List of highest bridges
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This list of the world's highest bridges ranks bridges by deck height. The deck height of a bridge is the maximum vertical drop distance from the bridge deck (the road, rail or other transport bed of a bridge) down to the ground or water surface beneath the bridge span. Deck height should not be confused with structural height, which measures the maximum vertical distance from the uppermost point of a bridge (e.g. top of the bridge tower) down to the lowest visible point of a bridge, where its piers emerge from the surface of the ground, foundation or water. A separate list of the world's tallest bridges ranks bridges by structural height.
The rankings of the world's tallest and highest bridges differ in part because some of the highest bridges are built across deep valleys and gorges. The Sidu River Bridge in Hubei Province of China is a suspension bridge that spans a deep river gorge. The bridge's two towers, built on either rim of the gorge, are not tall enough for the bridge structure to be counted among the world's tallest, but due to the depth of the river gorge, the deck height of the Sidu River Bridge is at least 496 m (1,627 ft) above the river, making it the highest bridge in the world until it was surpassed by the Duge Bridge in late 2016. The Millau Viaduct, a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Tarn River Valley in southern France, is a bridge that is both tall (in structural height) and high (in deck height). The viaduct's bridge deck reaches a height of 270 m (890 ft) above the valley floor, placing the bridge among the thirty highest bridges in the world. Unlike the Sidu River Bridge, the tallest of the Millau Viaduct's towers (also referred to as mast pylons) is situated near the valley floor and gives the Millau Viaduct a maximum structural height of 343 m (1,125 ft), making it the tallest bridge .
Completed bridges
The ranking of the highest bridges in the world, currently open for use. Only bridges with a height of 200 metres (660 ft) or greater are included. Bridges under construction or demolished are not included.
Under construction
The list below includes the highest bridges in the world currently under construction. Only bridges with a height of 200 metres (660 ft) or greater are included.
Timeline
The list below shows the historical progression of the highest bridge in the world.
Name | Record | Location | Height (metres / feet) |
Main span (metres / feet) |
Year opened | Carries |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duge Bridge | 2016– | ![]() |
564 m (1,850 ft) | 720 m (2,360 ft) | 2016 | G56 |
Sidu River Bridge | 2009–16 | ![]() |
496 m/1,627 ft | 900 m/2,952 ft | 2009 | G50 |
Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge | 2005–09 | ![]() |
393 m/1,289 ft | 470 m/1,542 ft | 2005 | pipeline |
Beipan River Guanxing Highway Bridge | 2003–05 | ![]() |
366 m/1,200 ft | 388 m/1,273 ft | 2003 | highway |
Liuguanghe Bridge | 2001–03 | ![]() |
297 m/975 ft | 240 m/787 ft | 2001 | G321 |
Royal Gorge Bridge | 1929–2001 | ![]() |
291 m/955 ft | 286 m/938 ft | 1929 | road |
Niouc Bridge | 1922–29 | ![]() |
190 m/623 ft | 190 m/623 ft | 1922 | pipeline |
Sidi M'Cid Bridge | 1912–22 | ![]() |
175 m/575 ft | 160 m/525 ft | 1912 | road |
Pont de la Caille | 1839–1912 | ![]() |
147 m/482 ft | 183 m/600 ft | 1839 | pedestrian |
Puente Nuevo | 1751–1839 | ![]() |
120 m/394 ft | 100 m/328 ft | 1793 | road |
Ponte delle Torri | 1350–1751 | ![]() |
80 m/262 ft[2] | 1350[3] | Aqueduct | |
Alcántara Bridge | 106–1350 | ![]() |
48 m/157 ft[4] | 29 m/95 ft | 106 | Roman bridge |
Pont d'Aël | 3 BC – 106 | ![]() |
66 m[5]/217 ft | 14 m/46 ft | 3 BC | Roman aqueduct |
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 A dam created a reservoir below the bridge.
- 1 2 There is a reservoir under the bridge due to the Dongfeng Dam.
- ↑ The formation of the Goupitan Reservoir below the bridge has reduced the height above the water.
- 1 2 The Xiaowan Dam has created a reservoir which extends under the bridge and the full height is not visible.
- ↑ The Three Gorges Dam Reservoir has increased the height of the water below the bridge and the full height is no longer visible.
- 1 2 The Xiluodu Dam domwnstream has increased the height of the Jinsha River.
- ↑ The Baihetan Dam has created a reservoir on the Jinsha River.
- ↑ The Changheba Dam formed a reservoir on Dadu River.
- ↑ The Longtan Dam has created a reservoir on Hongshui River.
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- ↑ "Tall buildings 1896".
- ↑ "The Tower's Bridge (Ponte delle Torri)".
- ↑ "Alcántara Bridge".
- ↑ Döring 1998, pp. 131f. (fig. 10)