List of longest cantilever bridges

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The Howrah Bridge is one of the busiest cantilever bridges in the world

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.

[edit] Completed cantilever bridges

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

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
125 - Québec - Pont de Québec de nuit - Septembre 2009.jpg 1 Pont de Québec
(Largest from 1917 to present)
Quebec,  Canada 549 (1,800) 1917
ForthRailwayBridge 27-06-2005 2150 TakenByEuchiasmus.JPG 2 Forth Bridge (railway)
(Largest from 1890 to 1917)
Edinburgh/Fife,  United Kingdom (Scotland) 521 (1,710) (2x) 1890
Minato Ohashi Osaka JPN 001.jpg 3 Minato Bridge Osaka,  Japan 510 (1,673) 1973
Commodore Barry Bridge From Ferry Rd.jpg 4 Commodore Barry Bridge Chester, Pennsylvania and Bridgeport, New Jersey,  United States 501 (1,644) 1974
CrescentCityConnection.jpg 5 Crescent City Connection
New Orleans, Louisiana,  United States 480 (1,575) 1958 (eastbound)
1988 (westbound)
Howrah Bridge.jpg 6 Howrah Bridge Kolkata, West Bengal,  India 457 (1,500) 1943
Gramercy bridge.JPG 7 Veterans Memorial Bridge
(Gramercy Bridge)
Louisiana,  United States 445 (1,460) 1995
EasternSFO OAKBrFromTI.jpg 8 San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (East Bay Span) San Francisco, California,  United States 427 (1,400) 1936
Horace Wilkinson Bridge southeast.jpg 9 Horace Wilkinson Bridge Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  United States 376 (1,235) 1968
TappanZeeBridgeFromBelow.JPG 10 Tappan Zee Bridge New York, New York,  United States 369 (1,212) 1955
Lewis&ClarkBridgeSP.jpg 12 Lewis and Clark Bridge Longview, Washington,  United States 366 (1,200) 1930
Queensboro Bridge closeup.jpg 13 Queensboro Bridge New York, New York,  United States 360 (1,182) 1909
Bridge of the Americas.jpg 14 Bridge of the Americas Panama City,  Panama 344 (1,128) 1962
Carquinez Bridge 9-1-2007 From Northeast.jpg 15 Carquinez Bridge
(twin spans)
Vallejo, California,  United States 335 (1,100) x2 1927 (southbound), demolished in 2007
1958 (northbound)
Ironworkers Memorial Bridge Vancouver BC.jpg 15 Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing Vancouver, British Columbia,  Canada 335 (1,100) 1961
JCTERbrige.jpg 17 Jacques Cartier Bridge Montreal, Quebec,  Canada 334 (1,097) 1930
Eastbound approaching Hart Bridge.jpg 18 Hart Bridge Jacksonville, Florida,  United States 332 (1,088) 1967
Richmond-San Rafeal Bridge wide.jpg 19 Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Richmond, California,  United States 326 (1,070) x2 1956
Grace Memorial Bridge 08-08-1929.jpg 20 John P. Grace Memorial Bridge Charleston, South Carolina,  United States 320 (1,050) 1929
(demolished in 2006)
Newburgh-Beacon Bridge 2.jpg 21 Newburgh-Beacon Bridge Newburgh, New York,  United States 305 (1,000) 1963 (westbound)
1981 (eastbound)
Linked photo 22 Stolma Bridge Austevoll,  Norway 301 (988) 1998
Raftsund bridge.jpg 23 Raftsund Bridge Vesterålen,  Norway 298 (978) 1998
Sundøybrua 002.JPG 24 Sundøy Bridge Nordland,  Norway 298 (978) 2003
MartinLutherKingBridge StLouis MO.jpg 25 Martin Luther King Bridge St. Louis, Missouri,  United States 294 (964) 1950
BNE-StoryBridge-fromCityCat.jpg 26 Story Bridge Brisbane, Queensland,  Australia 282 (924) 1940
Caruthersville Bridge1.jpg 27 Caruthersville Bridge Caruthersville, Missouri,  United States 280 (919) 1975
28 Silver Memorial Bridge Henderson, West Virginia,  United States 274 (900) 1969
Linked photo 29 Carpenter Bridge St. Marys, West Virginia,  United States 274 (900) 1987
Carl Perkins Bridge 1.jpg 30 Carl Perkins Bridge Portsmouth, Ohio,  United States 274 (900) 1987
Blue Water Bridge 2006.JPG 31 Blue Water Bridge Port Huron, Michigan,  United States/Sarnia, Ontario,  Canada 265 (871) 1938
Vicksburg-bridge.JPG 32 Vicksburg Bridge Vicksburg, Mississippi,  United States 263 (870) 1973
33 Sunshine Skyway Bridge
(twin spans)
Tampa, Florida,  United States 263 (863) 1954 (northbound), demolished 1993;
1969 (southbound), destroyed 1980
Foresthill bridge 1978.jpg 34 Foresthill Bridge Foresthill, California,  United States 263 (862) 1972
GatewayBridge800.jpg 35 Gateway Bridge Brisbane, Queensland,  Australia 260 (853) 1986
Varoddbruene 01.jpg 36 New Varodd Bridge Kristiansand, Vest-Agder,  Norway 260 (853) 1993
Huey P Long Bridge Baton Rouge northwest 1.jpg 37 Huey P. Long Bridge Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  United States 258 (848) x2 1940
Linked photo 38 Natchez-Vidalia Bridge Natchez, Mississippi,  United States 258 (846) x2 1940 (westbound)
1988 (eastbound)
Linked photo 39 Cornwall Bridge Cornwall, Ontario,  Canada 257 (843) 1899
(demolished 1958)
Brownville-bridge.jpg 40 Brownville Bridge Brownville, Nebraska,  United States 257 (840) 1939
Greenvillebridges.jpg 41 Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge Greenville, Mississippi,  United States 257 (840) 1940
Helena Bridge.jpg 42 Helena Bridge Helena, Arkansas,  United States 257 (840) 1961
Cincinnati-truss-bridge2.jpg 43 Brent Spence Bridge Covington, Kentucky,  United States 253 (830) 1963
Vicksburg-bridge.JPG 44 Old Vicksburg Bridge Vicksburg, Mississippi,  United States 251 (825) 1930
SunShine Bridge.jpg 45 Sunshine Bridge St. James Parish, Louisiana,  United States 251 (825) 1964
Clarkmemorial.jpg 46 George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge Louisville, Kentucky,  United States 250 (820) x2 1929
many bridges with shorter span

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Durkee, Jackson (1999-05-24). "World’s Longest Bridge Spans". National Steel Bridge Alliance. pp. 24–26. http://www.aisc.org/Content/ContentGroups/Documents/NSBA5/20_NSBA_LongestSpans.PDF. 

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