List of world's tallest bridges

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A list of world's tallest bridges, sorted by clearance from ground/water to deck.

Bridge Height of pillars Clearance below Type Year of construction Country Territory/ Municipality Use Remarks /
Royal Gorge Bridge 46 m 321 m Suspension 1929 USA Colorado Road
Millau Viaduct 343 m 270 m Cable-stayed 2004 France Millau Motorway
Sutong Bridge 306 m 62 m Cable-stayed 2008 China Changshu Motorway World's longest cable stayed bridge
New River Gorge Bridge 267 m Steel arch 1977 USA West Virginia
Foresthill Bridge 223m Steel cantilever 1973 USA California
Mala Rijeka viaduct 200 m Concrete 1973 Montenegro Railway
Europabrücke 146 m 190 m Concrete 1963 Austria Patsch Motorway
Đurđevića Tara Bridge 172 m Arch 1940 Montenegro Road
Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge 298.3 m 65 m Suspension 1998 Japan Kobe Motorway
Great Belt East Bridge 254 m 65 m Suspension 1998 Denmark Sprogo Island Motorway
Golden Gate Bridge 227.4 m 67 m Suspension 1937 USA San Francisco Road
Tatara Bridge 220 m 26 m Cable-stayed 1999 Japan Imabari
Jambatan Pulau Pinang 101 m 33 m Cable-stayed 1985 Malaysia Pulau Pinang
Pont de Normandie 215 m Cable-stayed 1995 France Le Havre Expresway
Verrazano Narrows Bridge 211.3 m 69 m Suspension 1964 USA New York City Motorway
Tsing Ma Bridge 206 m Suspension 1997 China Hongkong
Mezcala-Solidaridad Bridge  ? m 1993 Mexico Mártir de Cuilapan
Ting Kau Bridge 201.6 m 1998 China Hong Kong
Oresund Bridge 203.5 m 57 m Cable-stayed 2000 Sweden Malmö Motorway, partly also railway
Pearl River Huangpu Bridge 201 m 2006 China Guangzhou
Ponte 25 de Abril 190.5 m 1966 Portugal Lisbon Motorway
Höga Kustenbron 180 m 40 m Suspension 1997 Sweden Kramfors
Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge  ? m 1988 Japan Sakaide
Kurushima Kaikyo  ? m 1999 Japan Imabari
Kocher Valley Bridge 185.5 m 1979 Germany Geislingen, Kocher Motorway
George Washington Bridge 184.1 m Suspension 1931 USA Fort Lee, New Jersey
Kao-Ping Hsi Bridge 183.5 m 2000 Taiwan Kaohsiung
Kita-Bisan Seto Bridge  ? m 1985 Japan Sakaide
San Juanico Bridge 41m 1969 Philippines western samar leyte
Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge 174 m 2005 USA Charleston, South Carolina
Ting Kau Bridge 173.3 m 1998 China Hongkong
Mega Bridge 173 m 2006 Thailand Bangkok
Rama VIII Bridge 170.4 m 2002 Thailand Bangkok
Bosphorus Bridge 169 m Suspension 1974 Turkey Istanbul Motorway
Mackinac Bridge 168.2 m Suspension 1957 USA St. Ignace
Grenland Bridge 166 m 1996 Norway Porsgrunn
Ting Kau Bridge 164.3 m 1998 China Hong Kong
Humber Bridge 162 m UK Kingston upon Hull
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge (West) 160.3 m 1936 USA San Francisco Motorway
3rd Tacoma Narrows Bridge 155.5 m 2007 USA Tacoma
Alex Fraser Bridge 154 m 1986 Canada Delta
Zhanjiang Bay Bridge 153.4 m 2006 China Zhanjiang
Hitsuishijima Bridge  ? m 1988 Japan Sakaide
Skarnsund Bridge 152 m 1991 Norway Mosvik
Forth Road Bridge 150.1 m 1964 UK Edinburgh
2nd Tacoma Narrows Bridge 150 m 1950 USA Tacoma
Humen Bridge 147.6 m 1997 China Guangzhou

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