List of longest cantilever bridge spans

This list of cantilever bridges ranks the world's Cantilever bridges by the length of their main span. A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using cantilevers: structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end.

Completed cantilever bridges

This list only includes bridges that carry automobiles or trains. It does not include suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges, footbridges or pipeline bridges. The span must be 800 feet (244 m) or over to be included in the list.

Note: Click on each bridge's rank to go to the bridge's web-site. The list may be incomplete. Sourced additions are welcomed.
Rank Name Location Main span in meters (feet) Completed
1 Pont de Québec
(Largest from 1917 to

present)

 Quebec,  Canada 549 (1,800) 1917
2 Forth Bridge
(Largest from 1890 to 1917)		 Edinburgh/Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom 521 (1,710) (2x) 1890
3 Minato Bridge Osaka,  Japan 510 (1,673) 1973
4 Commodore Barry Bridge Chester, Pennsylvania to Bridgeport, New Jersey,  United States 501 (1,644) 1974
5 Crescent City Connection
 New Orleans, Louisiana,  United States 480 (1,575) 1958 (eastbound)
1988 (westbound)
6 Howrah Bridge Kolkata, West Bengal,  India 457 (1,500) 1943
7 Veterans Memorial Bridge
 Gramercy, Louisiana,  United States 445 (1,460) 1995
x Tokyo Gate Bridge Tokyo,  Japan 440 (1,443.5) 2012
8 San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (East Bay Span) (demolished) San Francisco, California,  United States 427 (1,400) 1936
x J. C. Van Horne Bridge Campbellton, New Brunswick to Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec,  Canada 380 (1,247) 1961
9 Astoria–Megler Bridge Astoria, Oregon to Point Ellice near Megler, Washington,  United States 376 (1,232) 1966
10 Horace Wilkinson Bridge Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  United States 376 (1,235) 1968
11 Tappan Zee Bridge Nyack, New York,  United States 369 (1,212) 1955
12 Lewis and Clark Bridge Longview, Washington,  United States 366 (1,200) 1930
13 Queensboro Bridge New York, New York,  United States 360 (1,182) 1909
14 Bridge of the Americas Panama City,  Panama 344 (1,128) 1962
15 Carquinez Bridge
(Parallel spans)		 Vallejo, California,  United States 335 (1,100) x2 1927 (southbound), demolished in 2007
1958 (northbound)
15 Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing Vancouver, British Columbia,  Canada 335 (1,100) 1961
x El Ferdan Railway Bridge near Ismailia,  Egypt 335 (1,100) 2001
17 Jacques Cartier Bridge Montreal, Quebec,  Canada 334 (1,096) 1930
18 Hart Bridge Jacksonville, Florida,  United States 331.6 (1,088) 1967
19 Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Richmond, California,  United States 326 (1,070) x2 1956
20 John P. Grace Memorial Bridge Charleston, South Carolina,  United States 320 (1,050) 1929
(demolished in 2006)
21 Newburgh-Beacon Bridge Newburgh, New York,  United States 305 (1,000) 1963 (westbound)
1981 (eastbound)
22 Stolma Bridge Austevoll,  Norway 301 (988) 1998
23 Raftsund Bridge Vesterålen,  Norway 298 (978) 1998
24 Sundøy Bridge Nordland,  Norway 298 (978) 2003
25 Martin Luther King Bridge St. Louis, Missouri,  United States 294 (964) 1950
26 Story Bridge Brisbane, Queensland,  Australia 282 (924) 1940
27 Caruthersville Bridge Caruthersville, Missouri,  United States 280 (919) 1975
28 Silver Memorial Bridge Henderson, West Virginia,  United States 274 (900) 1969
x Ravenswood Bridge Ravenswood, West Virginia to Meigs County, Ohio,  United States 274 (900) 1981
29 Carpenter Bridge St. Marys, West Virginia,  United States 274 (900) 1987
30 Carl Perkins Bridge Portsmouth, Ohio,  United States 274 (900) 1987
31 Blue Water Bridge Port Huron, Michigan,  United States to Sarnia, Ontario,  Canada 265 (871) 1938
32 Vicksburg Bridge Vicksburg, Mississippi,  United States 263 (870) 1973
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Tampa Bay, Florida,  United States 263 (864)[1] 1954 (original span)
1969 (second span)
Demolished 1993; replaced with cable-stayed bridge
34 Foresthill Bridge Foresthill, California,  United States 263 (862) 1972
x Branko's Bridge Belgrade,  Serbia 261 (856) 1957
35 Gateway Bridge Brisbane, Queensland,  Australia 260 (853) 1986
36 New Varodd Bridge Kristiansand, Vest-Agder,  Norway 260 (853) 1993
37 Huey P. Long Bridge Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  United States 258 (848) x2 1940
38 Natchez-Vidalia Bridge Natchez, Mississippi,  United States 258 (846) x2 1940 (westbound)
1988 (eastbound)
— 39 Cornwall Bridge Cornwall, Ontario,  Canada 257 (843) 1899
(demolished 1958)
40 Brownville Bridge Brownville, Nebraska,  United States 257 (840) 1939
41 Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge Greenville, Mississippi,  United States 257 (840) 1940
43 Brent Spence Bridge Covington, Kentucky,  United States 253 (830) 1963
44 Old Vicksburg Bridge Vicksburg, Mississippi,  United States 251 (825) 1930
45 Sunshine Bridge St. James Parish, Louisiana,  United States 251 (825) 1964
46 George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge Louisville, Kentucky,  United States 250 (820) x2 1929
x Skye Bridge  United Kingdom 250 (820) 1995
x Confederation Bridge Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island to

Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick, New Brunswick,  Canada

 250 (820) x43 1997
42 Helena Bridge Helena, Arkansas,  United States 245 (804) 1961
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Barker, R.M.; Puckett, J.A. (2013). Design of Highway Bridges: An LRFD Approach. Wiley. p. 21. ISBN 9781118332832. Retrieved 2015-08-27.

Durkee, Jackson (1999-05-24). "World’s Longest Bridge Spans" (PDF). National Steel Bridge Alliance. pp. 24–26. 

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