List of largest cable-stayed bridges

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This list of the largest cable-stayed bridges ranks the world's cable-stayed bridges by the length of main span (distance between the suspension towers). The length of the main span is the most common way to rank cable-stayed bridges. If one bridge has a longer span than another it does not mean that the bridge is the longer from shore to shore or from anchorage to anchorage. However, the size of the main span does often correlate with the height of the towers and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge.

Cable-stayed bridges have the second-longest spans (after suspension bridges) of the types of bridge. They are practical for spans up to around one kilometer. The Tatara Bridge has the largest span of any cable-stayed bridge at 890 meters. It was originally planned as a suspension bridge, but the design was changed to a cable-stayed bridge for environmental reasons. Two cable-stayed bridges with even longer spans, are currently under construction in China. The longest of these (Sutong Bridge, 1088 m) will be longer than all but the top twelve bridges on the list of largest suspension bridges.

Contents 1 Completed cable-stayed bridges 2 Bridges not yet completed 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Completed cable-stayed bridges

This list only includes bridges that carry automobiles or trains. It does not include suspension bridges, footbridges or pipeline bridges.

Note: Click on each bridge's rank to go to the bridge's official web-site. Ranks with a red asterisk (*) do not have official web-sites, or do not have English language versions and are linked instead to a reference entry.

	Rank	Name	Location	Span in metres ( feet)	Completed
	[1]	Tatara Bridge (Largest since 1999)	Seto Inland Sea, Japan	890 (2,920)	1999
	[2]	Pont de Normandie (Largest from 1995 to 1999)	Le Havre, France	856 (2,808)	1995
	[3]	Second Nanjing Yangtze Bridge	Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (Yangtze River)	628 m	2001
	[4]	Rio-Antirio Bridge (With 5 spans, it is the world's longest cable-stayed suspended deck)	Rio, Greece	560 (1,837)	2004
	[5]	Skarnsund Bridge	Inderøy, Norway	530 (1,738)	1991
	[6]	Köhlbrandbrücke	Hamburg, Germany	520	1974
	[7]	Öresund Bridge	Denmark - Sweden	490 (1,607)	1999
	[8]	Higashi Kobe Bridge	Kobe, Japan	485 (1,591)	1992
	[9]	Ting Kau Bridge	Hong Kong, China	475 (1,558)	1998
	[10]	Arthur Ravenel Bridge (Largest in the United States)	Charleston, South Carolina, United States	471 (1,546)	2005
	[11]	Alex Fraser Bridge	Vancouver, Canada	465 (1,525)	1986
	[12]	Yokohama Bay Bridge	Yokohama, Japan	460 (1,510)	1989
	[13] *	Vidyasagar Setu (2nd Hooghly Bridge)	Kolkata, West Bengal, India	457.2 (1,500)	1992
	[14]	Second Severn Bridge	Wales, UK	456 (1,496)	1996
	[15]	Rama IX Bridge	Bangkok, Thailand	450 (1,476)	1987
	[16]	Queen Elizabeth II Bridge	Thurrock, England	450 (1,476)	1991
	[17]	Vasco da Gama Bridge	Lisbon, Portugal	450 (1,476)	1998
	[18]	Ingeniero Carlos Fernández Casado Bridge	Barrios de Luna, Spain	440 (1,442)	1983
		Bai Chay Bridge	Ha Long, Vietnam	435	2006
	[19]	Kap Shui Mun Bridge	Hong Kong	430	1997
	[20] *	Nanpu Bridge	Shanghai, China	423	1991
	[21] *	Hitsuishijima Bridge	Seto Inland Sea, Japan	420	1988
	[22] *	Iwakurojima Bridge	Seto Inland Sea, Japan	420	1988
	[23] *	Uddevalla Bridge	near Uddevalla, Sweden	414 (1,358)	2000
	[24] *	Surgut Bridge	Surgut, Russia	408	2000
	[25]	Runyang Bridge	Zhenjiang, China	406 (1,331)	2005
	[26]	Rande Bridge	Pontevedra, Spain	401 (1,314)	1978
	[27]	Mega Bridge (II)	Samut Prakan Province, Thailand	398	2006
	[28]	Dames Point Bridge (Largest in the United States 1985 - 2005)	Jacksonville, Florida, United States	396 (1,300)	1989
	[29] *	Big Obukhovsky Bridge	Saint-Petersburg, Russia	382 (1,253)	2004
	[30]	Sidney Lanier Bridge	Brunswick, Georgia, United States	381 (1,250)	2003
	[31]	Fred Hartman Bridge	Baytown, Texas, United States	381 (1,250)	1995
	[32] *	Luling Bridge	Destrehan, Louisiana, United States	376 (1,234)	1983
	[33] *	Flehe Bridge	Düsseldorf, Germany	368	1979
	[34]	William H. Natcher Bridge	Owensboro, Kentucky to Rockport, Indiana	366 (1,200)	2002
	[35] *	Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge	St. Petersburg, Florida	366 (1,200)	1987
	[36] *	Liberty Bridge	Novi Sad, Serbia	351	2005
	[37] *	Duisburg-Neuenkamp Bridge	Duisburg, Germany	350	1970
		My Thuan Bridge	Tien Giang and Vinh Long, Vietnam	350	2000
	[38] *	ANZAC Bridge	Sydney, Australia	345 (1,132)	1996
	[39] *	Millau Viaduct	Millau, France	342 (1,122)	2004
	[40]	Skybridge (Largest only carrying public transport)	Vancouver, Canada	340 (1,115)	1990
	[41] *	West Gate Bridge	Melbourne, Australia	336 (1,102)	1978
	[42] *	Talmadge Memorial Bridge	Savannah, Georgia, United States	335 (1,100)	1990
	[43] *	Rosario-Victoria Bridge	Argentina	330 (1,082)	2003
	[44] *	Zárate-Brazo Largo Bridge	Argentina	330 (1,082)	1978
	[45]	Mega Bridge (I)	Bangkok, Thailand	326	2006
	[46] *	Karnali River Bridge	Chisapani Camp, Nepal	325	1993
	[47] *	Rheinkniebrücke	Düsseldorf, Germany	319	1969
	[48] *	Willemsbrug	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	318 (1,040)	1981
	[49] *	Vansu Tilts	Riga, Latvia	312 (1,024)	1981
	[50] *	Beeckenwerther Brücke	Duisburg, Germany	310	1990
	[51] *	Nový Most	Bratislava, Slovakia	303 (994)	1972
	[52] *	Severinsbrücke	Cologne, Germany	302	1961
	[53]	Rama VIII Bridge	Bangkok, Thailand	300 (984)	1992
	[54] *	Maxau Bridge	Karlsruhe, Germany	292	1966
	[55] *	Farø South Bridge - Farø Bridges	Denmark	290 (951)	1984
	[56] *	Flughafenbrücke - Airport Bridge	Düsseldorf, Germany	287.5	2002
	[57] *	Kurt Schumacher Bridge	Mannheim & Ludwigshafen, Germany	287	1971
	[58] *	Leverkusen Bridge	Cologne & Leverkusen, Germany	280	1965
	[59] *	Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke	Bonn, Germany	280	1967
	[60] *	Erasmus Bridge	Rotterdam, Netherlands	280 (918)	1996
	[61] *	Speyer Bridge (A61)	Speyer, Germany	275	1975
	[62] *	Theodor-Heuss-Brücke	Düsseldorf, Germany	260	1957
	[63] *	Puente de la Amistad Costa Rica-Taiwan (Taiwan-Costa Rica's Friendship Bridge)	Tempisque River, Guanacaste, Costa Rica	260	2003
	[64] *	Oberkassel Bridge	Düsseldorf, Germany	258	1973
	[65] *	Rees-Kalkar Bridge	Rees & Kalkar, Germany	255	1967
	[66] *	Kessock Bridge	Inverness, Scotland	240	1982
	[67] *	Raiffeisenbrücke	Neuwied, Germany	238	1978
	[68] *	General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge	Maracaibo, Venezuela	235	1962
	[69]	Cable Bridge	Between Kennewick and Pasco, Washington, United States	229 (752)	1978
	[70] *	Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge	Between Wilmington and Dover, Delaware, United States	228 (750)	1995
	[71] *	Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge	Boston, Massachusetts	227 (745)	2003
	[72] *	Penang Bridge	Penang, Malaysia	225	1985
	[73] *	César Gaviria Trujillo Viaduct	Pereira, Colombia	211	1997
	[74] *	Varina-Enon Bridge	Richmond, Virginia, United States	192 (630)	1990
	[75] *	Marcelo Fernan Bridge	Metro Cebu, Cebu, Philippines	185	1999
	[76]	Strömsundsbron (first large cable-stayed bridge)	Strömsund, Sweden	182	1956
	[77] *	Passerelle des deux Rives / Mimram-Brücke	Strasbourg, France / Kehl, Germany	177	2004
	[78] *	Boyne River Bridge	County Meath, Ireland	170	2003
	[79] *	George Street Bridge	Newport, South Wales	152	1964

[edit] Bridges not yet completed

• Sutong Bridge: crossing Yangtze River, scheduled for completion in 2009, will include cable-stayed section with span 1,088 meters long.
• The Incheon Bridge with the cable-stayed portion over main sea route to port will have five span, with longest 800 m. Bridge is scheduled for completion in 2009 and will have total length be 12.3 km (7.4 mi).
• The Suramadu Bridge crossing Madura Strait in Indonesia will have the cable-stayed portion with three spans 192 m, 434 m and 192 m long. Bridge is scheduled for completion in 2008 and will have total length be 5.4 km.
• Hangzhou Bay Bridge: when completed, it will be the longest bridge with cable-stayed sections in the world, spanning Hangzhou Bay between Jiaxing and Cixi City off the east coast of China. The bridge will have two main spans, with a 448 metre northern span, and a 318 metre southern.
• The detailed design of the Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong, a world record 1018 metres main span cable-stayed bridge spanning the Rambler Channel between Tsing Yi Island and Stonecutters Island has started.
• The Fehmarn Belt bridge is planned as a double-span cable-stayed bridge, crossing the Fehmarn Belt between Fehmarn, Germany and Lolland, Denmark with a total length of 19 kilometres (12 mi).
• The John James Audubon Bridge (Mississippi River) in Louisiana, United States will span the Mississippi River at one of its widest points, connecting Pointe Coupee Parish and West Feliciana Parish. When construction finishes in 2010, the bridge will be the crowning achievement of the Zachary Taylor Parkway.
• The New Peace Bridge spanning the Niagara River between Buffalo, New York and Fort Erie, Ontario. This will run alongside the current Peace Bridge, constructed in 1927. Although the proposal was approved in 2005, planning and construction is still in the preliminary phases.
• The new Pelješac bridge in Croatia connecting the Croatian teritory, spaning the bay between the mainland and a Peljesac peninsula. It's 2300m long and 55m high beam/cable-stayed bridge, with a main span of 568m. This span will be the second largest in Europe. Construction starts in summer 2007.

[edit] See also

• List of bridges by length
• List of largest suspension bridges
• List of largest cantilever bridges
• List of spans

[edit] References

• Nicolas Janberg, Cable-stayed bridges, Structurae (an extensive database of structures including many cable-stayed bridges)