
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| Sunshine Skyway Bridge | 6,598 | 21,647 | 366 | 1,201 | 1987 | Highway | United States
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| Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyaing) | 6,589 | 21,617 | 112 | 367 (x21) | 2005 | Road and rail |  Myanmar
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| St. George Island Bridge | 6,588 | 21,614 | 366 | 1,201 | 2004 | Highway | United States
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| Astoria–Megler Bridge | 6,545 | 21,473 | 375 | 1,230 | 1966 | Highway | United States
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| Saale-Elster Viaduct Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway |
6,465 | 21,211 | 110 | 360 | 2013 | High-speed rail | Germany
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| Wufengshan Yangtze River Bridge[60][61] | 6,409 | 21,027 | 1,092 | 3,583 | 2020 | Expressway and rail | China
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| Pakokku Bridge | 6,278 | 20,597[62] | 120 | 390 (x22) | 2011 | Road and rail | Myanmar
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| Ayeyarwady-Nyaungdon Bridge | 6,262 | 20,545[63] | 120 | 390 (x16) | 2011 | Road and rail | Myanmar
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| Dibang River Bridge | 6,200 | 20,300[64] | 0? | 2018[65] | Road | India
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| The Padma Multipurpose Bridge | 6,150 | 20,180 | 150 | 490 (x41) | 2022 | Road and rail[66] |  Bangladesh
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| Öland Bridge | 6,072 | 19,921 | 130 | 430 | 1972 | Highway | Sweden
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| Bleiswijk Railway Viaduct[citation needed] | 6,000 | 20,000 | (Viaduct) | 2006 | High-speed rail |  Netherlands
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| Hernando de Soto Bridge | 5,954 | 19,534 | 274 | 899 | 1973 | Highway | United States
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| President Bridge | 5,825 | 19,111[67] | 220 | 720 (x22) | 2009 | Road | Russia
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| Mid-Bay Bridge | 5,793 | 19,006 | 141 | 463 | 1993 | Highway | United States
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| Mahatma Gandhi Setu[68] | 5,750 | 18,860 | 121 | 397 (x45) | 1982 | Road | India
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| Lepence Bridge | 5,750 | 18,860[69] | (Viaduct) | 2019[70] | Highway |  Kosovo
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| Pulaski Skyway | 5,636 | 18,491 | 168 | 551 | 1932 | Highway | United States
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| Garden City Skyway (Queen Elizabeth Way over the Welland Canal in Ontario) |
5,633 | 18,481 | (Viaduct) | 1963 | Highway | Canada
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| Albemarle Sound Bridge[71] | 5,627 | 18,461 | 0? | 1990 | Road | United States
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| Bromford Viaduct | 5,600 | 18,400 | (Viaduct) | 1971 | Road |  United Kingdom
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| Bandra-Worli Sea Link | 5,575 | 18,291 | 250 | 820 (x2) | 2009 | Road | India
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| Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor | 5,545 | 18,192 | (Viaduct) | 2006 | Expressway | Hong Kong
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| Island Eastern Corridor (Causeway Bay to Quarry Bay section) | 5,500 | 18,000 | (Viaduct) | 1983 | Road | Hong Kong
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| Tan Vu-Lach Huyen Bridge | 5,440 | 17,850[72] | (Viaduct) | 2017[73] | Highway |  Vietnam
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| Viadotto Morello | 5,440 | 17,850 | (Viaduct) | 1975 | Expressway | Italy
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| Suramadu Bridge (across Madura Strait) | 5,438 | 17,841 | 434 | 1,424 | 2009 | Road | Indonesia
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| Dauphin Island Bridge | 5,430 | 17,810 | 122 | 400 | 1982 | Road | United States
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| Xinkai River Bridge of Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway | 5,371 | 17,621[22] | 0? | 2007 | High-speed rail | China
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| Libertador General San Martín Bridge | 5,366 | 17,605 | 220 | 720 | 1976 | Road |  Uruguay and Argentina
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| Yolo Causeway | 5,200 | 17,100 | (Viaduct) | 1916 1962 |
Highway | United States
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| King Fahd Causeway Bridge I | 5,194 | 17,041[74] | 150 | 490 | 1986 | Road |  Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
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| Second Severn Crossing | 5,128 | 16,824 | 456 | 1,496 | 1996 | Road | United Kingdom
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| Zeeland Bridge | 5,022 | 16,476 | 95 | 312 (x48) | 1965 | Road | Netherlands
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| Bolte Bridge | 5,000 | 16,000 | 173 | 568 (x2) | 1999 | Road |  Australia
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| Malir River Bridge | 5,000 | 16,000 | (Viaduct) | 2009 | Road | Pakistan
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| Candaba Viaduct[75] | 5,000 | 16,000 | (Viaduct) | 1977 | Highway | Philippines
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| Tappan Zee Bridge | 4,989 | 16,368 | 370 | 1,210 | 2017 | Highway | United States
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| Bangabandhu Bridge | 4,980 | 16,340 | 99 | 325 (x49) | 1998 | Road and rail | Bangladesh
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| Buckman Bridge | 4,968 | 16,299 | 76.2 | 250 | 1970 | Highway | United States
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| Bogibeel Bridge | 4,940 | 16,210 | 125 | 410 (x39) | 2018 | Road and rail | India
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| Howard Frankland Bridge (Southbound) | 4,846 | 15,899 | (Viaduct) | 1991 | Highway | United States
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| Howard Frankland Bridge (Northbound) | 4,838 | 15,873 | (Viaduct) | 1960 | Highway | United States
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| Wright Memorial Bridge | 4,828 | 15,840 | 0? | 1930 | Highway | United States
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| North–South Motorway | 4,800 | 15,700 | (Viaduct) | 2014 | Expressway | Australia
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| Pensacola Bay Bridge | 4,767 | 15,640 | 0? | 1960 (new) | Highway | United States
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| Viaducto del Manglar[76] | 4,730 | 15,520[77] | (Viaduct) | 2018 | Road |  Colombia
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| Ogooué Bridge[78][79] | 4,707 | 15,443 | 120 | 390 | 2019 | Road |  Gabon
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| Vikramshila Setu | 4,700 | 15,400 | (Viaduct) | 2001 | Road | India
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| Dingziwan Cross-Sea Bridge[80][81] | 4,700 | 15,400 | 376 | 1,234 | 2012 | Highway | China
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| Vembanad Rail Bridge, Kochi | 4,620 | 15,160 | 40 | 130 (x99) | 2011 | Rail | India
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| Digha–Sonpur Bridge | 4,655 | 15,272 | 123 | 404 (x36) | 2016 | Road and rail | India
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| Çanakkale 1915 Bridge | 4,608 | 15,118 | 2,023 | 6,637 | 2022 | Highway |  Turkey
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| Nkomi Laguna Bridge[82][83] | 4,577 | 15,016 | 120 | 390 | 2019 | Road | Gabon
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| Lindsay C. Warren Bridge[84] | 4,550 | 14,930 | 0? | 1960 | Highway | United States
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| Gandy Bridge (Eastbound) | 4,529 | 14,859 | 0? | 1975 | Highway | United States
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| Marc Basnight Bridge | 4,506 | 14,783 | (Viaduct) | 2019 | Road | United States
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| Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge | 4,480 | 14,700 | 132 | 433 | 1962 | Highway | United States and Canada
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| Yeongjong Bridge | 4,420 | 14,500 | 300 | 980 | 2000 | Road | South Korea
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| Sydney Metro Northwest Skytrain | 4,413 | 14,478 | 270 | 890 [citation needed] |
2019 | Metro | Australia
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| Jingzhou Yangtze River Bridge[85] | 4,398 | 14,429[86] | 500 | 1,600 | 2002 | Expressway | China
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| Aqua Bridge (Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line) | 4,384 | 14,383 | 240 | 790 | 1997 | Road | Japan
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| Amur Bay Bridge | 4,364 | 14,318 | (Viaduct) | 2012 | Road | Russia
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| Arrah–Chhapra Bridge | 4,350 | 14,270 | 120 | 390 (x16) | 2017[87] | Road | India
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| Ponte Salgueiro Maia [pt] | 4,300 | 14,100 | 250 | 820 | 2000 | Highway | Portugal
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| Bayside Bridge | 4,270 | 14,010 | (Viaduct) | 1993 | Highway | United States
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| Hochstraße Elbmarsch[88] | 4,258 | 13,970 | (Viaduct) | 1974 | Road | Germany
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| Bubiyan Island Railway Bridge | 4,245 | 13,927[89] | (Viaduct) | 2011[90] | Rail | Kuwait
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| Commodore Barry Bridge | 4,240 | 13,910 | 501 | 1,644 | 1974 | Highway | United States
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| Gandy Bridge (Westbound) | 4,226 | 13,865 | 0? | 1997 | Highway | United States
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| Escambia Bay Bridge | 4,224 | 13,858 | 0? | 2004 (new) | Highway | United States
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| Viadotto Cannatello | 4,220 | 13,850 | (Viaduct) | 1975 | Expressway | Italy
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| Verrazano-Narrows Bridge | 4,176 | 13,701 | 1,298 | 4,259 | 1964 | Highway | United States
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| Greenville Bridge | 4,133 | 13,560 | 420 | 1,380 | 2007 | Highway | United States
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| Godavari Fourth Bridge | 4,135 | 13,566 | 50 | 160 (x82) | 2015 | Road | India
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| Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge | 4,130 | 13,550 | 1,700 | 5,600[91] | 2019 | Highway | China
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| Godavari Road-Cum-Rail Bridge | 4,100 | 13,500 | 91.5 | 300 (x27) | 1974 | Road and rail | India
|
| Crescent City Connection | 4,093 | 13,428 | 480 | 1,570 | 1958 | Highway | United States
|
| Anghel Saligny Bridge | 4,088 | 13,412[92] | 190 | 620 | 1895 | Rail |  Romania
|
| Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge | 4,023 | 13,199 | 471 | 1,545 | 2005 | Highway | United States
|
| Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge | 4,015 | 13,173 | 1,030 | 3,380 | 1999 | Highway | Japan
|
| Fred Hartman Bridge | 4,000 | 13,000 | 381 | 1,250 | 1995 | Highway | United States
|
| Vicksburg Bridge | 3,954 | 12,972 | 265 | 869 | 1973 | Highway | United States
|
| Köhlbrandbrücke | 3,940 | 12,930 | 520 | 1,710 | 1974 | Road | Germany
|
| John James Audubon Bridge (Mississippi River) | 3,927 | 12,884 | 482 | 1,581 | 2011 | Road | United States
|
| Akashi Kaikyō Bridge | 3,911 | 12,831 | 1,991 | 6,532 | 1998 | Highway | Japan
|
| Amizade Bridge | 3,900 | 12,800 | 180 | 590 | 1994 | Road |  Macau
|
| Suez Canal Bridge | 3,900 | 12,800 | 440 | 1,440 | 2001 | Road | Egypt
|
| Lupu Bridge | 3,900 | 12,800 | 550 | 1,800 | 2003 | Road | China
|
| Yuribey Bridge | 3,892.9 | 12,772 | 110 | 360 | 2009 | Rail | Russia
|
| Khabarovsk Bridge | 3,890.5 | 12,764[93] | 127.4 | 418 (x18) | 1999 | Road and rail | Russia
|
| The First Kitakami River Bridge[94] Tōhoku Shinkansen |
3,868 | 12,690 | 0? | 1982 | High-speed rail | Japan
|
|
| Zacatal Bridge | 3,861 | 12,667 | (Viaduct) | 1994 | Road |  Mexico
|
|
| Ponte della Libertà | 3,850 | 12,630 | 0? | 1846 1933 |
Road and rail | Italy
|
|
| Queen Isabella Causeway | 3,810 | 12,500 | 0? | 1974 | Road | United States
|
|
| Santhià Viaduct[95] | 3,782 | 12,408 | 0? | 2006 | Rail | Italy
|
|
| Sky Gate Bridge R [ja][96] Kansai Airport Line / Nankai Airport Line |
3,750 | 12,300 | 150 | 490 | 1994 | Road and rail | Japan
|
| CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-McComb Bridge | 3,702 | 12,146 | (Viaduct) | 1936 | Rail | United States
|
|
| Rollemberg–Vuolo Road–Railway Bridge | 3,700 | 12,100 | 100 | 330 (x26) | 1998 | Road and rail | Brazil
|
| Nhật Tân Bridge | 3,700 | 12,100 | 300 | 980 (x4) | 2015 | Highway | Vietnam
|
| Munger Ganga Bridge | 3,692 | 12,113 | 125 | 410 (x29) | 2016 | Road and rail | India
|
| Vinh Tuy Bridge | 3,690 | 12,110 | 135 | 443 | 2008 | Road | Vietnam
|
| Dona Ana Bridge | 3,670 | 12,040 | 80 | 260 (x33) | 1934 | Rail |  Mozambique
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| Walt Whitman Bridge | 3,652 | 11,982 | 610 | 2,000 | 1957 | Highway | United States
|
| Humen Pearl River Bridge | 3,618 | 11,870 | 888 | 2,913 | 1997 | Expressway | China
|
| Ayrton Senna Bridge | 3,607 | 11,834 | 52 | 171 (x2) | 1998 | Road | Brazil
|
| Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge | 3,600 | 11,800 | 152 | 499 | 1985 | Highway | United States
|
| Panipat Elevated Expressway | 3,600 | 11,800 | (Viaduct) | 2008 | Expressway | India
|
|
| Rio Negro Bridge | 3,595 | 11,795 | 200 | 660 (x2) | 2011 | Road | Brazil
|
| Viadotto Fadalto Ovest[97] | 3,567 | 11,703 | (Viaduct) | 1995 | Highway | Italy
|
|
| Irabu Bridge R [ja] | 3,540 | 11,610 | 180 | 590 | 2015 | Road | Japan
|
| Thang Long Bridge | 3,500 | 11,500 | 0? | 1978 | Expressway | Vietnam
|
|
| Viadotto Fadalto Est[97] | 3,485 | 11,434 | (Viaduct) | 1995 | Highway | Italy
|
|
| Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge | 3,428 | 11,247 | 490 | 1,610 | 1969 | Highway | United States
|
| Jacques Cartier Bridge | 3,425.6 | 11,239[98] | 334 | 1,096 | 1930 | Highway | Canada
|
| San Diego–Coronado Bridge | 3,407 | 11,178 | 200 | 660 (x2) | 1969 | Highway | United States
|
| Champlain Bridge | 3,400 | 11,200 | 240 | 790 | 2019 | Highway (& future light rail[99]) | Canada
|
| Mozambique Island Bridge[100] | 3,400 | 11,200[101] | (Viaduct) | 1969 | Road | Mozambique
|
|
| Lake Jesup Bridge[citation needed] | 3,379 | 11,086 | 0? | 1993 | Highway | United States
|
|
| Viadotto Imera II | 3,370 | 11,060 | (Viaduct) | 1975 (rebuilt 2020) |
Expressway | Italy
|
|
| Busan Harbor Bridge | 3,368 | 11,050 | 540 | 1,770 | 2014 | Road | South Korea
|
| Saint-Nazaire Bridge | 3,356 | 11,010 | 404 | 1,325 | 1974 | Road | France
|
| King Fahd Causeway Bridge II | 3,334 | 10,938[102] | (Viaduct) | 1986 | Road | Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
|
|
| Third Bridge | 3,300 | 10,800 | 260 | 850 | 1989 | Road | Brazil
|
| Delaware Memorial Bridge (Westbound) | 3,291 | 10,797 | 655 | 2,149 | 1968 | Highway | United States
|
| Delaware Memorial Bridge (Eastbound) | 3,281 | 10,764 | 655 | 2,149 | 1951 | Highway | United States
|
| La Unidad Bridge | 3,277 | 10,751[103] | (Viaduct) | 1982 | Road | Mexico
|
|
| Tay Bridge[104] | 3,264 | 10,709 | 75 | 246 (x13) | 1887 | Rail | United Kingdom
|
| Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge | 3,261 | 10,699 | 376 | 1,234 | 1983 | Highway | United States
|
| Chahlari Ghat Bridge | 3,260 | 10,700 | 0? | 2017 | Road | India
|
|
| Dames Point Bridge | 3,245 | 10,646 | 396 | 1,299 | 1989 | Highway | United States
|
| Pumarejo bridge | 3,237 | 10,620 | 380 | 1,250 | 2019 | Highway | Colombia
|
| Great South Bay Bridge | 3,206 | 10,518 | 140.2 | 460 | 1954 | Highway | United States
|
| Nurly Zhol Bridge R [ru] | 3,200 | 10,500[105] | 252 | 827[106] | 2016 | Road |  Kazakhstan
|
| Macleay River Bridge | 3,200 | 10,500 | 34 | 112 (x94) | 2013 | Road | Australia
|
| Storstrøm Bridge | 3,199 | 10,495 | 136 | 446 | 1937 | Road and rail | Denmark
|
| Third Mandovi Bridge | 3,190 | 10,470 | 150 | 490 (x3) | 2019 | Highway | India
|
| Second Orinoco crossing (Orinoquia Bridge) | 3,156 | 10,354 | 300 | 980 | 2006 | Road and rail | Venezuela
|
| San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge | 3,141 | 10,305 | 700 | 2,300 | 1936 | Highway | United States
|
| Bridge to Russky Island | 3,100 | 10,200 | 1,104 | 3,622 | 2012 | Road | Russia
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| La Pepa Bridge | 3,092 | 10,144 | 540 | 1,770 | 2015 | Road |  Spain
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| Outerbridge Crossing | 3,091 | 10,141 | 229 | 751 | 1928 | Highway | United States
|
| Thanh Tri Bridge | 3,084 | 10,118 | 130 | 430 (x4) | 2008 | Expressway | Vietnam
|
| Heishipu Bridge[107] | 3,068 | 10,066 | 162 | 531 | 2004 | Expressway | China
|
| Jawahar Setu | 3,061 | 10,043 | 0? | 1965 | Road | India
|
|
| Talmadge Memorial Bridge | 3,060 | 10,040 | 335 | 1,099 | 1990 | Highway | United States
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| Mokpo Bridge [ko] | 3,060 | 10,040 | 500 | 1,600 | 2012 | Road | South Korea
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| Nehru Setu | 3,059 | 10,036 | 32.5 | 107 (x93) | 1900 | Rail | India
|
| Oleron Viaduct [fr][108] | 3,027 | 9,931 | 80 | 260 (x4) | 1966 | Road | France
|
| Kolia Bhomora Setu | 3,015 | 9,892 | 120 | 390 (x24) | 1987 | Road | India
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| Ponte Conde de Linhares | 3,000 | 9,800 | 0? | 1634 | Road | India
|
|
| Jiangyin Bridge | 3,000 | 9,800 | 1,385 | 4,544 | 1999 | Expressway | China
|
| Korthi-Kolhar Bridge[109] | 3,000 | 9,800 | 0? | 2006 | Road | India
|
|
| C310 Viaduct[110] | 3,000 | 9,800 | (Viaduct) | 2007 | High-speed rail | China
|
Under construction[edit]
| Name | Length | Main span | Planned completion | Traffic | Country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | ft | m | ft | ||||
| Dhaka Elevated Expressway[111] | 46,730 | 153,310 | Viaduct | 2023 | Expressway | Bangladesh
|
|
| Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge | 43,000 | 141,000 | 1,666 | 5,466 | 2024 | Expressway | China
|
| Southeast Metro Manila Expressway | 32,664 | 107,165 | Viaduct | 2022[112] | Expressway | Philippines
|
|
| Kolkata Metro Line 6 | 29,870 | 98,000 [citation needed] |
Viaduct | 2022 | Metro | India
|
|
| Mumbai Trans Harbour Link | 21,800 | 71,500 | ? | 2023[113] | Road | India
|
|
| MRT Line 6[114] | 20,100 | 65,900 | Viaduct | 2022[115] | Metro | Bangladesh
|
|
| Versova–Bandra Sea Link[116] | 17,170 | 56,330 | 300 | 980 | 2027[117] | Road | India
|
| Chittagong Elevated Expressway[118] | 16,500 | 54,100 | Viaduct | 2023[119] | Expressway | Bangladesh
|
|
| Third Orinoco Crossing [es] | 11,100 | 36,400 | 360 | 1,180 | unknown (on hold)[120] |
Road and rail | Venezuela
|
| LRT Line 1 (Metro Manila) (Cavite Extension under construction) |
10,500 | 34,400 | Viaduct | 2024[121] | Metro | Philippines
|
|
| Kacchi Dargah–Bidupur Bridge | 9,760 | 32,020 | ? | 2023[122] | Road | India
|
|
| NLEX–SLEX Connector Road[123] | 8,000 | 26,000 | Viaduct | 2022[124] | Expressway | Philippines
|
|
| Madurai Natham road elevated highway | 7300 | 23950.13 | 18.2 | 60 | 2022 | Road | India
|
| Sahibganj–Manihari Bridge[125] | 6,000 | 20,000 | ? | 2024[126] | Road | India
|
|
| Bakhtiyarpur–Tajpur Bridge | 5,575 | 18,291 | 125 | 410[127] (x43) | unknown (on hold) |
Road | India
|
| Littoral viaduct [fr] | 5,409 | 17,746[128] | 120 | 390 | 2022 | Road | France (Réunion)
|
| Rupsha Rail Bridge | 5,130 | 16,830 | 102.4 | 336 (x7) | 2024[129] | Rail | Bangladesh
|
| Podilsko-Voskresensky Bridge[130] | 4,432 | 14,541 | 344 | 1,129 | unknown (on hold) |
Road and metro | Ukraine
|
| Panguil Bay Bridge[131] | 3,770 | 12,370 | ? | ? | Road | Philippines
|
See also[edit]
- List of spans
- List of longest arch bridge spans
- List of longest masonry arch bridge spans
- List of longest cantilever bridge spans
- List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans
- List of longest continuous truss bridge spans
- List of longest suspension bridge spans
- List of longest tunnels
- List of bridges
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Humans have been constructing bridges of some sort since ancient times. Bridges are used to cross waterways and valleys in order to shorten distances and to reduce travel time. This article takes a look at some of the longest bridges in the world, the majority of which are found in China. The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, on the Beijing-Shanghai high speed railway in China, is the longest bridge in the world. It covers a total distance of 164,800 meters, which is around 102.4 miles. Ten thousand contractors took four years to complete the construction of the Danyang-Kunshan, which was finished in 2010. The railway began operation in 2011. In the same year, this bridge was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records. The Changhua-Koahsiung Viaduct is the second largest bridge in the world, spanning 157,317 meters. The bridge comprises a portion of Taiwan’s high-speed railway system which runs along the west coast of the island. It opened for service in January of 2007. By December 2012, the system had already carried over 200 million passengers. Like the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, the Cangde Grand Bridge is also a part of the high speed railway between Beijing and Shanghai. The bridge runs for a total of 115,900 meters, or 105 km. It was built with great strength in an effort to withstand earthquake pressure. The Tianjin Grand Bridge is a 70.6-mile long expanse located in China. It is used as part of the country’s railway system, and crosses a viaduct. It formerly held the Guinness record for the world’s second longest bridge. The Weinan Weihe Grand is part of the Zhengzhou–Xi’an High-Speed Railway. At 79,732 meters, it is the world’s fifth longest bridge. When the construction of the bridge was completed in 2008, it held the title of the world’s largest. However, as newer and longer bridges have come into existence, the Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge has slipped to hold the position of the world’s fifth longest bridge. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opened in October 2018 becoming the world’s sixth longest bridge. The bridge connects Kong Kong, Zhuhai, and Macau spanning the Lingding and Jiuzhou channels. The bridge is 54,717 meters long consisting of three cable-stayed bridges as well as an undersea tunnel. The bridge, under construction since 2009, is now the longest sea crossing in the world. The Bang Na Expressway in Thailand is the world’s seventh longest bridge, with a total length of 54,000 meters. Prior to 2010, it was the longest bridge in the world. The bridge does not cross a body of water but instead is an elevated section of the National Highway. At one point the expressway does cross a river. However, for the most part it is a viaduct built above land. The Beijing Grand Bridge is another entry on this list that is part of the Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway. It reaches for 48,163 meters. The Beijing Grand Bridge has been open to high speed train use since 2011. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (or just the Causeway) was opened in 1956 in the northbound direction in New Orleans, Louisiana. It remains the longest bridge in the United States. The bridge carries traffic across Lake Pontchartrain from the suburbs of New Orleans. Prior to the opening of the Causeway, transportation had only been available via ferry. The Wuhan Metro Bridge makes up the entire Line 1 of the metro system of the city of Wuhan in central China. It is a total of 37,788 meters long. Constructed was completed in 2004. Around the world, bridges are an essential type of construction. Humans cannot live without them, and these structures have connected terrains and people for thousands of years. With the amazing feats of architecture that people have accomplished over time, it will be interesting to see how this list changes as bridges become longer and even more astounding. 
The 10 Longest Bridges in the World
1. Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, China (164,800 Meters)
2. Changhua-Koahsiung Viaduct, Taiwan (157,317 Meters)
3. Cangde Grand Bridge, China (115,900 Meters)
4. Tianjin Grand Bridge, China (113,700 Meters)
5. Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge, China (79,732 Meters)
6. Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, China (54,717 Meters)
7. Bang Na Expressway, Thailand (54,000 Meters)
8. Beijing Grand Bridge, China (48,153 Meters)
9. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, United States (38,442 Meters)
10. Line 1, Wuhan Metro Bridge, China (37,788 Meters)
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The 10 Longest Bridges In The World
| Rank | Bridge | Length (m) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge | 164,800 |
| 2 | Changhua-Kaohsiung Viaduct | 157,317 |
| 3 | Cangde Grand Bridge | 115,900 |
| 4 | Tianjin Grand Bridge | 113,700 |
| 5 | Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge | 79,732 |
| 6 | Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge | 54,717 |
| 7 | Bang Na Expressway | 54,000 |
| 8 | Beijing Grand Bridge | 48,153 |
| 9 | Lake Pontchartrain Causeway | 38,442 |
| 10 | Line 1, Wuhan Metro Bridge | 37,788 |
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A bridge is a structure built to provide passage over a physical obstacle. The obstacle can be anything (valley, waterbody, or road) that is usually dangerous to cross otherwise.
Different types of bridges serve different purposes: their designs vary depending on the nature of the terrain, function of the structure, and material used to build the structure.
The earliest bridge — Arkadiko Bridge — dates back to the 13th century BC. It is the oldest known arch bridge still in use. It was specifically constructed for use by chariots.
Today, bridges can be as long as 150 kilometers and bear extremely heavy loads, thanks to advances in engineering design and materials science.
Below, we have listed the 12 longest bridges in the world sorted by their full length above water or land. It’s quite interesting to note that 7 out of these 12 bridges are built in China.
12. Yangcun Bridge
Length: 35,812 meters
Country: China
Completed in: 2007
The Yangcun Bridge is a high-speed railway bridge constructed for Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway. The structure can support trains traveling at a speed of 350 km/h or more. Because of this, travel time between Tianjin and Beijing has been decreased by more than half, from 70 minutes to 30 minutes.
11. Manchac Swamp Bridge
Length: 36,710 meters
Country: United States
Completed in: 1979
The Manchac Swamp Bridge is a twin concrete trestle bridge in Louisiana. It is the longest bridge on the Interstate Highway System.
The overall project cost more than US$160 million. While its daily traffic is far less compared to other busier bridges, this structure remains an engineering feat in an age where construction limits are being pushed across the world.
10. Line 1, Wuhan Metro Bridge
Length: 37,788 meters
Country: China
Completed in: 2009
Line 1 of Wuhan Metro is an elevated metro line in Hubei. It is the world’s longest continuous metro viaduct. It is the first metro line in China to have been wrongly referred to as a light rail system in Chinese terminology because it is elevated.
9. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
Satellite view
Length: 38,442 meters
Country: United States
Completed in: 1956 (southbound), 1969 (northbound)
The causeway is a fixed link containing two parallel bridges crossing Lake Pontchartrain. The northern terminus of the causeway is at Mandeville, Louisiana. The southern terminus is in Metairie, Louisiana, a part of the New Orleans metropolitan area.
It is the world’s longest bridge over water (continuous). The two bridges are supported by 9,500 concrete pillars. The first bridge was opened in 1956 at a cost of $46 million. To handle the increased traffic, a second bridge was built in parallel at a cost of $30 million.
The bridge is so long that for 13 of its 38 kilometers, you can’t see land in any direction. In fact, babies have been born on this bridge because their mothers failed to make it to the hospital on the other side.
8. Beijing Grand Bridge
A map of Beijing Grand Bridge
Length: 48,153 meters
Country: China
Completed in: 2010
Beijing Grand Bridge is a long viaduct on the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway. The longest span of the bridge is 44 meters. There is a 108 meters long steel box arch section, which is currently one of the largest steel box arch bridge in China’s railway.
7. Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway
Length: 48,500 meters
Country: Kuwait
Completed in: 2019
This is the world’s biggest maritiem causeway project with a construction value of more than US$3.6 billion. It decreases the distance between Kuwait City and Subiyah in the northern part of Kuwait and shortens the traveling time from 1.5 hours to less than 0.5 hours.
The overall project is comprised of two parts:
- Main Link: connects Kuwait City with the future Silk City
- Doha Link: connects Kuwait City Doha
The causeway is integrated with smart transportation monitoring systems that enable traffic monitoring, tracking of emergency vehicles, recording trip duration, and reporting of traffic violations.
6. Bang Na Expressway
Length: 54,000 meters
Country: Thailand
Completed in: 2000
The Bang Na Expressway is a 54-kilometer long six-lane elevated highway owned by the Express Authority of Thailand. It’s an overpass-style bridge made of several small spans, with each span containing beams that are hollow box-shaped girders.
The construction of the highway started in 1995 and lasted for 5 years. It took nearly 1,800,000 cubic meters of concrete to build the bridge. The overall project cost more than US$1 billion.
It was built to solve one of the main problems of Bangkok city: traffic congestion. Although traffic on the highway is chargeable, Bang Na has remained quite demanding for the drivers since opening. And since the stunning panorama opens onto the city from the main road, it has attracted numerous tourists in the last 2 decades.
5. Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge
Weinan North Railway Station
Length: 79,732 meters
Country: China
Completed in: 2008
The Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge connects Xi’an and Zhengzhou. It’s a part of the high-speed railway that shortens the travel time between two cities by two-third. Although the construction was completed in 2008, the Zhengzhou–Xi’an Railway line itself didn’t open until February 2010.
4. Cangde Grand Bridge
Length: 105,810 meters
Country: China
Completed in: 2010
Cangde Grand Bridge is the third-longest bridge on the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway. It has a total of 3,092 piers designed to withstand large earthquakes. The soil around the pile is silty clay, clay, silty soil, and silty sand. The pile end is situated in the silty clay and silty soil.
3. Tianjin Grand Bridge
Length: 113,700 meters
Country: China
Completed in: 2004
Tianjin Grand Bridge is a part of Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway that runs between Qingxian and Langfang. The bridge requires only 10.9 hectares per routed kilometer (less than half the land area than a railway embankment which requires 28.4 hectares).
To shorten the construction period and avoid several individual structures for crossing railways and roads, the bridge features the elevated track design. It contains 32 meter long tubular girders, each weighing 860 tons.
2. Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct
Taiwan High-Speed Rail system | Credit: Oli Dansereau
Length: 157,317 meters
Country: Taiwan
Completed in: 2004
Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct is the second-longest bridge in the world. It’s a part of the Taiwan High-Speed Rail network that extends from Zuoying District to Changhua County.
It is one of the largest and most challenging infrastructure projects in the world to date. It is designed for trains traveling a maximum speed of 350 km/hr. The bridge can survive fault movements and large earthquakes without serious damage.
1. Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge
Length: 164,800 meters
Country: China
Completed in: 2010
The world’s longest bridge is located on the high-speed rail line between Nanjing and Shanghai. The primary objective of this bridge is to solve the railway traffic in the area.
Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge was opened in June 2011. It took 4 years to build the structure with a workforce consisting of 10,000 people. The overall project cost nearly $8.5 billion.
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The bridge is built on top of 2,000 pillars and 450,000 tons of steel structure. A large section of the bridge (9 km) spans over the Yangcheng Lake. Moreover, it is strong enough to withstand direct impacts from naval vessels and natural disasters such as magnitude 8 earthquake and typhoons.
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As you may have noticed, all these bridges are primarily used to transport people and goods in a way that would not be possible (or extremely difficult) otherwise. Also, they all are built from high-strength concrete and steel.
However, there are some bridges built for different purposes or are made of different materials. Let’s take a look at those fascinating structures.
Longest Wooden Bridge
U Bein Bridge is one of the oldest and longest teakwood bridge in the world. It’s a 1.2-kilometer-long bridge that spans the Taungthaman Lake in Myanmar. The bridge was built in 1850 by wood gathered from the royal palace in Inwa. It has a total of 1,086 pillars stretched out of the water, some of which have been dangerously decayed and replaced with concrete.
Longest Glass Bridge
Image credit: Liu Peiran/Xinhua/Sipa USA
Hongyagu glass suspension bridge spans the gap between two cliffs in the Hongyagu Scenic Area. It was opened in 2017, marking the 2.0 era for China’s glass-bottomed bridge. With the greatest transparency and a 488-meter span over a vertical drop of 218 meters, the bridge can carry 800 pedestrians at one time.
Longest Suspension Bridge
Image captured by Kim Rötzel from an aircraft
Akashi Kaikyō Bridge is the world’s longest suspension bridge that connects Iwaya on Awaji Island to the Kobe city on the Japanese mainland of Honshu. The structure was built in 1998. It is 4 times longer than the Brooklyn Bridge and has the longest central span (1,991 meters) of any suspension bridge.
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The bridge features a dual-hinged stiffening girder system that allows the structure to withstand magnitude 8.5 earthquake, winds of 286 km/h, and harsh sea currents.
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The process of determining the longest bridges in the world is less straightforward than one might expect. The main complication is that there exists no universally accepted method of measuring the length of a bridge. Some bridges are measured from one edge of the obstacle they span to the other (such as the shores of a river). Other bridges are measured by the length of their main span (between the pylons), from their entrance ramp to their exit ramp, from the point they first elevate above ground level to the point at which they touch down again, or by the total distance covered when the bridge was constructed.
The Top 12 Longest Bridges in the World:
| Rank | Bridge | Length* | Location | Traffic Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| meters | km | feet | miles | ||||
| 1 | Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge | 164,800 | 165 | 540,700 | 102.41 | China | High-speed rail |
| 2 | Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct | 157,317 | 157 | 516,132 | 97.75 | Taiwan | High-speed rail |
| 3 | Kita–Yaita Viaduct | 114,424 | 114 | 375,407 | 71.10 | Japan | High-speed rail |
| 4 | Tianjin Grand Bridge | 113,700 | 114 | 373,000 | 70.64 | China | High-speed rail |
| 5 | Cangde Grand Bridge | 105,881 | 106 | 347,379 | 65.79 | China | High-speed rail |
| 6 | Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge | 79,732 | 80 | 261,588 | 49.54 | China | High-speed rail |
| 7 | Bang Na Expressway | 54,000 | 54 | 177,000 | 33.52 | Thailand | Motor vehicles (Expressway) |
| 8 | Beijing Grand Bridge | 48,153 | 48 | 157,982 | 29.92 | China | High-speed rail |
| 9 | Metro Manila Skyway System | 39,200 | 39 | 128,600 | 24.36 | Philippines | Motor vehicles (Expressway) |
| 10 | Lake Pontchartrain Causeway | 38,442 | 38 | 126,122 | 23.89 | United States | High-speed rail |
| 11 | Line 1, Wuhan Metro Bridge | 37,788 | 38 | 123,976 | 23.48 | China | Metro (train) |
| 12 | Manchac Swamp Bridge | 36,710 | 37 | 120,440 | 22.81 | United States | Motor vehicles (Highway) |
*Kilometers have been rounded to the nearest whole unit. Miles have been calculated based upon feet.
Types of bridges and the longest bridges in the world
Bridges take many forms. For example, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California is a suspension bridge whose deck hangs from vertical cables attached to two swooping horizontal cables held aloft by tower-like pylons. On the other hand, Australia’s Sydney Harbour Bridge is a through-arch bridge with a deck supported by an arched frame, and the current version of the London Bridge is a box girder bridge supported by horizontal beams of pre-stressed concrete. Additional bridge types include cable-stayed bridges, which resemble suspension bridges but use diagonal cables attached straight to the pylons; cantilever bridges, whose decks are anchored to trusses on each side but not in the center, and continuous truss bridges, which have supports for their full length. Additionally, many bridges blend these types (and more) into hybrid styles.
However, most of the longest bridges in the world (and all of the top 12) are viaducts, a type of bridge whose main deck is supported by a series of arches, much like a classic Roman aqueduct. Viaducts are most often used to maintain a consistent elevation across long stretches of uneven or otherwise volatile land. Viaducts prioritize efficiency over aesthetics and are rarely described as postcard-worthy in and of themselves—however, the scenery they traverse may still be beautiful.
Viaducts are particularly helpful in eastern and southern Asia, where 10 of the world’s top 12 longest bridges are located. High-speed rail transportation is vital to this region and performs best when given a straight and level pathway—which viaducts seamlessly facilitate across all types of terrain. Viaducts also conserve precious land and are resistant to flooding, which is common in the region’s many river valleys. China alone is home to seven of the top ten longest bridges in the world, most of which are intended specifically for high-speed rail.
The longest bridge in the world: Danyang Kunshan
The longest viaduct in the world, and in fact the longest bridge of any type, is the Danyang Kunshan bridge, which roughly follows the Yangtze River through the rice paddies, canals, rivers, and lakes of China’s Jiangsu province. At more than 102 miles long, Danyang Kunshan bridge is nearly three times as long as the US state of Rhode Island is wide.
World’s longest bridges of various types
If one were to leave viaducts off the list and focus upon bridges with the longest continuous spans—which is to say the longest unsupported stretch of bridge—the list of longest bridges changes considerably. More «traditional» bridge designs come to the fore, with suspension bridges emerging as the second-longest bridge type. With the notable exception of continuous truss bridges, China nearly always features the highest number of «top 10 longest» bridges of any given type.
Top 12 Longest Suspension Bridges in the World
| Rank | Bridge | Length* | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| meters | km | feet | miles | |||
| 1 | 1915 Çanakkale Bridge | 2,023 | 2.02 | 6,637 | 1.26 | Turkey |
| 2 | Akashi Kaikyo Bridge | 1,991 | 1.99 | 6,532 | 1.24 | Japan |
| 3 | Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge | 1,700 | 1.70 | 5,577 | 1.06 | China |
| 4 | Nansha Bridge (east span) | 1,688 | 1.69 | 5,538 | 1.05 | China |
| 5 | Xihoumen Bridge | 1,650 | 1,65 | 5,413 | 1.03 | China |
| 6 | Great Belt Bridge | 1,624 | 1.62 | 5,328 | 1.01 | Denmark |
| 7 | Osman Gazi Bridge | 1,550 | 1.55 | 5,085 | 0.96 | Turkey |
| 8 | Yi Sun-sin Bridge | 1,545 | 1.55 | 5,069 | 0.96 | South Korea |
| 9 | Runyang Bridge | 1,490 | 1.49 | 4,889 | 0.93 | China |
| 10 | Second Dongtinghu Bridge | 1,480 | 1.48 | 4,856 | 0.93 | China |
| 11 | Nanjing Fourth Yangtze Bridge | 1,418 | 1.42 | 4,652 | 0.88 | China |
| 12 | Humber Bridge | 1,410 | 1.41 | 4,626 | 0.88 | United Kingdom |
*Kilometers have been rounded to the nearest whole unit. Miles have been calculated based upon feet.
The longest suspension bridge (and longest single span bridge) in the world as of 2023 is the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, which opened in March 2022. The bridge’s main span stretches 2,023 meters (6,637 feet) across the Dardanelles Strait in northern Turkey. The bridge also serves as an example of the different methods of measuring bridges, as its total length counting its approach viaducts would be 4,608 meters (15,118 feet). At the time of its opening, the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge was also the second-tallest bridge in the world, with towers measured at 334 meters (1,096 feet) in height and a road deck 72.8 meters (239 feet) above the water.
The world’s second-longest single span belongs to Akashi Kaikyo bridge in Japan, which employs a 6,532 foot main span to connect the city of Kobe, Honshu to Iwaya, Awaji. The Akashi Kaikyo is also one of the tallest bridges in the world, standing 928 feet above the bustling Akashi Strait. More than 187 thousand miles of cable were used in the bridge’s suspension—enough to wrap around the Earth 7.5 times.
With a main span of 4,200 feet, San Francisco, California’s beloved Golden Gate bridge ranks as the world’s 19th-longest (though arguably best-known) suspension bridge. The Golden Gate is narrowly edged out as the longest single span in the United States by the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge (1,298 meters / 4,259 feet), which connects the boroughs of Staten Island and Brookln in New York City.
Top 12 Longest Cable-Stayed Bridges in the World:
| Rank | Bridge | Length (main span)* | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| meters | km | feet | miles | |||
| 1 | Russky Bridge | 1,104 | 1.10 | 3,622 | 0.69 | Russia |
| 2 | Hutong Yangtze River Bridge | 1,092 | 1.09 | 3,582 | 0.68 | China |
| 3 | Sutong Yangtze River Bridge | 1,088 | 1.09 | 3,569 | 0.68 | China |
| 4 | Stonecutters Bridge | 1,018 | 1.02 | 3,339 | 0.63 | Hong Kong |
| 5 | Qingshan Yangtze River Bridge | 938 | 0.94 | 3,077 | 0.58 | China |
| 6 | Edong Yangtze River Bridge | 926 | 0.93 | 3,038 | 0.58 | China |
| 7 | Jiayu Yangtze River Bridge | 920 | 0.92 | 3,018 | 0.57 | China |
| 8 | Tatara Bridge | 890 | 0.89 | 2,919 | 0.55 | Japan |
| 9 | Pont de Normandie | 856 | 0.86 | 2,808 | 0.55 | France |
| 10 | Chizhou Yangtze River Bridge | 828 | 0.83 | 2,716 | 0.51 | China |
| 11 | Shishou Yangtze River Bridge | 820 | 0.82 | 2,690 | 0.51 | China |
| 12 | Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge | 818 | 0.82 | 2,684 | 0.51 | China |
Top 12 Longest Arch Bridges in the World:
| Rank | Bridge | Length (main span)* | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| meters | km | feet | miles | |||
| 1 | Pingnan Third Bridge | 575 | 0.58 | 1,886 | 0.36 | China |
| 2 | Chaotianmen Bridge | 552 | 0.55 | 1,811 | 0.34 | China |
| 3 | Lupu Bridge | 550 | 0.55 | 1,804 | 0.34 | China |
| 4 | Bosideng Bridge | 530 | 0.53 | 1,739 | 0.33 | China |
| 5 | New River Gorge Bridge | 518 | 0.52 | 1,699 | 0.32 | United States |
| 6 | Bayonne Bridge | 510 | 0.51 | 1,673 | 0.32 | United States |
| 7 | Zigui Yangtze River Bridge | 508 | 0.51 | 1,667 | 0.32 | China |
| 8 | Hejiang Yangtze River Bridge | 507 | 0.51 | 1,663 | 0.31 | China |
| 9 | Sydney Harbour Bridge | 503 | 0.50 | 1,650 | 0.31 | Australia |
| 10 | Wushan Bridge | 460 | 0.46 | 1,509 | 0.29 | China |
| 11 | Guantang Bridge | 457 | 0.46 | 1,499 | 0.28 | China |
| 12 | Mingzhou Bridge | 450 | 0.45 | 1,476 | 0.28 | China |
Top 12 Longest Cantilever Bridges in the World:
| Rank | Bridge | Length (main span)* | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| meters | km | feet | miles | |||
| 1 | Pont de Québec | 549 | 0.55 | 1,800 | 0.34 | Canada |
| 2 | Forth Bridge | 521 | 0.52 | 1,710 | 0.32 | Scotland/UK |
| 3 | Minato Bridge | 510 | 0.51 | 1,673 | 032 | Japan |
| 4 | Commodore Barry Bridge | 501 | 0.50 | 1,644 | 0.31 | United States |
| 5 | Crescent City Connection | 480 | 0.48 | 1,575 | 0.30 | United States |
| 6 | Sanguantang Bridge | 465 | 0.47 | 1,526 | 0.29 | China |
| 7 | Howrah Bridge | 457 | 0.46 | 1,500 | 0.28 | India |
| 8 | Veterans Memorial Bridge | 445 | 0.45 | 1,460 | 0.28 | United States |
| 9 | Tokyo Gate Bridge | 440 | 0.44 | 1,443 | 0.27 | Japan |
| 10 | San Francisco Bay Bridge (east span — replaced 2016) | 427 | 0.43 | 1,400 | 0.27 | United States |
| 11 | JC Van Horne Bridge | 380 | 0.38 | 1,247 | 0.24 | Canada |
| 12 | Astoria-Megler Bridge | 376 | 0.38 | 1,232 | 0.23 | United States |
Top 12 Longest Continuous Truss Bridges in the World:
| Rank | Bridge | Length* | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| meters | km | feet | miles | |||
| 1 | Ikitsuki Bridge | 400 | 0.40 | 1,312 | 0.25 | Japan |
| 2 | Astoria-Megler Bridge | 376 | 0.38 | 1,232 | 0.23 | United States |
| 3 | Francis Scott Key Bridge | 366 | 0.37 | 1,200 | 0.22s | United States |
| 4 | Hart Bridge | 331 | 0.33 | 1,088 | 0.21 | United States |
| 5 | Oshima Bridge | 325 | 0.33 | 1,066 | 0.20 | Japan |
| 6 | Tenmon Bridge | 300 | 0.30 | 984 | 0.19 | Japan |
| 7 | Kuronoseto Bridge | 300 | 0.30 | 984 | 0.19 | Japan |
| 8 | Taylor-Southgate Bridge | 259 | 0.26 | 850 | 0.16 | United States |
| 9 | Julien Dubuque Bridge | 258 | 0.26 | 845 | 0.16 | United States |
| 10 | Braga Bridge | 256 | 0.26 | 840 | 0.16 | United States |
| 11 | Kamakari Bridge | 255 | 0.26 | 837 | 0.16 | Japan |
| 12 | Earle C. Clements Bridge | 251 | 0.25 | 826 | 0.16 | United States |
*In all tables, miles have been manually calculated based upon given measurements in feet and both miles and kilometers have been rounded to the nearest decimal.
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A bridge is a useful tool that can connect distant points separated by water, marshland or difficult terrain. Whether traveled on foot or by car or rail, bridges are as essential for transporting goods and services as they are for cutting down the travel time between two distant points.
But bridges represent something else, too. Something far more difficult to quantify. Something perhaps best described as a feeling – the type of emotion just as likely to arise when viewing a famous of work of art. This sense of awe and beauty draws people to bridges not only for their utilitarian function, but as iconic points worth admiring in their surrounding landscapes. Think of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, with its Art Deco towers rising out of the mist like cathedral spires. Or the majestic Tower Bridge that spans the river Thames in London.
Whether as part of one’s daily commute or as a vital artery that keeps an economy moving, these bridges have something else in common: their incredible length. A testament to human ingenuity, here are 10 of the longest bridges in the world, connecting lives — and breaking records while doing it.
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- Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, China
- Changhua-Kaohsiung Viaduct, Taiwan
- Cangde Grand Bridge, China
- Tianjin Grand Bridge, China
- Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge, China
- Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, China
- Bang Na Expressway, Thailand
- Beijing Grand Bridge, China
- Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, United States
- Line 1 Wuhan Metro, China
1. Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, China
The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge in China is a marvel spanning more than 100 miles (165 kilometers), making it the longest bridge in the world. The bridge, which officially opened in June 2011, was built in just four years to provide high-speed rail service across China. The bridge spans a variety of obstacles, including several canals and lakes. The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge cost a whopping $8.5 billion to construct but has been designed to withstand not only typhoons and magnitude 8 earthquakes, but also direct hits from naval vessels weighing up to 330,000 tons (300,000 metric tons).
2. Changhua-Kaohsiung Viaduct, Taiwan
The world’s second-longest bridge is the Changhua-Kaohsiung Viaduct in Taiwan. The viaduct, which is a bridge comprised of a series of smaller bridges, is part of Taiwan’s High Speed Rail network and spans a length of 97 miles (157 kilometers). The Changhua-Kaohsiung Viaduct was specifically constructed as a series of connected bridges to better withstand most earthquakes. This is an important safety consideration because Taiwan is located at the junction of two tectonic plates — the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate — and as a result, has a higher frequency of seismic activity.
3. Cangde Grand Bridge, China
China’s Cangde Grand Bridge is the third-longest bridge in the world. It measures 72 miles (116 kilometers) in length and is part of an important arterial railway that transports people to and from Beijing. As part of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, the Cangde Grand Bridge comprises part of a more massive bridge that may sound familiar: the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge. Like other parts of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, the Cangde Grand Bridge is designed to withstand most seismic shifts.
4. Tianjin Grand Bridge, China
The location of the fourth-longest bridge in the world may come without surprise: China. To keep China’s extensive high-speed rail system zooming along, saving commuters time on their journeys, a series of bridges allow the trains to skim over low-lying areas, water and other obstacles. The fourth-longest bridge is the Tianjin Grand Bridge located in Hebei, in Tianjin, China, which opened to rail traffic in 2011. Measuring 70 miles (113 kilometers) long, the Tianjin Grand Bridge is held up by a series of reinforced girders that weigh up to 860 tons (780 metric tons) each.
5. Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge, China
When the Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge in China was first opened to traffic in 2008, it held the title of «longest bridge in the world» at approximately 49 miles (79 kilometers) in length. While it was eventually surpassed by the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, Cangde Grand Bridge and Tianjin Grand Bridge in China and the Changhua-Kaohsiung Viaduct in Taiwan, at the time it was an engineering feat marveled the world over. As part of the Zhengzhou-Xi’an High-Speed Railway system, it played a critical role by connecting the cities of Zhengzhou and Xi’an, crossing a number of rivers and significantly lessening commuting time.
6. Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, China
When the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opened in October 2018, it became the world’s sixth-longest bridge. The bridge connects Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau and consists of a series of three cable-stayed bridges, an undersea tunnel and four artificial islands. The bridge is 34 miles (55 kilometers) long, it is both the longest sea-crossing bridge and the longest open-sea fixed bridge in the world.
7. Bang Na Expressway, Thailand
The Bang Na Expressway in Thailand may be the seventh-longest bridge in the world, but it could probably hold a second title as the world’s longest car bridge. While five of the first six-longest bridges in the world are used exclusively for high-speed rail (the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, our No. 6, is used exclusively for car traffic), the Bang Na Expressway is a six-lane elevated highway with toll stations on each end. The Bang Na Expressway is 34 miles (55 kilometers) in length and allows drivers to zip across Bangkok without getting held up in the traffic of the Bang Na-Trat Highway (or National Highway route 34), which runs below it.
8. Beijing Grand Bridge, China
The Beijing Grand Bridge is situated south of its namesake city of Beijing. This bridge is one of several located in China that have made the list and, like several others, is part of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway system. The Beijing Grand Bridge, which officially opened in 2011, is 30 miles (48 kilometers) in length, which puts it in eighth place among the world’s longest bridges. It was built to connect the Yangtze River Delta and the Bohai Economic Rim on China’s Eastern coast; both regions require railway transportation to export their supplies of agricultural and natural resources.
9. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, United States
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana is the only bridge in the United States to rank among the world’s longest bridges. At nearly 24 miles (39 kilometers), this southern Louisiana bridge comes in at ninth on our list. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is actually comprised of two parallel bridges of nearly the same length, with the first bridge opening in 1956 and the second bridge in 1969. At an imprecise mark, motorists are usually not able to see land on either side of the bridge. The bridge is so long that it is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the «longest bridge over water in the world (continuous),» and at its center there is a bascule (another name for drawbridge) that can raise to let ships pass.
10. Line 1 Wuhan Metro, China
In the city of Wuhan in Hubei, China, there is an elevated metro rail line simply named «Line 1.» Although this may seem like a rather inauspicious name, Line 1 is actually a world record holder. At 23.5 miles (38 kilometers) in length, Line 1 is not only the tenth-longest bridge, but also is one of the longest continuous metro viaducts in the world.
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