Talk:List of longest arch bridge spans

Chaotainmen Bridge

The Chaitainment Bridge is listed as being 17.4 trillion meters. Unless it's connecting Pluto to the sun, I think that might be incorrect. Can someone confirm this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.32.10.150 (talk) 23:47, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Unclear?

Does the table mean list of arch bridges by length of span? I assume so, since it sure isn't by the column labeled length. If so, shouldn't the wording of the first sentence say that, instead of just list of arch bridges by length? Gzuckier 20:06, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

I think it is explained in leading section. Span lenght is chosen as the closest to length of main arch. Leading section can be reprased to explain it better. Maybe article name can be List of largest arch bridges, but till now nobody have problem with that. --Jklamo 20:34, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

List reformat

I am working on the list reformat. You can help me on User:Jklamo/List of the largest arch bridges or suggest there another format changes. --Jklamo 17:31, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Missed Bridge

This bridge should be included in the list. It is the Fred Redmon Bridge in Washington State.

http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7268

In addition to the above, the Newark Bay Bridge, with a main span of 1,270 ft, was also excluded. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.250.246.19 (talk) 21:17, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

• Grümpentalbrücke [2], 270 m
• Talbrücke Froschgrundsee [3], 270
• Hammer Eisenbahnbrücke [4], 250 m --188.98.12.103 (talk) 08:46, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Overall length

This list is shaping up nicely.

While working on List of largest suspension bridges it became clear that there is no agreed upon way to measure the overall length of a bridge. Some are measured from the beginning of the first span to the end of the last. Some are from the beginning of the first ramp to the end of the last. Some are from the beginning of the construction project to the end. Some are from the last exit on the road before the bridge to the first one after. Sometimes you can find out how the length was measured. Sometimes the information is not available. This is not a problem with the lengths of spans.

Since there is no agreed upon convention for overall length, there isn't much value in comparing all these apples and oranges (pears, strawberries, etc...) on a list. If they remain, there should be a note of explanation, but I'd advocate removing the entire column. I'd rather see the location of the bridge in more detail (not just the city). -- ☑ SamuelWantman 02:20, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, overall lenght number is sometime incomparable. I prefer explanation note than removing all column. I'd welcomed to see more detailed location than country. Maybe two more columns Crosses and City (Village) will be the best. --Jklamo 15:38, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Banghwa Bridge

Data for Banghwa Bridge are sourced from there [5] (i.e. from there [6]. If somenoe has another numbers for that bridge, show it. --Jklamo 20:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, that source [7] claimed that 540m is lenght of all 5 spans and that [8] real lenght of arch span. I will correct it. --Jklamo 20:15, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Removed section of table

The following chunk was commented out, presumably these bridges are too short.

	Rank	Name	Span metres (feet)	Length metres (feet)	Arch construction material	Completed	Location	Country
Linked photo	[9]	Fourth Qiantang River Bridge	196 m (643 ft)	&1376 1,376 m (4,514 ft)	concrete	1997	Hangzhou	People's Republic of China
	[10]	Pag Bridge	195 m (640 ft)	&0300 300 m (984 ft)	concrete	1968		Croatia
Linked photo	[11]	Regenta Arch Bridge	190 m (623 ft)	&0381 381 m (1,250 ft)	concrete	1996	Asturias	Spain
	[12]	Nada Bridge	190 m (623 ft)	&0370 370 m (1,214 ft)	steel	1983	Kobe	Japan
	[13]	Banghwa Bridge	180 m (591 ft)	2,599 m (8,527 ft)	steel	2000		South Korea
Linked photo	[14]	Old Nösslachbrücke	180 m (591 ft)	358 m (1,175 ft)	concrete	1967		Austria
	[15]	Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge	177 m (581 ft)	479 m (1,572 ft)	concrete	1994		U.S.
Linked photo	[16]	Cittadella Bridge	176 m (577 ft)	482 m (1,581 ft)	steel	2001		Italy
Linked photo	[17]	Bamban Bridge	174 m (571 ft)	174 m (571 ft)	steel	1998		Philippines
	[18]	D. Luís Bridge	172 m (564 ft)	385 m (1,263 ft)	iron	1886		Portugal
Linked photo	[19]	Dintelhaven Bridge	170 m (558 ft)	270 m (886 ft)	steel	1999		Netherlands
	[20]	Müngsten Viaduct	170 m (558 ft)	465 m (1,526 ft)	steel	1897		Germany
	[21]	Alexander Hamilton Bridge	169 m (554 ft)	724 m (2,375 ft)	steel	1963		U.S.
	[22]	La Vicaria Arch	168 m (551 ft)	260 m (853 ft)	Composite Concrete-Steel	2007		Spain
	[23]	La Barqueta Arch	168 m (551 ft)	168 m (551 ft)	Steel	1992		Spain
	[24]	Bolshoy Krashokholmsky Bridge	168 m (551 ft)	725 m (2,379 ft)	steel	1938		Russia
	[25]	Fred Redmon Bridge	167 m (548 ft)	408 m (1,339 ft)	concrete	1971		U.S.
150px	[26]	El Burguillo Arch Bridge	165 m (541 ft)	268 m (879 ft)	concrete	1999		Spain
	[27]	Ricobayo Arch	164 m (538 ft)	219 m (719 ft)	Composite Concrete-Steel	1995		Spain
	[28]	Garabit viaduct	165 m (541 ft)	565 m (1,854 ft)	steel	1884		France
Linked photo	[29]	Tennessee River I-24 Bridge	163 m (535 ft)	642 m (2,106 ft)	steel	1974		U.S.
Linked photo	[30]	Heishipu Bridge	162 m (531 ft)	3,068 m (10,066 ft)	steel	2004		China
	[31]	Veitshöchheim Viaduct	162 m (531 ft)	1,315 m (4,314 ft)	concrete	1986		Germany
	[32]	Tyne Bridge	161 m (528 ft)	389 m (1,276 ft)	steel	1928		United Kingdom
	[33]	Maria Pia Bridge	160 m (525 ft)	563 m (1,847 ft)	iron	1877		Portugal
Linked photo	[34]	Niufo Bridge	160 m (525 ft)	244 m (801 ft)	concrete	1990		China
Linked photo	[35]	Pitan Freeway Bridge	160 m (525 ft)	814 m (2,671 ft)	concrete	1996		Taiwan
	[36]	Guandu Bridge	160 m (525 ft)	??	steel	1983		Taiwan
	[37]	Eads Bridge	158 m (518 ft)	1,964 m (6,444 ft)	steel	1874		U.S.
	[38]	Washington Bridge	155 m (509 ft)	724 m (2,375 ft)	steel	1888		U.S.
	[39]	Podolsko Bridge	150 m (492 ft)	510 m (1,673 ft)	concrete	1942		Czech Republic
Linked photo	[40]	Mamingxi Bridge	150 m (492 ft)	??	concrete	1979		China
Linked photo	[41]	Qianhe Bridge	150 m (492 ft)	??	concrete	1968		China
Linked photo	[42]	Jianhe Bridge	150 m (492 ft)	??	concrete	1985		China
Linked photo	[43]	Huayudong Bridge	150 m (492 ft)	??	concrete	1991		China
Linked photo	[44]	Yongdinghe Bridge	150 m (492 ft)	??	steel	1966		China
	[45]	Old Teufelstalbrücke	138 m (453 ft)	270 m (886 ft)	concrete	1938		Germany
	[46]	New Teufelstalbrücke	138 m (453 ft)	253 m (830 ft)	concrete	1997		Germany not completed
		Cetina 1 Bridge	140 m (459 ft)	210 m (689 ft)	concrete	2007		Croatia
	[47]	Alsea Bay Bridge	137 m (449 ft)	887 m (2,910 ft)	steel	1991		U.S.
	[48]	High Bridge	135 m (443 ft)	600 m (1,969 ft)	steel	1927arc completed		U.S.
	[49]	Sixteenth Street Bridge	133 m (436 ft)	608 m (1,995 ft)	steel	1923		U.S.
Linked photo	[50]	Shuikou Power Station Bridge	132 m (433 ft)	??	concrete	1988		China
	[51]	Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge	189 m (620 ft)	2,170 m (7,119 ft)	concrete	1987	Illinois	United States
	[52]	Bourne Bridge	188 m (617 ft)	727 m (2,385 ft)	steel	1935	Massachusetts	United States
	[53]	Sagamore Bridge	188 m (617 ft)	430 m (1,411 ft)	steel	1935	Massachusetts	United States
	[54]	City Bridge	187 m (614 ft)	200 m (656 ft)	concrete	2004	Newport, Wales	Wales
Linked photo	[55]	Antas River Bridge	186 m (610 ft)	288 m (945 ft)	concrete	1952		Brazil
	[56]	Birmingham Bridge	185 m (607 ft)	507 m (1,663 ft)	steel	1976	Pennsylvania	United States
	[57]	Rio Almonte Arch	184 m (604 ft)	432 m (1,417 ft)	concrete	2005	Cáceres	Spain
	[58]	Pennybacker Bridge	183 m (600 ft)	351 m (1,152 ft)	steel	1982	Texas	United States
	[59]	Yaquina Bay Bridge	183 m (600 ft)	982 m (3,222 ft)	steel	1931	Oregon	United States
	[60]	Charles J. Arrigoni Bridge	183 m (600 ft)	1,045 m (3,428 ft)	steel	1938	Connecticut	United States
Linked photo	[61]	Daniel Webster Hoan Memorial Bridge	183 m (600 ft)	??	steel	1973	Wisconsin	United States

Wuchaohe Bridge, 120 m, stone !

Rich Farmbrough, 13:34 14 September 2007 (GMT).

Some modifications made on this list --Glabb (talk) 07:10, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

We should probably put some of these back. I just checked Arrigoni Bridge on Structurae, and found the arches over 200m. - Denimadept (talk) 21:41, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Update on french list

Hello, the french version of this list (Liste des ponts en arc les plus longs) have been updated with many corrections and new bridges added. It was difficult to work on the Mediawiki code for this list and there was some problems with the "Rank" column so we decided to work on an excel file with a manual numbering. The transposition is very easy with the "Concatenation" function, you can put the code on the modification page with a simple copy/paste.

The XLS file is available on this page : ledefi.pagesperso-orange.fr/Ponts2.htm (see Ponts en arc les plus grands].

There is unfortunately a little problem between the english and the french version : bridges names and locations haven't the same traduction (for example, the first one Chaotianmen Bridge is translated into Pont de Chaotianmen and China is translated into Chine, otherwise we could use the same xls file for two languages.

You can read more explanations on the discussion page of french version of this list.

Also, a wikimedia category have been created with all bridges present on this list : Category:Longest arch bridges

--Glabb (talk) 07:03, 31 July 2010 (UTC) (Utilisateur:Glabb and discussion page :Discussion utilisateur:Glabb)

Yet another bridge missing

Nanjing Dashengguan bridge is missing, it is located in Nanjing of China over yangtze river. The bridge's total length is 9272M with two main steel arches of 336M each. It is part of the Shanghai-Beijing high speed rail system, it has total 4 high speed rail tracks and 2 metro tracks. the construction of the bridge was completed in October 2009, and it will be open to traffic in 2011 along with the Shanghai-Beijing high speed railway. http://news.yorkbbs.ca/world/2009-09/337839.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.229.67.40 (talk) 06:15, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

So add it. - Denimadept (talk) 06:32, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was move per request, and without the the.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:34, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

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List of the largest arch bridges → List of the longest arch bridges – It seems clear that "largest" actually means "longest". If at the same time we want to delete the word "the", and/or somehow include the word "span" (per List of longest suspension bridge spans) to make it clear in what sense "longest" is used, then fine. 86.179.115.82 (talk) 20:50, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Agree per OP. - Denimadept (talk) 20:58, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Support: First sentence of the article says it. –CWenger (^ • @) 21:14, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Move to List of longest arch bridge spans. "The" is not needed and is not usual on Wikipedia. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:12, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.