This article presents the list of the 35 longest suspension bridges in the world, according to the length of their main span.
By suspension bridge is meant a type of bridge supported by cables or suspension rods. This list includes the bridges according to the length of the main span, that is, the stretch suspended between the two towers.
First place is occupied by the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, located between the island of Kobe and the island of Awaji, in Japan. This suspension bridge has a total length of 3911 meters, with a central span of 1991 meters. Its construction was completed in April 1998, after ten years of construction, during which no fatal accident occurred. In second place on the podium is the Xihoumen Bridge, built in the Zhoushan archipelago, China. The bridge was opened to the public in December 2009 and is 2600 meters long in total, with a central span of 1650 meters. Closing the podium of the largest suspension bridges in the world is the Great Belt Bridge. Part of the Danish road-rail network, the bridge connects the islands of Zealand and Fyon, crossing the Great Belt Strait. The main span of this bridge is 1624 meters long.
Note also for the presence of a Portuguese bridge in this list: the 25 de Abril Bridge . This suspension bridge connects the city of Lisbon to the city of Almada , crossing the Tagus River estuary . The bridge is 2277 meters long and the main span measures 1006 meters, thus ranking 33rd in the list of the largest suspension bridges in the world.
# | Bridge name | Span length | bridge length | Localization | Country |
1 | Akashi-Laikyo Bridge | 1991 meters | 3911 meters | Kobe | Japan |
2 | Xihaoumen Bridge | 1650 meters | 2600 meters | Zhoushan | China |
3 | Great Belt Bridge | 1624 meters | 6790 meters | korsor | Denmark |
4 | Osman Gazi Bridge | 1550 meters | 2620 meters | Gebze-Yalova | Turkey |
5 | Yi Sun Sin Bridge | 1545 meters | 2260 meters | Gwangyang-Yeosu | South Korea |
6 | Runyang Bridge | 1490 meters | 35 660 meters | Yangzhou-Zhenjiang | China |
7 | Nanking Bridge | 1418 meters | 1576 meters | India ink | China |
8 | Humber Bridge | 1410 meters | 2220 meters | East Riding | United Kingdom |
9 | Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge | 1408 meters | 2164 meters | Istanbul | Turkey |
10 | Jiangyin Suspension Bridge | 1385 meters | Jiangyin | China | |
11 | Tsing Ma Bridge | 1377 meters | 2160 meters | Tsing Yi | Hong Kong |
12 | Hardanger bridge | 1310 meters | 1380 meters | Hordaland | Norway |
13 | Verrazano-Narrows Bridge | 1298 meters | 4176 meters | New York | USA |
14 | Golden Gate Bridge | 1280 meters | 2737 meters | San Francisco | USA |
15 | Yangluo Bridge | 1280 meters | 2725 meters | wuhan | China |
16 | Hoga Kusten Bridge | 1210 meters | 1867 meters | Höga Kusten | Sweden |
17 | longjiang bridge | 1196 meters | 2471 meters | Yunnan | China |
18 | aizhai bridge | 1176 meters | 1534 meters | Jishou | China |
19 | Mackinac Bridge | 1158 meters | Mackinaw City | USA | |
20 | Ulsan bridge | 1150 meters | Ulsan | South Korea | |
21 | Qingshui River Bridge | 1130 meters | Guizhou | China | |
22 | Huangpu Bridge | 1108 meters | 7016 meters | Guangzhou | China |
23 | Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge | 1100 meters | 1723 meters | Sakaide – Shiwaku | Japan |
24 | Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge | 1090 meters | 1510 meters | Istanbul | Turkey |
25 | Baling River Bridge | 1088 meters | Guizhou | China | |
26 | Taizhou Bridge | 1080 meters | 2940 meters | Taizhou | China |
27 | Ma’anshan Bridge | 1080 meters | Ma’anshan | China | |
28 | Bosphorus Bridge | 1074 meters | 1560 meters | Istanbul | Turkey |
29 | George Washington Bridge | 1067 meters | 1451 meters | New York | USA |
30 | Third Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge | 1030 meters | 4015 meters | Oshima | Japan |
31 | Second Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge | 1020 meters | Oshima | Japan | |
32 | 25th of April Bridge | 1013 meters | 2277 meters | Lisbon | Portugal |
33 | Forth Road Bridge | 1006 meters | 2512 meters | queensferry | United Kingdom |
34 | Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge | 990 meters | 13 000 meters | Sakaide | Japan |
35 | Seven’s Bridge | 988 meters | 10 888 meters | Bristol | United Kingdom |