List of longest suspension bridge spans

The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e., the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of the main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of suspension bridges, often correlating with the height of the towers and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge.^[4] 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 abutment to abutment).

The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey, opened in 2022, has the longest central span (2,023 m) of any suspension bridge.^[1][2][3]

Suspension bridges have the longest spans of any type of bridge. Cable-stayed bridges, the next longest design, are practical for spans up to just over 1 kilometre (the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world has a 1,104m span). Therefore, as of January 2025, the 33 longest bridges on this list are the 33 longest spans of all types of vehicular bridges (other than floating pontoon bridges).

The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey holds the record since opening to traffic in March 2022, with a span of 2,023 metres (6,637 ft).^[1][3] Since 1998, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan previously held the record with a span of 1,991 metres (6,532 ft).

Completed suspension bridges

This list includes only completed suspension bridges that carry automobiles or trains that are at least 1,000 m (3,300 ft) long. It does not include cable-stayed bridges, footbridges, or pipeline bridges.

Green

Denotes bridge that contains or previously contained the longest span in the world

Image	Name	Main span metres (feet)	Year opened	Location	Country	Ref.
	1915 Çanakkale Bridge	2,023 m (6,637.1 ft)	2022	Gelibolu – Lapseki (Dardanelles) 40°20′18″N 26°37′58″E	Turkey	[5]
	Akashi Kaikyo Bridge	1,991 m (6,532.2 ft)	1998	Kobe (Hyōgo) 34°37′1.3″N 135°1′18.9″E	Japan	[6]
	Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge	1,700 m (5,577.4 ft)	2019	Wuhan (Hubei) 30°30′24″N 114°15′24″E	China	[7]
	Nansha Bridge (East span)	1,688 m (5,538.1 ft)	2019	Dongguan (Guangdong) 22°53′05.1″N 113°33′56.4″E	China	[8]
	Shenzhen–Zhongshan Bridge	1,666 m (5,466 ft)	2024	Shenzhen (Guangdong) 22°35′37.6″N 113°46′05.6″E	China
	Xihoumen Bridge	1,650 m (5,413.4 ft)	2009	Zhoushan (Zhejiang) 30°3′42.4″N 121°54′57.6″E	China	[9]
	Great Belt Bridge	1,624 m (5,328.1 ft)	1998	Korsør – Sprogø (Region Zealand) 55°20′31″N 11°2′9.3″E	Denmark	[10]
	Ningyang Yangtze River Bridge [zh]	1,560 m (5,120 ft)	2025	Nanjing-Yangzhou (Jiangsu) 32°14′40″N 119°05′14″E	China	[11]
	Osman Gazi Bridge	1,550 m (5,085.3 ft)	2016	Dilovası – Altınova (Gulf of İzmit) 40°45′15″N 29°30′55″E	Turkey	[12]
	Yi Sun-sin Bridge	1,545 m (5,068.9 ft)	2012	Gwangyang – Yeosu (South Jeolla Province) 34°54′21.4″N 127°42′18.1″E	South Korea	[13]
	Runyang Bridge	1,490 m (4,888.5 ft)	2005	Yangzhou – Zhenjiang (Jiangsu) 32°12′24.6″N 119°21′49.9″E	China	[14][15]
	Second Dongtinghu Bridge [zh]	1,480 m (4,855.6 ft)	2018	Yueyang (Hunan) 29°25′29″N 113°07′20″E	China	[16][17]
	Nanjing Fourth Yangtze Bridge	1,418 m (4,652.2 ft)	2012	Nanjing (Jiangsu) 32°10′39.9″N 118°56′24.5″E	China	[18]
	Humber Bridge	1,410 m (4,626.0 ft)	1981	Hessle – Barton-upon-Humber (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire) 53°42′28.7″N 0°27′0.3″W	United Kingdom	[19][20]
	Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge	1,408 m (4,619.4 ft)	2016	Istanbul (Bosphorus) 41°12′31″N 29°7′5″E	Turkey	[21][22]
	Jin'an Bridge	1,386 m (4,547 ft)	2020	Lijiang, Yunnan 26°49′20″N 100°26′30″E	China	[23]
	Jiangyin Bridge	1,385 m (4,544.0 ft)	1999	Jiangyin – Jingjiang (Jiangsu) 31°56′43.1″N 120°16′10″E	China	[24]
	Tsing Ma Bridge	1,377 m (4,517.7 ft)	1997	Tsing Yi – Ma Wan (Hong Kong) 22°21′4.8″N 114°4′25.6″E	China（ Hong Kong SAR）	[25]
	Hardanger Bridge	1,310 m (4,297.9 ft)	2013	Ulvik – Eidfjord (Vestland) 60°28′42.9″N 6°49′47.2″E	Norway	[26][27]
	Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge	1,298 m (4,258.5 ft)	1964	New York City (New York) 40°36′23″N 74°2′43.2″W	United States	[28]
	Golden Gate Bridge	1,280 m (4,199.5 ft)	1937	San Francisco – Marin County (California) 37°49′9.5″N 122°28′43.9″W	United States	[29]
	Yangluo Bridge	1,280 m (4,199.5 ft)	2007	Wuhan (Hubei) 30°38′12.9″N 114°33′17.8″E	China	[30]
	Höga Kusten Bridge	1,210 m (3,969.8 ft)	1997	Utansjö (Västernorrland County) 62°47′53″N 17°56′15″E	Sweden	[31]
	Nansha Bridge (West span)	1,200 m (3,937.0 ft)	2019	Dongguan (Guangdong) 22°52′59.8″N 113°31′08.0″E	China	[8]
	Hongjun Chishuihe Bridge	1,200 m (3,937.0 ft)	2019[32]	Xishui (Guizhou)–Gulin (Sichuan)	China	[33][34]
	Longjiang River Bridge	1,196 m (3,923.9 ft)	2016	Wuhexiang (Yunnan) 24°50′19.7″N 98°40′19.9″E	China	[35]
	Aizhai Bridge	1,176 m (3,858.3 ft)	2012	Jishou (Hunan) 28°19′54.1″N 109°35′53.2″E	China	[36]
	Wujiagang Yangtze River Bridge [zh] 伍家岗长江大桥	1,160 m (3,810 ft)	2021	Yichang (Hubei) 30°37′03″N 111°21′37″E	China	[37]
	Mackinac Bridge	1,158 m (3,799.2 ft)	1957	Mackinaw City – St. Ignace (Michigan) 45°48′56″N 84°43′40.6″W	United States	[38]
	Ulsan Bridge	1,150 m (3,773.0 ft)	2015	Ulsan 35°30′41″N 129°23′28″E	South Korea	[39][40]
	Hålogaland Bridge	1,145 m (3,756.6 ft)	2018	Rombaken, Narvik 68°27′32″N 17°28′56″E	Norway	[41]
	Qingshui River Bridge	1,130 m (3,707.3 ft)	2015	Kaiyang County, Guizhou 27°1′49.5″N 107°11′21.6″E	China	[42]
	Brăila Bridge	1,120 m (3,670 ft)	2023	Brăila (Danube) 45°18′52″N 28°00′12″E	Romania	[43]
	Huangpu Bridge	1,108 m (3,635.2 ft)	2008	Guangzhou (Guangdong) 23°4′17.1″N 113°28′33.9″E	China	[44]
	Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge	1,100 m (3,608.9 ft)	1989	Sakaide – Shiwaku Islands (Kagawa) 34°21′50″N 133°49′30.7″E	Japan	[45]
	Xingkang Bridge	1,100 m (3,608.9 ft)	2018	Luding County, Sichuan 29°57′55.4″N 102°12′53.6″E	China	[46][47]
	Kaizhouhu Bridge [Wikidata] 开州湖特大桥	1,100 m (3,600 ft)	2021	Guizhou 27°11′59″N 107°05′14″E	China	[48][49]
	Longmen Bridge [zh] 龙门大桥	1,098 m (3,602 ft)	2024	Qinzhou (Guangxi) 21°45′18″N 108°33′16″E	China	[50]
	Wufengshan Yangtze River Bridge	1,092 m (3,582.7 ft)	2020	Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 32°13′36.26″N 119°40′35.4″E	China	[51][52]
	Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge	1,090 m (3,576.1 ft)	1988	Istanbul (Bosphorus) 41°5′28″N 29°3′40″E	Turkey	[53]
	Baling River Bridge	1,088 m (3,569.6 ft)	2009	Guanling Buyei and Miao Autonomous County (Guizhou) 25°57′40″N 105°37′46″E	China	[54]
	Taizhou Bridge	1,080 m (3,543.3 ft)[note 1]	2012	Taizhou (Jiangsu) 32°14′47.8″N 119°52′36.1″E	China	[55]
	Ma'anshan Bridge	1,080 m (3,543.3 ft)	2013	Ma'anshan (Anhui) 31°36′36.4″N 118°23′31.4″E	China	[56]
	Zangkejiang Bridge 牂牁江大桥	1,080 m (3,543 ft)	2025	Shuicheng - Pu'an (Guizhou) 26°10′02″N 105°06′45″E	China	[57]
	Bosphorus Bridge	1,074 m (3,523.6 ft)	1973	Istanbul (Bosphorus) 41°2′42″N 29°2′2″E	Turkey	[58]
	George Washington Bridge	1,067 m (3,500.7 ft)	1931	New York City (New York) – Fort Lee (New Jersey) 40°51′6.2″N 73°57′9.8″W	United States	[59]
	Fuma Yangtze River Bridge [Wikidata] 驸马长江大桥	1,050 m (3,444.9 ft)	2017	Wanzhou (Chongqing) 30°50′04.8″N 108°28′09.4″E	China	[60][61]
	Qipanzhou Yangtze River Bridge [zh]	1,038 m (3,405.5 ft)	2021	Huangshi, Hubei 30°09′9.28″N 115°16′2.27″E	China	[62]
	Third Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge	1,030 m (3,379.3 ft)	1999	Imabari – Umashima Island (Ehime) 34°6′54.9″N 132°59′3.6″E	Japan	[63]
	Second Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge	1,020 m (3,346.5 ft)	1999	Umashima Island – Ōshima (Ehime) 34°7′16″N 133°0′0.7″E	Japan	[63]
	Xintian Yangtze River Bridge 新田长江大桥	1,020 m (3,350 ft)	2022	Wanzhou, Chongqing 30°42′07″N 108°23′31″E	China	[64]
	25 de Abril Bridge	1,013 m (3,323.5 ft)	1966	Lisbon – Almada (Lisboa Region) 38°41′23.5″N 9°10′37.8″W	Portugal	[65]
	Forth Road Bridge	1,006 m (3,300.5 ft)	1964	South Queensferry – North Queensferry (Fife) 56°0′5.4″N 3°24′15.1″W	United Kingdom	[66]
	Yidu Yangtze River Bridge [zh]	1,000 m (3,300 ft)	2021	Yidu, Hubei 30°24′33″N 111°31′00″E	China	[67]
Continued by: main spans of 500-1000 meters

Bridges under construction

Most of the large suspension bridges built in recent years have been in the People's Republic of China. As the following list shows, most of the bridges under construction are also in China.

Name	Main span metres (feet)	Year to open	Location	Country	Ref.
Zhangjiagang-Jingjiang-Rugao Yangtze River Bridge (South span) 张靖皋长江大桥南航道桥	2,300 m (7,550 ft)	2028	Zhangjiagang (Jiangsu) 32°1′13″N 120°31′32″E	China	[68]
Shiziyang Bridge 狮子洋大桥	2,180 m (7,150 ft)	2028	Guangzhou-Dongguan (Guangdong) 22°51′3″N 113°33′56″E	China	[69]
Yanji Yangtze River Bridge 燕矶长江大桥	1,860 m (6,100 ft)	2025	Huanggang-Ezhou (Hubei) 30°24′21″N 114°59′22″E	China	[70]
Shuangyumen Bridge 双屿门特大桥	1,768 m (5,800 ft)	2027	Zhoushan (Zhejiang) 29°44′29″N 122°02′50.23″E	China	[71]
Nanjing Xianxin Road Yangtze River Bridge [zh] 南京仙新路过江通道	1,760 m (5,770 ft)	2025	Nanjing (Jiangsu) 32°10′55″N 118°53′46″E	China	[72]
Lugu Lake Bridge 泸沽湖特大桥	1,680 m (5,510 ft)[73]	2027	Liangshan (Sichuan)	China	[74]
Xiaowan Lancang River Bridge 小湾澜沧江特大桥	1,575 m (5,170 ft)		Fengqing (Yunnan)	China	[75]
Dadong Jinsha River Bridge 大东金沙江特大桥	1,520 m (4,990 ft)	2026	Lijiang (Yunnan) 23°15′22″N 102°50′06″E	China	[76]
Xihoumen Rail / Road Bridge 西堠门公铁两用大桥	1,488 m (4,882 ft)	2026	Zhoushan (Zhejiang) 30°4′49.83″N 121°54′12.04″E	China	[77]
Shuangliu Yangtze River Bridge 双柳长江大桥	1,430 m (4,690 ft)	2026	Wuhan-Ezhou (Hubei) 30°36′28″N 114°44′59″E	China	[78]
Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge 花江峡谷大桥	1,420 m (4,659 ft)	2025	Guanling-Zhenfeng (Guizhou)	China	[79][80]
Yongchang Lancang River Bridge 永昌澜沧江大桥	1,416 m (4,646 ft)		Changning (Yunnan)	China
Dahe Bridge 大河特大桥	1,250 m (4,100 ft)	2027	Liupanshui (Guizhou) 26°39′51″N 104°50′5″E	China	[81][82]
Fuxing Yangtze River Bridge 江龙高速复兴长江大桥	1,208 m (3,960 ft)	2025	Yunyang, Chongqing	China	[83]
Zhangjiagang-Jingjiang-Rugao Yangtze River Bridge (North span) 张靖皋长江大桥北航道桥	1,208 m (3,960 ft)	2028	Jingjiang (Jiangsu) 32°3′11″N 120°32′54″E	China	[68]
Yalong River Bridge 雅砻江特大桥	1,200 m (3,940 ft)	2028	Liangshan (Sichuan)	China	[74]
Wudongde Jinsha River Bridge 乌东德金沙江特大桥	1,180 m (3,870 ft)	2026	Liangshan (Sichuan)	China	[74]
Chacao Channel bridge	1,155 m (3,800 ft)[84]	2028[85]	Calbuco–Chiloé 41°47′38″S 73°31′15″W	Chile	[86]
Libu Yangtze River Rail/Road Bridge 李埠长江公铁大桥	1,120 m (3,670 ft)	2027	Jingzhou (Hubei) 30°17′13″N 112°04′42″E	China	[87]
Xingyi Yangtze River Rail/Road Bridge 兴义长江公铁大桥	1,120 m (3,670 ft)	2028	Fengdu (Chongqing)	China	[88]
Chuandian Jinsha River Bridge 川滇金沙江特大桥	1,060 m (3,480 ft)	2025	Yunnan–Sichuan	China	[89]
Sichuan-Tibet Railway Dadu River Bridge 川藏铁路大渡河特大桥	1,060 m (3,480 ft)	2030	Luding, Sichuan	China	[90]
Sichuan-Tibet Railway Nu River Bridge 川藏铁路怒江特大桥	1,040 m (3,410 ft)	2030	Changdu, Xizang	China	[90]
Kahaluo Jinsha River Bridge 卡哈洛金沙江特大桥	1,030 m (3,380 ft)	2025	Yunnan–Sichuan	China	[91]

History of longest suspension spans

See also: Timeline of three longest spans

Image	Bridge	Location	Length m (ft)	Years of longest span	Notes
Hypothesized support	Maya Bridge at Yaxchilan	Mexico	62 m (203 ft)	600–1430	Hemp-rope simple suspension footbridge. Existence unproven. No longer standing. Prior longest bridges are located in List of longest arch bridge spans. Exceeded by the masonry arch Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge from 1377 to 1416, with main span of 72 m.
	Chushul Chakzam	Tibet,  China	137 m (449 ft)	1430–1820	Chain suspension footbridge south of Lhasa, built by Thangtong Gyalpo. Reported by British spies to still be in use in 1878. Later (before 1904) fell into disuse after river course changed, swamping the northern end.[92] Dynamited by Chinese soldiers after the Battle of Chamdo in 1950.[93]
	Union Chain Bridge	Scotland–England,  UK	137 m (449 ft)	1820–1826	The oldest in the world still in use today.
	Menai Suspension Bridge	Wales,  UK	176 m (577 ft)	1826–1834
	Great Suspension Bridge	Fribourg,   Switzerland	271 m (889 ft)	1834–1849	The bridge was replaced by the Zähringen Bridge [de] in the 1920s.
	Wheeling Suspension Bridge	West Virginia,  US	308 m (1,010 ft)	1849–1866	The longest deck span from 1849 until 1866, and the oldest vehicular suspension bridge in use in the United States until 2019.
	Queenston-Lewiston Bridge	US and  Canada	317 m (1,040 ft)	1851–1866	The longest cable span from 1851 until it was destroyed by wind in 1864. However, the road deck span was only 258 meters long.
	John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge	Kentucky–Ohio,  US	322 m (1,056 ft)	1866–1869
	Niagara Clifton Bridge	US and  Canada	384 m (1,260 ft)	1869–1883	Replaced in 1899.
	Brooklyn Bridge	New York City,  US	486 m (1,594 ft)	1883–1903
	Williamsburg Bridge	New York City,  US	488 m (1,601 ft)	1903–1924	It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges. The Forth Bridge, completed in 1890, a cantilever bridge with two spans of 521 m was longer until surpassed by the Quebec Bridge in 1917.
	Bear Mountain Bridge	New York,  US	497 m (1,631 ft)	1924–1926	It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges. The Quebec Bridge completed in 1917, a cantilever bridge with a span of 549 m was longer until surpassed in 1929 by the Ambassador Bridge. The first suspension bridge to have a concrete deck. The construction methods pioneered in building it would make possible several much larger projects to follow.
	Benjamin Franklin Bridge	Pennsylvania–New Jersey,  US	533 m (1,749 ft)	1926–1929	It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges.
	Ambassador Bridge	US and  Canada	564 m (1,850 ft)	1929–1931	Since this bridge was built, the record for longest bridge span has only been held by suspension bridges.
	George Washington Bridge	New York – New Jersey,  US	1,067 m (3,501 ft)	1931–1937	The first span longer than 1 km. Nearly double the length of any previously built bridge at the time of its opening.
	Golden Gate Bridge	California,  US	1,280 m (4,200 ft)	1937–1964	Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1937 to 1964
	Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge	New York City,  US	1,298 m (4,259 ft)	1964–1981	Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1964 to 1981
	Humber Bridge	Yorkshire,  UK	1,410 m (4,630 ft)	1981–1998	Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1981 to 1998
	Akashi Kaikyo Bridge	Japan	1,991 m (6,532 ft)	1998–2022	Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1998 to 2022. The largest ever increase in length.
	Çanakkale 1915 Bridge	Turkey	2,023 m (6,637 ft)	2022–Present	The longest bridge span in the world since 2022. The first span longer than 2 km.

Sources:^[94][95][96]

Other record-holding suspension bridges

The Sidu River Bridge

• Sidu River Bridge (China). Opened in 2009, it is the highest suspension bridge in the world at 472 m elevation and the second highest bridge of any type.
• San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge Eastern Span (California, United States). Opened in 2013, it is the widest bridge in the world (78.74 m [258.3 ft]), the most expensive bridge and the largest self-anchored suspension bridge ever constructed.^[97][98]
• Tacoma Narrows Bridges (Washington, United States). Opened in 1950 and 2007, the pair of bridges with the longest spans in the world (853 m [2,799 ft]).
• Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge (Turkey). Opened in 2016, it has longest span carrying road and rail traffic (1,408 m [4,619 ft]).
• Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge (China). Opened in 2019 with the longest double deck span (1,700 m [5,600 ft]).^[99]
• George Washington Bridge (New York and New Jersey, United States). Opened in 1931, it is the suspension bridge with the most lanes of traffic (at fourteen total on two levels).
• Kurushima Kaikyō Bridge (Japan). Opened in 1999, it is the world's longest suspension bridge structure.
• Great Seto Bridge (Japan). Opened in 1978 and 1988, it is the longest two-tiered bridge system (but not all of the spans that make up the bridge system are suspension bridges).
• Sky Bridge 721 (Czech Republic). Opened in 2022, it is the longest suspension pedestrian bridge in the world (721 m).^[100]

A comparison of the side elevation of the side elevations of some of the most notable bridges around the world on the same scale (see also interactive version)

See also

• Cable-stayed suspension bridge
• Strait of Messina Bridge
• List of longest bridges
• List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans

Notes

1. Two main spans, 1,080 meters long each