List of longest suspension bridge spans

File:Çanakkale 1915 Bridge (210128-N-BM428-0068) (cropped).jpg

The Çanakkale 1915 Bridge has the longest central span (2,023 m) of any suspension bridge.

The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e. the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of suspension bridges, often correlating with the height of the towers and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. If one bridge has a longer span than another it does not necessarily mean that the bridge is longer from shore to shore (or from abutment to abutment).

Suspension bridges have the longest spans of any type of bridge. Cable-stayed bridges, the next longest design, are practical for spans up to just over 1 kilometre. Therefore, as of 2021, the 29 longest bridges on this list are the 29 longest spans of all types of vehicular bridges (other than floating pontoon bridges).

Currently, the Çanakkale 1915 Bridge in Turkey holds the record since opening to traffic in March 2022, with a span of 2,023 metres (6,637 ft).

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.

Green

Denotes bridge that contains or previously contained the longest span in the world

Image	Rank	Name	Main span metres (feet)	Year opened	Location	Country	Ref.
150px	1	Çanakkale 1915 Bridge	2,023 m (6,637.1 ft)	2022	Gelibolu – Lapseki (Dardanelles)	Turkey
	2	Akashi Kaikyō Bridge	1,991 m (6,532.2 ft)	1998	Kobe (Hyōgo)	Japan
150px	3	Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge	1,700 m (5,577.4 ft)	2019	Wuhan (Hubei)	China
150px	4	Nansha Bridge (East span)	1,688 m (5,538.1 ft)	2019	Dongguan (Guangdong)	China
	5	Xihoumen Bridge	1,650 m (5,413.4 ft)	2009	Zhoushan (Zhejiang)	China
	6	Great Belt Bridge	1,624 m (5,328.1 ft)	1998	Korsør – Sprogø (Region Zealand)	Denmark
150px	7	Osman Gazi Bridge	1,550 m (5,085.3 ft)	2016	Dilovası – Altınova (Gulf of İzmit)	Turkey
150px	8	Yi Sun-sin Bridge	1,545 m (5,068.9 ft)	2012	Gwangyang – Yeosu (South Jeolla Province)	South Korea
	9	Runyang Bridge	1,490 m (4,888.5 ft)	2005	Yangzhou – Zhenjiang (Jiangsu)	China
150px	10	Second Dongtinghu Bridge	1,480 m (4,855.6 ft)	2018	Yueyang (Hunan)	China
	11	Nanjing Fourth Yangtze Bridge	1,418 m (4,652.2 ft)	2012	Nanjing (Jiangsu)	China
	12	Humber Bridge	1,410 m (4,626.0 ft)	1981	Hessle – Barton-upon-Humber (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)	United Kingdom
150px	13	Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge	1,408 m (4,619.4 ft)	2016	İstanbul (Bosphorus)	Turkey
	14	Jin'an Bridge	1,386 m (4,547 ft)	2020	Lijiang, Yunnan	China
	15	Jiangyin Bridge	1,385 m (4,544.0 ft)	1999	Jiangyin – Jingjiang (Jiangsu)	China
	16	Tsing Ma Bridge	1,377 m (4,517.7 ft)	1997	Tsing Yi – Ma Wan (Hong Kong)	Hong Kong
150px	17	Hardanger Bridge	1,310 m (4,297.9 ft)	2013	Ulvik – Ullensvang (Hordaland)	Norway
	18	Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge	1,298 m (4,258.5 ft)	1964	New York City (New York)	United States
	19	Golden Gate Bridge	1,280 m (4,199.5 ft)	1937	San Francisco – Marin County (California)	United States
150px	20	Yangluo Bridge	1,280 m (4,199.5 ft)	2007	Wuhan (Hubei)	China
	21	Höga Kusten Bridge	1,210 m (3,969.8 ft)	1997	Utansjö (Västernorrland County)	Sweden
150px	22	Nansha Bridge (West span)	1,200 m (3,937.0 ft)	2019	Dongguan (Guangdong)	China
150px	23	Hongjun Chishuihe Bridge	1,200 m (3,937.0 ft)	2019	Xishui (Guizhou)–Gulin (Sichuan)	China
150px	24	Longjiang River Bridge	1,196 m (3,923.9 ft)	2016	Wuhexiang (Yunnan)	China
150px	25	Aizhai Bridge	1,176 m (3,858.3 ft)	2012	Jishou (Hunan)	China
150px	26	Wujiagang Yangtze River Bridge 伍家岗长江大桥	1,160 m (3,810 ft)	2021	Yichang (Hubei)	China
	27	Mackinac Bridge	1,158 m (3,799.2 ft)	1957	Mackinaw City – St. Ignace (Michigan)	United States
	28	Ulsan Bridge	1,150 m (3,773.0 ft)	2015	Ulsan	South Korea
150px	29	Hålogaland Bridge	1,145 m (3,756.6 ft)	2018	Rombaken, Narvik	Norway
150px	30	Qingshui River Bridge	1,130 m (3,707.3 ft)	2015	Kaiyang County, Guizhou	China
	31	Huangpu Bridge	1,108 m (3,635.2 ft)	2008	Guangzhou (Guangdong)	China
	32	Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge	1,100 m (3,608.9 ft)	1989	Sakaide – Shiwaku Islands (Kagawa)	Japan
150px	33	Xingkang Bridge	1,100 m (3,608.9 ft)	2018	Luding County, Sichuan	China
	34	Kaizhouhu Bridge 开州湖特大桥	1,100 m (3,600 ft)	2021	Guizhou	China
	35	Wufengshan Yangtze River Bridge	1,092 m (3,582.7 ft)	2020	Zhenjiang, Jiangsu	China
150px	36	Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge	1,090 m (3,576.1 ft)	1988	İstanbul (Bosphorus)	Turkey
	37	Baling River Bridge	1,088 m (3,569.6 ft)	2009	Guanling Buyei and Miao Autonomous County (Guizhou)	China
	38	Taizhou Bridge	1,080 m (3,543.3 ft)	2012	Taizhou (Jiangsu)	China
	39	Ma'anshan Bridge	1,080 m (3,543.3 ft)	2013	Ma'anshan (Anhui)	China
150px	40	Bosphorus Bridge	1,074 m (3,523.6 ft)	1973	İstanbul (Bosphorus)	Turkey
	41	George Washington Bridge	1,067 m (3,500.7 ft)	1931	New York City (New York) – Fort Lee (New Jersey)	United States
150px	42	Fuma Yangtze River Bridge 驸马长江大桥	1,050 m (3,444.9 ft)	2017	Wanzhou (Chongqing)	China
150px	43	Qipanzhou Yangtze River Bridge	1,038 m (3,405.5 ft)	2021	Huangshi, Hubei	China
	44	Third Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge	1,030 m (3,379.3 ft)	1999	Imabari – Umashima Island (Ehime)	Japan
	45	Second Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge	1,020 m (3,346.5 ft)	1999	Umashima Island – Ōshima (Ehime)	Japan
150px	46	25 de Abril Bridge	1,013 m (3,323.5 ft)	1966	Lisbon – Almada (Lisboa Region)	Portugal
	47	Forth Road Bridge	1,006 m (3,300.5 ft)	1964	South Queensferry – North Queensferry (Fife)	United Kingdom
150px	48	Yidu Yangtze River Bridge	1,000 m (3,300 ft)	2021	Yidu, Hubei	China
	49	Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge	990 m (3,248.0 ft)	1988	Sakaide – Shiwaku Islands (Kagawa)	Japan
	50	Severn Bridge	988 m (3,241.5 ft)	1966	Bristol (South Gloucestershire) – Chepstow (Monmouthshire)	United Kingdom
	51	Yichang Bridge	960 m (3,149.6 ft)	2001	Yichang (Hubei)	China
	52	Shimotsui-Seto Bridge	940 m (3,084.0 ft)	1988	Kojima – Shiwaku Islands (Okayama)	Japan
	53	Xiushan Bridge	926 m (3,038.1 ft)	2019	Daishan, Zhejiang	China
	54	Xiling Bridge	900 m (2,952.8 ft)	1996	Sandouping (Hubei)	China
	55	Si Du River Bridge	900 m (2,952.8 ft)	2009	Yesanguan (Hubei)	China
	56	Noryang Bridge	890 m (2,919.9 ft)	2018	Namhaedo (South Gyeongsang Province)	South Korea
	57	Humen Pearl River Bridge	888 m (2,913.4 ft)	1997	Dongguan (Guangdong)	China
	58	Cuntan Yangtze River Bridge	880 m (2,887.1 ft)	2017	Chongqing	China
	59	Ōnaruto Bridge	876 m (2,874.0 ft)	1985	Naruto (Tokushima) – Awaji Island (Hyōgo)	Japan
150px	60	Lishui River Bridge	856 m (2,808.4 ft)	2013	Zhangjiajie (Hunan)	China
	61	Second Tacoma Narrows Bridge (westbound)	853 m (2,798.6 ft)	1950	Tacoma (Washington)	United States
	62	Third Tacoma Narrows Bridge (eastbound)	853 m (2,798.6 ft)	2007	Tacoma (Washington)	United States
	63	Askøy Bridge	850 m (2,788.7 ft)	1992	Bergen – Askøy (Hordaland)	Norway
150px	64	Yingwuzhou Bridge	850 m (2,788.7 ft)	2014	Wuhan (Hubei)	China
150px	65	Jeokgeum Bridge	850 m (2,788.7 ft)	2016	Ucheon – Jeokgeum (South Jeolla Province)	South Korea
150px	66	Zhixi Yangtze River Bridge 至喜长江大桥（庙嘴长江大桥）	838 m (2,749.3 ft)	2016	Yichang (Hubei)	China
	67	Nanxi Bridge	820 m (2,690.3 ft)	2012	Nanxi District (Sichuan)	China
	68	Taihong Yangtze River Bridge	808 m (2,650.9 ft)	2020	Chongqing	China
	69	Qincaobei Bridge	788 m (2,585.3 ft)	2013	Lidu (Chongqing)	China
	70	Innoshima Bridge	770 m (2,526.2 ft)	1983	Innoshima – Mukaishima (Hiroshima)	Japan
	71	Jinshajiang Hutiaoxia Bridge	766 m (2,513)	2020	Hutiaoxiazhen (Yunnan)	China
	72	Akinada Bridge	750 m (2,460.6 ft)	2000	Kure – Shimokamagari (Hiroshima)	Japan
150px	73	Semey Bridge	750 m (2,460.6 ft)	2000	Semey (East Kazakhstan Province)	Kazakhstan
	74	Changshou Jingkaiqu Bridge 长寿经开区大桥	739 m (2,420 ft)	2021	Changshou, Chongqing	China
	75	Yuecheng Xijiang Bridge	738 m (2,421.3 ft)	2020	Yunfu (Guangdong)	China
	76	Jinshajiang Jindong Bridge 金东大桥	730 m (2,395.0 ft)	2017	Huidong County (Sichuan)	China
	77	New Carquinez Bridge	728 m (2,388.5 ft)	2003	Vallejo – Crockett (California)	United States
	78	Hakuchō Bridge	720 m (2,362.2 ft)	1998	Muroran (Hokkaido)	Japan
150px	79	Huailai Bridge	720 m (2,360 ft)	2021	Huailai, Hebei	China
150px	80	Angostura Bridge	712 m (2,336.0 ft)	1967	Ciudad Bolívar (Bolívar)	Venezuela
	81	Kanmon Bridge	712 m (2,336.0 ft)	1973	Kitakyushu (Fukuoka) – Shimonoseki (Yamaguchi)	Japan
	82	San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (east half of west span)	704 m (2,309.7 ft)	1936	San Francisco – Yerba Buena Island (California)	United States
	83	San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (west half of west span)	704 m (2,309.7 ft)	1936	San Francisco – Yerba Buena Island (California)	United States
	84	Bronx–Whitestone Bridge	701 m (2,299.9 ft)	1939	New York City (New York)	United States

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	Main span metres (feet)	Year to open	Location	Country	Ref.
Zhangjiagang-Jingjiang-Rugao Yangtse River Bridge South Bridge 张靖皋长江大桥南航道桥	2,300 m (7,550 ft)	2028	Zhangjiagang (Jiangsu)	China
Nanjing Xianxin Road Yangtse River Bridge 南京仙新路过江通道	1,760 m (5,770 ft)	2023	Nanjing (Jiangsu)	China
Shenzhen–Zhongshan Bridge 深中通道伶仃航道桥	1,666 m (5,466 ft)	2024	Shenzhen (Guangdong)	China
Yanji Yangtse River Bridge 燕矶长江大桥	1,650 m (5,410 ft)	2025	Huanggang-Ezhou (Hubei)	China
Longtan Yangtse River Bridge 龙潭长江大桥	1,560 m (5,120 ft)	2024	Nanjing-Yangzhou (Jiangsu)	China
Dadong Jinsha River Bridge 大东金沙江特大桥	1,520 m (4,990 ft)	2026	Lijiang, (Yunnan)	China
Xihoumen Rail / Road Bridge 西堠门公铁两用大桥	1,488 m (4,882 ft)	2026	Zhoushan (Zhejiang)	China
Shuangliu Yangtze River Bridge 双柳长江大桥(新港高速)	1,360 m (4,460 ft)	2024	Xinzhou District-Ezhou (Hubei)	China
Dahe Bridge 大河特大桥	1,250 m (4,100 ft)	2023	Lipanshui (Guizhou)	China
Fuxing Yangtze River Bridge 江龙高速复兴长江大桥	1,208 m (3,960 ft)	2025	Yunyang, Chongqing	China
Zhangjiagang-Jingjiang-Rugao Yangtse River Bridge North Bridge 张靖皋长江大桥北航道桥	1,208 m (3,960 ft)	2028	Jingjiang (Jiangsu)	China
Brăila Bridge	1,120 m (3,670 ft)	2023	Brăila (Danube)	Romania
Libu Yangtze River Rail/Road Bridge 李埠长江公铁大桥	1,120 m (3,670 ft)		Jingzhou (Hubei)	China
Chacao Channel bridge	1,100 m (3,600 ft)	2025	Calbuco–Chiloé	Chile
Longmen Bridge 龙门大桥	1,098 m (3,602 ft)	2024	Qinzhou (Guangxi)	China
Qiaojia Jinsha River Bridge 巧家支线金沙江大桥	1,060 m (3,480 ft)	2022	Yunnan–Sichuan	China
Kahaluo Jinsha River Bridge 卡哈洛金沙江特大桥	1,030 m (3,380 ft)	2023	Yunnan–Sichuan	China
Xintian Yangtse River Bridge 新田长江大桥	1,020 m (3,350 ft)	2023	Wanzhou, Chongqing	China
G3 Tongling Yangtse River Road/Rail Bridge G3铜陵长江公铁大桥	988 m (3,240 ft)	2025	Tongling, Anhui	China
Tongzihe Bridge 金仁桐高速桐梓河特大桥	965 m (3,170 ft)	2022	Yongzi, (Guizhou)	China
Jiangdihe Bridge 江底河大桥	920 m (3,020 ft)	2023	Yunnan	China
Baidicheng Yangtse River Bridge 白帝城长江大桥	916 m (3,010 ft)	2025	Fengjie, Chongqing	China
Oujiang North Bridge 瓯江北口大桥	800 m (2,600 ft)	2022	Wenzhou, Zhejiang	China
Lüzhijiang Bridge 绿汁江大桥	780 m (2,560 ft)	2022	Yunnan	China
Youxi Yangtse River Bridge 油溪长江大桥	760 m (2,490 ft)	2022	Chongqing	China
Guojiatuo Bridge 郭家沱長江大橋	720 m (2,360 ft)	2022	Jiangbei & Banan, Chongqing	China
Daxihe Bridge 大溪河大桥	720 m (2,360 ft)	2025	Chongqing	China
Honghe Jianyuan Bridge 建元高速红河特大桥	700 m (2,300 ft)	2022	Yuanyang (Yunnan)	China

History of longest suspension spans

See also: Timeline of three longest spans

Image	Bridge	Location	Length m (ft)	Years of longest span	Notes
150px Hypothesized support	Maya Bridge at Yaxchilan	Mexico	62 m (203 ft)	600–1430	Hemp-rope simple suspension footbridge. Existence unproven. No longer standing. Prior longest bridges are located in List of longest arch bridge spans. Exceeded by the masonry arch Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge from 1377 to 1416, with main span of 72 m.
	Chushul Chakzam	Tibet	137 m (449 ft)	1430–1820	Chain suspension footbridge south of Lhasa, built by Thangtong Gyalpo. Reported by British spies to still be in use in 1878. Later (before 1904) fell into disuse after river course changed, swamping the northern end. Dynamited by Chinese soldiers after the PRC incorporation of Tibet in 1950.
	Union Bridge	Scotland–England, UK	137 m (449 ft)	1820–1826	The oldest in the world still in use today.
	Menai Suspension Bridge	Wales, UK	176 m (577 ft)	1826–1834
150px	Great Suspension Bridge	Fribourg, Switzerland	271 m (889 ft)	1834–1849	The bridge was replaced by the Zähringen Bridge in the 1920s.
	Wheeling Suspension Bridge	West Virginia, US	308 m (1,010 ft)	1849–1866	The longest deck span from 1849 until 1866, and the oldest vehicular suspension bridge in use in the United States.
	Queenston-Lewiston Bridge	US and Canada	317 m (1,040 ft)	1851–1866	The longest cable span from 1851 until it was destroyed by wind in 1864. However, the road deck span was only 258 meters long.
	John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge	Kentucky–Ohio, US	322 m (1,056 ft)	1866–1869
	Niagara Clifton Bridge	US and Canada	384 m (1,260 ft)	1869–1883	Replaced in 1899.
	Brooklyn Bridge	New York City, US	486 m (1,594 ft)	1883–1903
	Williamsburg Bridge	New York City, US	488 m (1,601 ft)	1903–1926	It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges. The Forth Railway Bridge, completed in 1890, a cantilever bridge with two spans of 521 m was longer until surpassed by the Quebec Bridge in 1917.
	Bear Mountain Bridge	New York, US	497 m (1,631 ft)	1924–1926	It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges. The Quebec Bridge completed in 1917, a cantilever bridge with a span of 549 m was longer until surpassed in 1929 by the Ambassador Bridge. The first suspension bridge to have a concrete deck. The construction methods pioneered in building it would make possible several much larger projects to follow.
	Benjamin Franklin Bridge	Pennsylvania–New Jersey, US	533 m (1,749 ft)	1926–1929	It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges.
	Ambassador Bridge	US and Canada	564 m (1,850 ft)	1929–1931	Since this bridge was built, the record for longest bridge span has only been held by suspension bridges.
	George Washington Bridge	New York – New Jersey, US	1,067 m (3,501 ft)	1931–1937	The first span longer than 1 km. Nearly double the length of any previously built bridge at the time of its opening.
	Golden Gate Bridge	California, US	1,280 m (4,200 ft)	1937–1964	Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1937 to 1964
	Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge	New York City, US	1,298 m (4,259 ft)	1964–1981	Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1964 to 1981
	Humber Bridge	Yorkshire, United Kingdom	1,410 m (4,630 ft)	1981–1998	Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1981 to 1998
	Akashi Kaikyō Bridge	Japan	1,991 m (6,532 ft)	1998–2022	Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1998 to 2022. The largest ever increase in length.
150px	Çanakkale 1915 Bridge	Turkey	2,023 m (6,637 ft)	2022-Present	The longest bridge span in the world since 2022. The first span longer than 2 km.

Sources:

Other record-holding suspension bridges

The Sidu River Bridge

• Sidu River Bridge (China). Opened in 2009, it is the highest suspension bridge in the world at 472 m elevation and the second highest bridge of any type.
• San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge Eastern Span (California, United States). Opened in 2013, it is the widest bridge in the world (78.74 m [258.3 ft]), the most expensive bridge and the largest self-anchored suspension bridge ever constructed.
• Tacoma Narrows Bridges (Washington, United States). Opened in 1950 and 2007, the pair of bridges with the longest spans in the world (853 m [2,799 ft]).
• Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge (Turkey). Opened in 2016, it has longest span carrying road and rail traffic (1,408 m [4,619 ft]).
• Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge (China). Opened in 2019 with the longest double deck span (1,700 m [5,600 ft]).
• George Washington Bridge (New York and New Jersey, United States). Opened in 1931, it is the suspension bridge with the most lanes of traffic (at fourteen total on two levels).
• Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge (Japan). Opened in 1999, it is the world's longest suspension bridge structure.
• Great Seto Bridge (Japan). Opened in 1978 and 1988, it is the longest two-tiered bridge system (but not all of the spans that make up the bridge system are suspension bridges).
• Arouca Bridge (Portugal). Opened in 2021, it is the longest suspension pedestrian bridge in the world (516 m).
• Baglung Parbat Footbridge (Nepal). Opened in 2020, is the longest suspension footbridge in the world with a span of 567m.

Comparison of the side elevations of the List of longest suspension bridge spans and some notable bridges at the same scale. (click for interactive version)

References

Note: Some of the information posted on the following sites may differ from that above. As of 21 February 2006, the sites were out of date or inaccurate as noted in parenthesis

• Denenberg, David, Bridgemeister.com (an extensive inventory of more than 4,600 suspension bridges)
• Janberg, Nicolas, Suspension bridges, Structurae.de (an extensive database of structures including many suspension bridges)
• Durkee, Jackson, "World's Longest Bridge Spans", National Steel Bridge Alliance, 24 May 1999 (out of date)
• The World's Greatest Bridges, Archive.org copy of The Bridge over the Strait of Messina website (out of date and other errors)
• List of longest spans, Pub Quiz Help (includes bridges that have not yet been completed)
• Steel bridges in the world, and other bridge statistics, The Swedish Institute of Steel Construction, March 2003 (out of date)
• Virola, Eur Ing Juhani, Two Millennia - Two Long-Span Suspension Bridges, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, ATSE Focus No 124, November/December 2002 (revised information up to date as of 2005)
• Virola, Eur Ing Juhani, World's Longest Bridge Spans Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Laboratory of Bridge Engineering (LBE), Helsinki University of Technology (includes bridges that have not yet been completed)

Further reading

• —includes a list of major suspension bridges by length

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Progress of Center Span on Long-Span Bridges at the Honshū—Shikoku Bridge Expressway Co.