List of longest arch bridge spans

This list of the largest arch bridges ranks the world's arch bridges by the length of their main span. The length of the main span is the most common way to rank arch bridges. 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 anchorage to anchorage. The size of the main span may not always correlate with the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. However, the total length of bridges cannot be compared as there is no standard way to measure the total length of a bridge.

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Completed bridges

Rank Name Length in metres (feet) Span in metres (feet) Arch construction material Completed Location Country
1 Chaotianmen Bridge 1,741 m (5,712 ft) 552 m (1,811 ft) steel 2009 Chongqing People's Republic of China
2 Lupu Bridge 3,900 m (12,800 ft) 550 m (1,800 ft) steel/concrete 2003 Shanghai People's Republic of China
3 New River Gorge Bridge 924 m (3,031 ft) 518 m (1,699 ft) steel 1977 Fayetteville, West Virginia United States
4 Bayonne Bridge 1,761 m (5,778 ft) 504 m (1,654 ft) steel 1931 Kill Van Kull (New Jersey, New York) United States
5 Sydney Harbour Bridge 1,149 m (3,770 ft) 503 m (1,650 ft) steel 1932 Sydney Australia
6 Wushan Bridge[1] 612 m (2,008 ft) 460 m (1,510 ft) steel/concrete 2005 Chongqing People's Republic of China
Photo 7 Mingzhou Bridge 1,250 m (4,100 ft) 450 m (1,480 ft) steel 2011 Ningbo People's Republic of China
8 Wanxian Bridge[2] 864 m (2,835 ft) 420 m (1,380 ft) concrete 1997 Wanxian People's Republic of China
9 Caiyuanba Bridge[3] 1,741 m (5,712 ft) 420 m (1,380 ft) steel 2007[4] Chongqing People's Republic of China
10 Daninghe Bridge[5] 672 m (2,205 ft) 400 m (1,300 ft) steel/concrete 2010 Chongqing People's Republic of China
11 Lianxiang Bridge[6] 1,345 m (4,413 ft) 400 m (1,300 ft) steel/concrete 2007[7] Xiangtan People's Republic of China
12 Krk Bridge 1,430 m (4,690 ft) 390 m (1,280 ft) concrete 1980 Krk Croatia
13 Jinshajiang Bridge[8] 240 m (790 ft) 388 m (1,273 ft) concrete 1990 Yibin People's Republic of China
14 Fremont Bridge 656 m (2,152 ft) 382 m (1,253 ft) steel 1973 Portland, Oregon United States
Photo 15 Maocaojie Bridge 3,009 m (9,872 ft) 368 m (1,207 ft) steel/concrete 2007 Hunan People's Republic of China
16 Port Mann Bridge 2,093 m (6,867 ft) 366 m (1,201 ft) steel 1964 Surrey, British Columbia Canada
17 Žďákov Bridge[9] 543 m (1,781 ft) 362 m (1,188 ft) steel 1967 Orlík nad Vltavou  Czech Republic
Photo 18 Yajisha Bridge[10] 1,084 m (3,556 ft) 360 m (1,180 ft) steel/concrete 2000 Guangzhou People's Republic of China
Photo 19 Taipinghu Bridge &0000 ?? 352 m (1,155 ft) steel/concrete 2007 Huangtuling People's Republic of China
Photo 20 Nanning Yonghe Bridge &0000 ?? 335 m (1,099 ft) steel/concrete 2004 Nanning People's Republic of China
21 Laviolette Bridge 2,707 m (8,881 ft) 335 m (1,099 ft) steel 1967 Trois-Rivières Canada
Photo 22 Jiangjiehe Bridge[11] 461 m (1,512 ft) 330 m (1,080 ft) concrete 1993 Wengan People's Republic of China
23 Silver Jubilee Bridge 497 m (1,631 ft) 330 m (1,080 ft) steel 1961 Widnes/Runcorn  United Kingdom
[3] 24 Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge 579 m (1,900 ft) 329 m (1,079 ft) concrete-steel 2010 Hoover Dam United States
25 Roosevelt Lake Bridge[12] &0000 ?? 329 m (1,079 ft) steel 1990 Theodore Roosevelt Lake, Arizona United States
26 Birchenough Bridge 377 m (1,237 ft) 329 m (1,079 ft) steel 1935  Zimbabwe
27 Glen Canyon Dam Bridge 387 m (1,270 ft) 313 m (1,027 ft) steel 1964 Arizona United States
Photo 28 Yongjiang Bridge[13] &0000 ?? 312 m (1,024 ft) concrete 1996 Yongning People's Republic of China
29 Hell Gate Bridge 5,182 m (17,001 ft) 310 m (1,020 ft) steel 1916 New York United States
30 Pentele Bridge[14] 1,682 m (5,518 ft) 308 m (1,010 ft) steel 2007 Dunaújváros  Hungary
NR Lewiston-Queenston Bridge 488 m (1,601 ft) 305 m (1,001 ft) steel 1962 New York, Ontario United States / Canada
Photo NR Shin Kizugawa Bridge[15] 495 m (1,624 ft) 305 m (1,001 ft) steel 1994 Osaka Japan
NR Perrine Bridge 457 m (1,499 ft) 303 m (994 ft) steel 1974 Idaho United States
NR Gladesville Bridge 488 m (1,601 ft) 300 m (980 ft) concrete 1964 Sydney Australia
NR Seri Saujana Bridge 300 m (980 ft) 300 m (980 ft) steel 2003 Putrajaya  Malaysia
Photo NR Ohmishima Bridge[16] 328 m (1,076 ft) 297 m (974 ft) steel 1979 Ohmishima Japan
NR Friendship Bridge 552 m (1,811 ft) 290 m (950 ft) concrete 1965  Paraguay /  Brazil
NR Rainbow Bridge 442 m (1,450 ft) 289 m (948 ft) steel 1941 New York, Ontario United States / Canada
NR Van Brienenoordbrug 1,320 m (4,330 ft) 288 m (945 ft) steel 1965 Rotterdam  Netherlands
Photo NR Fengjie Meixi Bridge &0000 ?? 288 m (945 ft) steel/concrete 2001 Chongqing People's Republic of China
NR New Blue Water Bridge 1,862 m (6,109 ft) 281 m (922 ft) steel 1997 Port Huron, Michigan / Point Edward, Ontario United States / Canada
NR Infante D. Henrique Bridge[17] 371 m (1,217 ft) 280 m (920 ft) concrete 2002 Oporto  Portugal
Photo NR Qingchuan Bridge &0000 ?? 280 m (920 ft)  ?? 2000 Wuhan People's Republic of China
Photo NR Dongguang Shuidao Bridge[18] 380 m (1,250 ft) 280 m (920 ft) steel/concrete 2005 Guangdong People's Republic of China
Photo NR Yumemai Bridge[19] 878 m (2,881 ft) 280 m (920 ft) steel 2001 Osaka Japan
NR Moundsville Bridge &0000 ?? 278 m (912 ft) steel 1986 Moundsville, West Virginia United States
NR Almö Bridge[20] 667 m (2,188 ft) 278 m (912 ft) concrete 1960 Stenungsund  Sweden
NR Jefferson Barracks Bridge 1,219 m (3,999 ft) 277 m (909 ft) steel 1983 Missouri, Illinois United States
NR Hernando de Soto Bridge 5,954 m (19,534 ft) 274 m (899 ft) steel 1973 Arkansas, Tennessee United States
NR Bloukrans Bridge 451 m (1,480 ft) 272 m (892 ft) concrete 1984 Nature's Valley  South Africa
NR Arrabida Bridge 493 m (1,617 ft) 270 m (890 ft) concrete 1963 Oporto  Portugal
Photo NR Sananyong-jiangdaqiao Bridge[21] &0000 ?? 270 m (890 ft) steel/concrete 1998 Guangxi People's Republic of China
Photo NR Beimen Bridge[22] 1,780 m (5,840 ft) 270 m (890 ft) steel/concrete 2006 Beimen People's Republic of China
NR Eau Rouge Viaduct[23] 653 m (2,142 ft) 270 m (890 ft) steel 1993 Malmedy  Belgium
Photo NR Fujikawa Bridge[24] 381 m (1,250 ft) 265 m (869 ft) concrete 2005 Shizuoka Japan
NR Sandö Bridge 810 m (2,660 ft) 264 m (866 ft) concrete 1943 Kramfors Sweden
Photo NR Yibin Rongzhou Bridge[25] 505 m (1,657 ft) 260 m (850 ft) concrete 2004 Yibin People's Republic of China
Photo NR Chitose Bridge[26] 365 m (1,198 ft) 260 m (850 ft) steel 2003 Osaka Japan
Photo NR Takamatu Bridge[27] &0000 ?? 260 m (850 ft) concrete 2000 Miyazaki, Miyazaki Japan
Photo NR Saigo Bridge[28] 270 m (890 ft) 260 m (850 ft) steel 1977 Okinoshima, Shimane Japan
NR Suspended span of the Bridge of the Americas 1,654 m (5,427 ft) 259 m (850 ft) steel 1962 Balboa, Panama  Panama
NR Julien Dubuque Bridge 1,756 m (5,761 ft) 258 m (846 ft) steel 1943 Iowa, Illinois United States
NR Henry Hudson Bridge[29] 673 m (2,208 ft) 256 m (840 ft) steel 1936 New York City United States
NR Zigui Bridge[30] &0000 ?? 256 m (840 ft) steel 1998 Hubei People's Republic of China
NR Brücke der Solidarität 823 m (2,700 ft) 256 m (840 ft) steel 1950 Duisburg Germany
Photo NR Kishiwada Bridge[31] 445 m (1,460 ft) 255 m (837 ft) concrete 1993 Osaka Japan
NR Los Tilos Arch[32] 319 m (1,047 ft) 255 m (837 ft) concrete 2004 Canary Islands  Spain
Photo NR Shin Hamadera Bridge[33] &0000 ?? 254 m (833 ft) steel 1994 Sakai, Osaka Japan
NR Wild Gera Viaduct 552 m (1,811 ft) 252 m (827 ft) concrete 2000 Thuringian Forest Germany
Photo NR Nishinomiyako Bridge[34] &0000 ?? 252 m (827 ft) steel 1994 Nishinomiya Japan
NR Bob Cummings Lincoln Trail Bridge 826 m (2,710 ft) 251 m (823 ft) steel 1966 Indiana, Kentucky United States
Photo NR Changfeng Bridge[35] 372 m (1,220 ft) 251 m (823 ft) steel/concrete 2001 Taiyuan People's Republic of China
Photo NR Chateaubriand Bridge[36] 424 m (1,391 ft) 250 m (820 ft) concrete 1991 Brittany  France
Photo NR Hamm Railroad Bridge 813 m (2,667 ft) 250 m (820 ft) steel 1987 Düsseldorf-Hamm Germany
NR Fehmarnsund Bridge 963 m (3,159 ft) 248 m (814 ft) steel 1963 Großenbrode Germany
NR New Svinesund Bridge 704 m (2,310 ft) 247 m (810 ft) concrete 2005 Svinesund Sweden /  Norway
NR Šibenik Bridge[37] 390 m (1,280 ft) 246 m (807 ft) concrete 1966 Šibenik Croatia
Photo NR Barelang Bridge[38] 385 m (1,263 ft) 245 m (804 ft) concrete 1997  Indonesia
NR Sherman Minton Bridge 626 m (2,054 ft) 244 m (801 ft) steel 1962 Kentucky, Indiana United States
NR Waalbrug 604 m (1,982 ft) 244 m (801 ft) steel 1936 Nijmegen  Netherlands
NR Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge 1,200 m (3,900 ft) 240 m (790 ft) steel 2002 Brasília  Brazil
Photo NR Xiaonanmen Bridge[39] &0000 ?? 240 m (790 ft) concrete 1990 Yibin People's Republic of China
Photo NR New Saikai Bridge[40] &0000 ?? 240 m (790 ft) steel/concrete 2006 Seihi Japan
Photo NR Tongwamen Bridge[41] &0000 ?? 238 m (781 ft) steel/concrete 2001 Zhejiang People's Republic of China
Photo NR Beipanjiang Railroad Bridge[42] 486 m (1,594 ft) 236 m (774 ft) steel 2001 Guizhou People's Republic of China
Photo NR Beppu Myoban Bridge[43] 411 m (1,348 ft) 235 m (771 ft) concrete 1989 Beppu  Japan
Photo NR Alconétar Viaduct[44] 400 m (1,300 ft) 234 m (768 ft) steel 2006 Cáceres  Spain
Photo NR Irtysh River Bridge[45] 1,302 m (4,272 ft) 231 m (758 ft) steel 2004 Khanty-Mansiysk  Russia
NR Apollo Bridge 854 m (2,802 ft) 231 m (758 ft) steel 2005 Bratislava  Slovakia
NR Ponte Bisantis 468 m (1,535 ft) 231 m (758 ft) concrete 1962 Catanzaro  Italy
NR Daniel Carter Beard Bridge 640 m (2,100 ft) 231 m (758 ft) steel 1977 Ohio, Kentucky United States
NR Dreiländerbrücke 250 m (820 ft) 229 m (751 ft) steel 2007 Basel  Switzerland
NR McKees Rocks Bridge 2,225 m (7,300 ft) 229 m (751 ft) steel 1931 McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania United States
NR Fort Pitt Bridge 368 m (1,207 ft) 229 m (751 ft) steel 1959 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States
Photo NR Zaporizhia Bridge[46] &0000 ?? 228 m (748 ft) concrete 1952 Zaporizhia  Ukraine
Photo NR FAI 24 Bridge[47] 1,695 m (5,561 ft) 223 m (732 ft) steel 1973 Kentucky, Illinois United States
Photo NR Kyll Valley bridge[48] 645 m (2,116 ft) 223 m (732 ft) concrete 1999 Wilsecker Germany
NR New Navajo Bridge 877 m (2,877 ft) 221 m (725 ft) steel 1994 Arizona United States
Photo NR Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge[49] 7,657 m (25,121 ft) 216 m (709 ft) steel 1992 Hubei People's Republic of China
Photo NR Sakai Bridge[50] &0000 ?? 216 m (709 ft) steel 1955 Nagasaki Japan
NR Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge 371 m (1,217 ft) 213 m (699 ft) steel 1963 Santa Barbara County, California United States
Photo NR Martín Gil Viaduct[51] 408 m (1,339 ft) 210 m (690 ft) concrete 1942 Zamora  Spain
NR Kitakyushu Airport Access Bridge 2,100 m (6,900 ft) 210 m (690 ft) steel 2005 Kitakyūshū Japan
NR Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge 2,003 m (6,572 ft) 208 m (682 ft) steel 1956 Pennsylvania, New Jersey United States
Photo NR Wangchui Bridge &0000 ?? 208 m (682 ft) steel/concrete 2000 Xiangxi People's Republic of China
NR Västerbron 600 m (2,000 ft) 204 m (669 ft) steel 1935 Stockholm Sweden
NR Krka Bridge[52] 391 m (1,283 ft) 204 m (669 ft) concrete 2004 Skradin Croatia
NR Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge 899 m (2,949 ft) 204 m (669 ft) steel 1982 Iowa, Wisconsin United States
Photo NR Third Mianyang Bridge &0000 ?? 202 m (663 ft) steel/concrete 1997 Sichuan People's Republic of China
NR Maslenica Bridge (A1)[53] 378 m (1,240 ft) 200 m (660 ft) concrete 1997 Maslenica Croatia
Photo NR Fuling Bridge &0000 ?? 200 m (660 ft) concrete 1989 Fuling People's Republic of China
Photo NR Sanshi Bridge[54] 290 m (950 ft) 200 m (660 ft) steel 1995 Nanhai People's Republic of China

Many bridges with shorter span

Under construction

Name Span metres (feet) Length metres (feet) Arch construction material Expected completion Location Country Reference
Galena Creek Bridge 210 m (690 ft) 520 m (1,710 ft) concrete 2012 Reno, Nevada United States [55]
Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing 667 m (2,188 ft) 1,600 m (5,200 ft) 2012 Dubai United Arab Emirates [56]
Chenab Bridge 480 m (1,570 ft) 1,315 m (4,314 ft) steel/concrete 2017 Bakkal India
Xinguang Bridge 428 m (1,404 ft)  ??  ?? 2008 Guangzhou People's Republic of China [57]
Chunan Nanpu Bridge  ??  ??  ?? 2008 Guangzhou People's Republic of China

History of largest spans

References

Figures from ranked table are referenced through rank column links.

  1. ^ Wushan Bridge at Structurae
  2. ^ Wanxian Bridge at Structurae
  3. ^ Caiyuanba Bridge at Structurae
  4. ^ "Caiyuanba Bridge in Chongqing open to traffic-华龙网-英语频道". http://english.cqnews.net/system/2007/10/29/000928703.shtml. 
  5. ^ Daninghe Bridge at Structurae
  6. ^ Lianxiang Bridge at Structurae
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  8. ^ Jinshajiang Bridge at Structurae
  9. ^ "Arbeitsblatt 3". Karl-gotsch.de. http://www.karl-gotsch.de/Brdaten/Beschreibung_273.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-29. 
  10. ^ Yanjisha Bridge at Structurae
  11. ^ Jiangjiehe Bridge at Structurae
  12. ^ Roosevelt Lake Bridge at Structurae
  13. ^ Yongjiang Bridge at Structurae
  14. ^ Pentele Bridge at Structurae
  15. ^ Shin Kizugawa Bridge at Structurae
  16. ^ Ohmishima Bridge at Structurae
  17. ^ Infante D. Henrique Bridge at Structurae
  18. ^ "141". Arch-Bridges. http://www.arch-bridges.com/Show.asp?PaperID=141. 
  19. ^ Yumemai Bridge at Structurae
  20. ^ http://www.brueckenweb.de/datenbank/bruecken/brueckenblatt.php?bas=488
  21. ^ Sananyongjiangdaqiao Bridge at Structurae
  22. ^ "187". Arch-Bridges. http://www.arch-bridges.com/Show.asp?PaperID=187. 
  23. ^ Eau Rouge Viaduct at Structurae
  24. ^ Fujikawa Bridge at Structurae
  25. ^ "188". Arch-Bridges. http://www.arch-bridges.com/Show.asp?PaperID=188. 
  26. ^ http://www.matsuo-bridge.co.jp/japanese/data/bridge/chitose.htm
  27. ^ Takamatu Bridge at Structurae
  28. ^ Saigo Bridge at Structurae
  29. ^ Henry Hudson Bridge at Structurae
  30. ^ Zigui Bridge at Structurae
  31. ^ Kishiwada Bridge at Structurae
  32. ^ Los Tilos Arch at Structurae
  33. ^ [1]
  34. ^ Nishinomiyako Bridge at Structurae
  35. ^ "180". Arch-Bridges. http://www.arch-bridges.com/Show.asp?PaperID=180. 
  36. ^ Chateaubriand Bridge at Structurae
  37. ^ Šibenik Bridge at Structurae
  38. ^ [2]
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  40. ^ "94". Arch-Bridges. http://www.arch-bridges.com/Show.asp?PaperID=94. 
  41. ^ "174". Arch-Bridges. http://www.arch-bridges.com/Show.asp?PaperID=174. 
  42. ^ "projects". Brdi.com.cn. http://www.brdi.com.cn/english/bridges/arch_beipanjiang.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-29. 
  43. ^ Beppu Myoban Bridge at Structurae
  44. ^ Alconétar Viaduct at Structurae
  45. ^ Irtysh River Bridge at Structurae
  46. ^ Zaporizhia Bridge at Structurae
  47. ^ FAI 24 Bridge at Structurae
  48. ^ Kyll Valley bridge at Structurae
  49. ^ Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge at Structurae
  50. ^ Sakai Bridge at Structurae
  51. ^ Martín Gil Viaduct at Structurae
  52. ^ Krka River Bridge at Structurae
  53. ^ Maslenica Bridge at Structurae
  54. ^ Sanshi Bridge at Structurae
  55. ^ http://www.freewayextension.com/
  56. ^ "Dubai to build world's longest single arch bridge | Transport and Logistics". AMEinfo.com. http://www.ameinfo.com/150163.html. Retrieved 2010-09-29. 
  57. ^ Xinguang Bridge at Structurae
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