This list of the longest arch bridge spans ranks the world's arch bridges by the length of their main span. The length of the main span is the most common way to rank bridges as it usually correlates with the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. [1] 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.
Notes: CFST is concrete-filled steel tube.
Name | Span meters |
Material | Year opened | Location | Country | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fenglai Bridge | 580 m (1,903 ft) | steel | 2025
|
Wulong District,
Chongqing 29°23′23″N 107°17′45″E / 29.38972°N 107.29583°E |
China | [45] | |
Xiniu Heihui River Bridge | 518 m (1,699 ft) | Fengqing, Yunnan | China | [46] | |||
Xininghe Bridge | 510 m (1,673 ft) | CFST | 2022
|
Pingshan County, Sichuan | China | ||
Nujiang Railway Bridge Darui | 490 m (1,608 ft) | steel | 2022 |
Lamengxiang,
Yunnan 24°44′53.5″N 98°56′55.2″E / 24.748194°N 98.948667°E |
China | [H 16] | |
Qilu Yellow River Bridge | 420 m (1,378 ft) | steel | 2022
|
Jinan,
Shandong 36°44′42.5″N 116°53′43.51″E / 36.745139°N 116.8954194°E |
China | [47] | |
Zhaozhuang Malinghe Bridge | 410 m (1,345 ft) | CFST | 2024 |
Xingyi,
Guizhou 25°07′05.7″N 104°58′39.9″E / 25.118250°N 104.977750°E |
China | [H 17] | |
West Central Ring Road Haihe River Bridge | 410 m (1,345 ft) | Binhai, Tianjin | China | [48] [49] | |||
Shuangbao Bridge | 405 m (1,329 ft) | CFST | 2024
|
Wulong, Chongqing | China | [50] | |
Chenglan Railroad Heihe Bridge | 400 m (1,312 ft) | steel | Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan | China | |||
Xiniu Bridge | 390 m (1,280 ft) | 2024
|
Fengqing, Yunnan | China | [51] | ||
Changtai Yangtze River Tianxingzhou Bridge | 388 m (1,273 ft) | steel | 2024
|
Taixing, Jiangsu | China | [52] | |
Changtai Yangtze River Lu'anzhou Bridge | 388 m (1,273 ft) | steel | 2024
|
Taixing, Jiangsu | China | [52] | |
Lexi Expressway Suba Bridge | 370.5 m (1,216 ft) | Mabian, Sichuan | China | [53] | |||
Loushuihe Bridge | 365 m (1,198 ft) | steel | 2024
|
Hefeng, Hubei | China | [H 18] | |
Daheba Bridge | 360 m (1,181 ft) | Jinyang, Sichuan | China | [54] | |||
Xinwei Hongshuihe Bridge | 354 m (1,161 ft) | 2024
|
Xincheng, Guangxi | China | [55] | ||
Lancangjiang River Railway Bridge | 342 m (1,122 ft) | CFST | 2022 |
Shanyangxiang -
Shuizhaixiang,
Yunnan 25°17′24.5″N 99°21′0.2″E / 25.290139°N 99.350056°E |
China | [H 19] | |
Shuiluohe Bridge | 335 m (1,099 ft) | concrete | 2024
|
Gulin County, Sichuan | China | [56] | |
Qiaowo Bridge | 325 m (1,066 ft) | 2027
|
Sichuan | China | [57] | ||
Qingjiang Bridge | 320 m (1,050 ft) | steel | 2022
|
Changyang County, Hubei | China | [58] | |
Zhenglong Hongshuihe Bridge | 316 m (1,037 ft) | CFST | 2024
|
Laibin, Guangxi | China | [59] | |
Jinchaijiang Bridge | 310 m (1,017 ft) | Xincheng, Guangxi | China | [60] | |||
Liutonghe Bridge | 300 m (984 ft) | Leibo, Sichuan | China | [61] |
Flags refer to present national boundaries.
Record | Name | Location | Main span | Crosses | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024–present | Tian'e Longtan Bridge | Guangxi | 600 m (1,969 ft) | Hongshui River | |
2020–2024 | Pingnan Third Bridge | Guangxi | 575 m (1886 ft) | Xun River | |
2009–2020 | Chaotianmen Bridge | Chongqing | 552 m (1,811 ft) | Yangtze | |
2003–2009 | Lupu Bridge | Shanghai | 550 m (1,804 ft) | Huangpu River | |
1977–2003 | New River Gorge Bridge | Fayetteville, West Virginia | 518 m (1,699 ft) | New River | |
1931–1977 | Bayonne Bridge | Bayonne, New Jersey | 510 m (1,673 ft) | Kill Van Kull | |
1916–1931 | Hell Gate Bridge | New York City | 298 m (978 ft) | Hell Gate | |
1898–1916 | Upper Steel Arch Bridge |
Niagara Falls, Ontario/ Niagara Falls, New York |
256 m (840 ft) | Niagara River | destroyed in 1938 |
1886–1898 | Dom Luís I Bridge | Porto | 172 m (564 ft) | Douro | |
1884–1886 | Garabit Viaduct | Ruynes-en-Margeride | 165 m (541 ft) | Truyère | |
1877–1884 | Maria Pia Bridge | Porto | 160 m (525 ft) | Douro | |
1874–1877 | Eads Bridge | St. Louis, Missouri | 158.5 m (520 ft) | Mississippi River | |
1860–1874 | Southwark Bridge | London | 73 m (240 ft) | River Thames | |
1848–1860 | Cascade Bridge | Windsor, New York | 76 m (249 ft) | Cascade Gulf | [62] |
1819–1848 | Southwark Bridge | London | 73 m (240 ft) | River Thames | |
1796–1819 | Wearmouth Bridge | Sunderland | 72 m (236 ft) | River Wear | |
1479–1796 | Pont de Vieille-Brioude | Vieille-Brioude | 54 m (177 ft) | Allier | destroyed in 1822 |
1416–1479 | Castelvecchio Bridge | Verona, Veneto | 49 m (161 ft) | Adige | destroyed in 1945 |
1377–1416 | Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge | Trezzo sull'Adda, Lombardy | 72 m (236 ft) | Adda | destroyed in 1416 |
1356–1377 | Castelvecchio Bridge | Verona, Veneto | 49 m (161 ft) | Adige | destroyed in 1945 |
1341–1356 | Pont du Diable | Céret | 45 m (148 ft) | Tech | |
1147–1341 | Malabadi Bridge | Silvan | 39 m (128 ft) | Batman River | |
605–1147 | Zhaozhou Bridge | Zhao County, Hebei | 37 m (121 ft) | Xiao River | |
270–605 | Severan Bridge | Kahta | 34 m (112 ft) | Chabinas Creek | |
105–270 | Trajan's Bridge |
Drobeta-Turnu Severin/ Kladovo |
51 m (167 ft) [63] | Danube | wooden arches destroyed in 270 |
27 BC–105 | Ponte d'Augusto | Narni | 32 m (105 ft) | Nera | destroyed in 1855 |
62 BC–27 BC | Pons Fabricius | Rome | 25 m (82 ft) | Tiber | |
142 BC–62 BC | Pons Aemilius [64] | Rome | 24 m (79 ft) | Tiber | destroyed in 1890s |
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This list of the longest arch bridge spans ranks the world's arch bridges by the length of their main span. The length of the main span is the most common way to rank bridges as it usually correlates with the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. [1] 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.
Notes: CFST is concrete-filled steel tube.
Name | Span meters |
Material | Year opened | Location | Country | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fenglai Bridge | 580 m (1,903 ft) | steel | 2025
|
Wulong District,
Chongqing 29°23′23″N 107°17′45″E / 29.38972°N 107.29583°E |
China | [45] | |
Xiniu Heihui River Bridge | 518 m (1,699 ft) | Fengqing, Yunnan | China | [46] | |||
Xininghe Bridge | 510 m (1,673 ft) | CFST | 2022
|
Pingshan County, Sichuan | China | ||
Nujiang Railway Bridge Darui | 490 m (1,608 ft) | steel | 2022 |
Lamengxiang,
Yunnan 24°44′53.5″N 98°56′55.2″E / 24.748194°N 98.948667°E |
China | [H 16] | |
Qilu Yellow River Bridge | 420 m (1,378 ft) | steel | 2022
|
Jinan,
Shandong 36°44′42.5″N 116°53′43.51″E / 36.745139°N 116.8954194°E |
China | [47] | |
Zhaozhuang Malinghe Bridge | 410 m (1,345 ft) | CFST | 2024 |
Xingyi,
Guizhou 25°07′05.7″N 104°58′39.9″E / 25.118250°N 104.977750°E |
China | [H 17] | |
West Central Ring Road Haihe River Bridge | 410 m (1,345 ft) | Binhai, Tianjin | China | [48] [49] | |||
Shuangbao Bridge | 405 m (1,329 ft) | CFST | 2024
|
Wulong, Chongqing | China | [50] | |
Chenglan Railroad Heihe Bridge | 400 m (1,312 ft) | steel | Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan | China | |||
Xiniu Bridge | 390 m (1,280 ft) | 2024
|
Fengqing, Yunnan | China | [51] | ||
Changtai Yangtze River Tianxingzhou Bridge | 388 m (1,273 ft) | steel | 2024
|
Taixing, Jiangsu | China | [52] | |
Changtai Yangtze River Lu'anzhou Bridge | 388 m (1,273 ft) | steel | 2024
|
Taixing, Jiangsu | China | [52] | |
Lexi Expressway Suba Bridge | 370.5 m (1,216 ft) | Mabian, Sichuan | China | [53] | |||
Loushuihe Bridge | 365 m (1,198 ft) | steel | 2024
|
Hefeng, Hubei | China | [H 18] | |
Daheba Bridge | 360 m (1,181 ft) | Jinyang, Sichuan | China | [54] | |||
Xinwei Hongshuihe Bridge | 354 m (1,161 ft) | 2024
|
Xincheng, Guangxi | China | [55] | ||
Lancangjiang River Railway Bridge | 342 m (1,122 ft) | CFST | 2022 |
Shanyangxiang -
Shuizhaixiang,
Yunnan 25°17′24.5″N 99°21′0.2″E / 25.290139°N 99.350056°E |
China | [H 19] | |
Shuiluohe Bridge | 335 m (1,099 ft) | concrete | 2024
|
Gulin County, Sichuan | China | [56] | |
Qiaowo Bridge | 325 m (1,066 ft) | 2027
|
Sichuan | China | [57] | ||
Qingjiang Bridge | 320 m (1,050 ft) | steel | 2022
|
Changyang County, Hubei | China | [58] | |
Zhenglong Hongshuihe Bridge | 316 m (1,037 ft) | CFST | 2024
|
Laibin, Guangxi | China | [59] | |
Jinchaijiang Bridge | 310 m (1,017 ft) | Xincheng, Guangxi | China | [60] | |||
Liutonghe Bridge | 300 m (984 ft) | Leibo, Sichuan | China | [61] |
Flags refer to present national boundaries.
Record | Name | Location | Main span | Crosses | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024–present | Tian'e Longtan Bridge | Guangxi | 600 m (1,969 ft) | Hongshui River | |
2020–2024 | Pingnan Third Bridge | Guangxi | 575 m (1886 ft) | Xun River | |
2009–2020 | Chaotianmen Bridge | Chongqing | 552 m (1,811 ft) | Yangtze | |
2003–2009 | Lupu Bridge | Shanghai | 550 m (1,804 ft) | Huangpu River | |
1977–2003 | New River Gorge Bridge | Fayetteville, West Virginia | 518 m (1,699 ft) | New River | |
1931–1977 | Bayonne Bridge | Bayonne, New Jersey | 510 m (1,673 ft) | Kill Van Kull | |
1916–1931 | Hell Gate Bridge | New York City | 298 m (978 ft) | Hell Gate | |
1898–1916 | Upper Steel Arch Bridge |
Niagara Falls, Ontario/ Niagara Falls, New York |
256 m (840 ft) | Niagara River | destroyed in 1938 |
1886–1898 | Dom Luís I Bridge | Porto | 172 m (564 ft) | Douro | |
1884–1886 | Garabit Viaduct | Ruynes-en-Margeride | 165 m (541 ft) | Truyère | |
1877–1884 | Maria Pia Bridge | Porto | 160 m (525 ft) | Douro | |
1874–1877 | Eads Bridge | St. Louis, Missouri | 158.5 m (520 ft) | Mississippi River | |
1860–1874 | Southwark Bridge | London | 73 m (240 ft) | River Thames | |
1848–1860 | Cascade Bridge | Windsor, New York | 76 m (249 ft) | Cascade Gulf | [62] |
1819–1848 | Southwark Bridge | London | 73 m (240 ft) | River Thames | |
1796–1819 | Wearmouth Bridge | Sunderland | 72 m (236 ft) | River Wear | |
1479–1796 | Pont de Vieille-Brioude | Vieille-Brioude | 54 m (177 ft) | Allier | destroyed in 1822 |
1416–1479 | Castelvecchio Bridge | Verona, Veneto | 49 m (161 ft) | Adige | destroyed in 1945 |
1377–1416 | Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge | Trezzo sull'Adda, Lombardy | 72 m (236 ft) | Adda | destroyed in 1416 |
1356–1377 | Castelvecchio Bridge | Verona, Veneto | 49 m (161 ft) | Adige | destroyed in 1945 |
1341–1356 | Pont du Diable | Céret | 45 m (148 ft) | Tech | |
1147–1341 | Malabadi Bridge | Silvan | 39 m (128 ft) | Batman River | |
605–1147 | Zhaozhou Bridge | Zhao County, Hebei | 37 m (121 ft) | Xiao River | |
270–605 | Severan Bridge | Kahta | 34 m (112 ft) | Chabinas Creek | |
105–270 | Trajan's Bridge |
Drobeta-Turnu Severin/ Kladovo |
51 m (167 ft) [63] | Danube | wooden arches destroyed in 270 |
27 BC–105 | Ponte d'Augusto | Narni | 32 m (105 ft) | Nera | destroyed in 1855 |
62 BC–27 BC | Pons Fabricius | Rome | 25 m (82 ft) | Tiber | |
142 BC–62 BC | Pons Aemilius [64] | Rome | 24 m (79 ft) | Tiber | destroyed in 1890s |
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