List of arch bridges by length

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This List of arch bridges by length ranks the world's arch bridges by the length of main arch.

Name Span metres (feet) Length metres (feet) Arch construction material Completed Country
Lupu Bridge 550 (1,800) 3,900 (12,800) steel 2003 China
New River Gorge Bridge 518 (1,700) 924 (3,030) steel 1977 USA
Bayonne Bridge 504 (1,652) 1,761 (5,780) steel 1931 USA
Sydney Harbour Bridge 503 (1,650) 1,149 (3,770) steel 1932 Australia
Wanxian Bridge[1] 420 (1,378) 864 (2,834) concrete 1997 China
Krk Bridge 390 (1,280) 1,430 (4,692) concrete 1980 Croatia
Fremont Bridge 382 (1,255) 656 (2,154) steel 1973 USA
Žďákov Bridge[2] 380 (1,246) 543 (1,781) steel 1967 Czech Republic
Port Mann Bridge 366 (1,200) 2093 (6,867) steel 1964 Canada
Yanjisha Bridge[3] 360 (1,181) 1,084 (3,556) steel, concrete 2000 China
Bridge of the Americas 344 (1,128) 1,654 (5,425) steel 1962 Panama
Laviolette Bridge 335 (1099) 2,707 (8,881) steel 1967 Canada
Jiangjiehe Bridge[4] 330 (1,083) 461 (1,512) concrete 1993 China
Silver Jubilee Bridge 330 (1,082)  ?? steel 1961 United Kingdom
Roosevelt Lake Bridge[5] 329 (1,080)  ?? steel 1990 USA
Birchenough Bridge 329 (1,080) 329 (1,080) steel 1935 Zimbabwe
Gerald Desmond Bridge 321 (1,053) 1,565 (5,134) steel 1968 USA
Glen Canyon Dam Bridge 313 (1,028) 387 (1,271) steel 1964 USA
Hell Gate Bridge 310 (1,017) 5,182 (17,000) steel 1916 USA
Lewiston-Queenston Bridge 305 (1,000) 488 (1,600) steel 1962 USA, Canada
Gladesville Bridge 300 (984) 488 (1,600) concrete 1964 Australia
Perrine Bridge 303 (993) 457 (1,500) steel 1974 USA
Friendship Bridge 290 (951) 552 (1,812) concrete 1965 Paraguay, Brazil
Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls) 289 (950) 442 (1,450) steel 1941 USA, Canada
Van Brienenoordbrug[6] 288 (940) 1,320 (4,331) steel 1965 Netherlands
Hernando de Soto Bridge 274 (900) 5,954 (19,535) steel 1973 USA
Bloukrans Bridge 272 (892) 451 (1,480) concrete 1984 South Africa
Arrabida Bridge 270 (886) 493 (1,618) concrete 1963 Portugal
Sandö Bridge 264 (866) 810 (2,657) concrete 1943 Sweden
Bob Cummings - Lincoln Trail Bridge 251 (825) 826 (2,708) steel 1966 USA
Chateaubriand Bridge[7] 250 (820) 424 (1,391) concrete 1991 France
Svinesund Bridge 247 (810) 704 (2,310) concrete 2005 Sweden, Norway
Šibenik Bridge[8] 246 (808) 390 (1,280) concrete 1966 Croatia
Sherman Minton Bridge 244 (800) 626 (2,053) steel 1962 USA
Waalbrug[9] 244 (800) 604 (1,982) steel 1936 Netherlands
Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge[10] 240 (787) 1,200 (3,937) steel 2002 Brazil
Most Apollo 231 (758) 854 (2,802) steel 2005 Slovakia
Ponte Bisantis[11] 231 (758) 468 (1,537) concrete 1962 Italy
Zaporizhia Bridge[12] 228 (748)  ?? concrete 1952 Ukraine
New Navajo Bridge 221 (726) 277 (909) steel 1994 USA
Martin Gil Viaduct[13] 210 (685) 408 (1,339) concrete 1942 Spain
Västerbron[14] 204+168 (669+551) 600+ (1,969+) steel 1935 Sweden
Maslenica Bridge[15] 200 (656) 378 (1,240) concrete 1997 Croatia
Pag Bridge[16] 195 (640) 300 (984) concrete 1968 Croatia
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge 189 (619) 2,170 (7,120) concrete 1987 USA
Old Navajo Bridge 188 (616) 254 (834) steel 1929 USA
Pennybacker Bridge 183 (600) 351 (1,150) steel 1982 USA
Yaquina Bay Bridge 183 (600) 982 (3,223) steel 1931 USA
Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge 177 (582) 479 (1,572) concrete 1994 USA
Bamban Bridge 174 (571)[17] 174 (571) steel 1998 Philippines
Alexander Hamilton Bridge 169 (555) 724 (2,375) steel 1963 USA
Bolshoy Krasnokholmsky Bridge 168 (552) 725 (2,380) steel 1938 Russia
Tyne Bridge 161 (531) 389 (1,276) steel 1928 United Kingdom
Eads Bridge 158 (520) 1,964 (6,442) steel 1874 USA
Podolsko Bridge[18] 150 (492) 510 (1,673) concrete 1942 Czech Republic
Cetina 1 Bridge[19] 140 (459) 210 (689) concrete 2007 Croatia
Alsea Bay Bridge 137 (450) 887 (2,910) steel 1991 USA
Peter the Great Bridge 128 (420) 334 (1,096) steel 1911 Russia
Queen Alexandrine Bridge 127 (417) 745 (2,444) steel 1943 Denmark
Franklin Avenue Bridge 122 (400) 321 (1,055) concrete 1923 USA
Šmejkalka bridge[20] 119 (390) 248 (814) concrete 1950 Czech Republic
Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge 105 (344) 487 (1,598) steel 1938 Russia
Oregon City Bridge 110 (360) 227 (745) steel 1922 USA
Prince Edward Viaduct 99 (325) 494 (1,621) steel 1918 Canada
Bixby Creek Bridge 98 (320) 218 (714) concrete 1932 USA

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