List of longest arch bridge spans

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.

Completed bridges

Rank	Name	Span meters	Span feet	Material	Year opened	Location	Country	Ref
1	Chaotianmen Bridge	552 m	1811 ft	steel	2009	Chongqing 29°35′18.8″N 106°34′39.3″E	China	[S 1]
2	Lupu Bridge	550 m	1804 ft	steel	2003	Shanghai 31°11′27.8″N 121°28′35.7″E	China	[S 2]
3	Bosideng Bridge	530 m	1740 ft	CFST	2012	Hejiang County, Sichuan 28°53′31.9″N 105°52′47.1″E	China	[2]
4	New River Gorge Bridge	518 m	1699 ft	steel	1977	Fayetteville, West Virginia 38°4′8.6″N 81°4′58.2″W	United States	[S 3]
5	Bayonne Bridge	510 m	1673 ft	steel	1931	Staten Island, New York - Bayonne, New Jersey 40°38′30.7″N 74°8′31.5″W	United States	[S 4]
6	Zigui Yangtze River Bridge	508 m	1667 ft	CFST	2019	Zigui County, Hubei 30°57′32.2″N 110°45′33.9″E	China	[H 1]
7	Sydney Harbour Bridge	503 m	1650 ft	steel	1932	Sydney 33°51′6.9″S 151°12′39.1″E	Australia	[S 5]
8	Wushan Bridge	460 m	1509 ft	CFST	2005	Wushan, Chongqing 31°3′47″N 109°54′7.6″E	China	[S 6]
9	Guantang Bridge	457 m	1499 ft	steel	2018	Liuzhou, Guangxi 24°23′06″N 109°29′40″E	China	[3]
10	Mingzhou Bridge	450 m	1476 ft	steel	2011	Ningbo, Zhejiang 29°54′48.1″N 121°39′4.1″E	China	[S 7]
11	Xijiang Railway Bridge	450 m	1476 ft	steel	2014	Zhaoqing, Guangdong 23°7′28.9″N 112°24′7.8″E	China	[4]
12	Daxiaojing Bridge	450 m	1476 ft	CFST	2019	Dongdangxiang, Guizhou 25°32′54.5″N 106°51′47.1″E	China	[H 2][5]
13	Qinglong Railway Bridge	445 m	1460 ft	concrete	2016	Qinglong County, Guizhou 25°57′00.7″N 105°15′18.4″E	China	[H 3]
14	Yachi Railway Bridge	436 m	1430 ft	CFST	2019	Qianxi County, Guizhou 26°53′03.5″N 106°17′24.2″E	China	[H 4]
15	Zhijinghe River Bridge	430 m	1411 ft	CFST	2009	Dazhipingzhen, Hubei 30°37′33.5″N 110°11′48.8″E	China	[S 8]
16	Xinguang Bridge	428 m	1404 ft	steel	2008	Guangzhou, Guangdong 23°3′10″N 113°19′18.2″E	China	[S 9]
17	Wanxian Bridge	420 m	1378 ft	concrete	1997	Wanzhou District, Chongqing 30°45′34.6″N 108°25′9.4″E	China	[S 10]
18	Caiyuanba Bridge	420 m	1378 ft	steel	2007	Chongqing 29°32′35.6″N 106°32′52.6″E	China	[S 11]
19	Krk Bridge	416 m	1365 ft	concrete	1980	Krk 45°14′50.5″N 14°34′14.5″E	Croatia	[S 12]
20	Nanpan River Qiubei Bridge	416 m	1365 ft	concrete	2016	Qiubei County, Yunnan 24°18′5.1″N 103°48′54.6″E	China	[H 5]
21	Lianxiang Bridge	400 m	1312 ft	CFST	2007	Xiangtan, Hunan 27°53′24″N 112°57′28.2″E	China	[S 13]
22	Daninghe Bridge	400 m	1312 ft	steel	2010	Wushan, Chongqing 31°6′48.7″N 109°53′22.9″E	China	[S 14]
23	Second Hengqin Bridge	400 m	1312 ft	steel	2015	Zhuhai, Guangdong 22°09′21.3″N 113°27′31.7″E	China	[6]
24	Almonte River Railway Viaduct	384 m	1260 ft	concrete	2016	Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain 39°41′10.56″N 6°27′40.18″W	Spain	[S 15][7]
25	Fremont Bridge (Portland)	382 m	1253 ft	steel	1973	Portland, Oregon 45°32′16.6″N 122°40′58.6″W	United States	[S 16]
26	Hiroshima Airport Bridge	380 m	1247 ft	steel	2010	Hiroshima 34°27′26.7″N 132°55′37.2″E	Japan	[S 17]
27	Bugrinsky Bridge	380 m	1247 ft	steel	2014	Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast 54°58′29.9″N 82°57′44.8″E	Russia	[S 18]
28	Yelanghe Bridge	370 m	1214 ft	concrete	2018	Tongzi, Guizhou 28°23′37″N 106°49′02″E	China	[8]
29	Maocaojie Bridge	368 m	1207 ft	CFST	2006	Yiyang, Hunan 29°3′43″N 112°18′7″E	China	[S 19]
30	Old Port Mann Bridge	366 m	1201 ft	steel	1964 closed 2012	Surrey, British Columbia 49°13′5.6″N 122°48′41.8″W	Canada	[S 20]
31	Zhaohua Jialing River Bridge	364 m	1194 ft	concrete	2012	Guangyuan, Sichuan 32°18′4.1″N 105°43′56.2″E	China	[H 6]
32	Žďákov Bridge	362 m	1188 ft	steel	1967	Orlík nad Vltavou, South Bohemian Region 49°30′15.8″N 14°11′0.6″E	Czech Republic	[S 21] [9]
33	Yajisha Bridge	360 m	1181 ft	CFST	2000	Guangzhou, Guangdong 23°3′36.4″N 113°16′8″E	China	[S 22]
34	Wanzhou Railway Bridge	360 m	1181 ft	steel	2005	Wanzhou District, Chongqing 30°46′11.2″N 108°24′59.5″E	China	[H 7]
35	Zongqihe Bridge	360 m	1181 ft	CFST	2015	Nayong County, Guizhou 27°01′22.8″N 105°14′27.6″E	China	[H 8]
36	Zhunshuo Railway Yellow River Bridge	357 m	1171 ft	CFST	2018	Jungar Banner, Inner Mongolia - Hequ County, Shanxi 39°26′20.7″N 111°21′16.9″E	China	[10]
37	Najiehe Railway Bridge	352 m	1155 ft	steel	2016	Liuchangxiang, Guizhou 26°42′07.9″N 106°09′46.8″E	China	[H 9]
38	Shintenmon Bridge	348 m	1142 ft	steel	2018	Uki, Kumamoto 32°36′43.3″N 130°27′32.9″E	Japan	[11]
39	Bridge of the Americas	344 m	1129 ft	steel	1962	Balboa, Panamá Province 8°56′35″N 79°33′54″W	Panama	[S 23]
40	Margaret McDermott Bridge	343 m	1125 ft	steel	2017	Dallas 32°46′13.4″N 96°49′06.6″W	United States	[12]
41	Xiaohe River Bridge	338 m	1109 ft	CFST	2010	Enshi City, Hubei 30°11′39.3″N 109°13′35.7″E	China	[S 24]
42	Yonghe Bridge	338 m	1109 ft	CFST	2005	Nanning, Guangxi 22°48′13″N 108°17′31″E	China	[13]
43	Yibin Jinsha River Road Rail Bridge	336 m	1102 ft	CFST	2019	Yibin, Sichuan 28°44′08.5″N 104°35′03.8″E	China	[H 10]
44	Taipinghu Bridge	336 m	1102 ft	CFST	2007	Huangshan City, Anhui 30°19′46.8″N 117°57′3.9″E	China	[S 25]
45	Dashengguan Bridge	336 m (x2)	1102 ft (x2)	steel	2009	Nanjing, Jiangsu 31°57′35.4″N 118°37′51.5″E	China	[S 26]
46	Meishan Chunxiao Bridge	336 m	1102 ft	steel	2017	Ningbo, Zhejiang 29°46′02.5″N 121°55′33.8″E	China	[14]
47	Matan Hongshuihe Bridge	336 m	1102 ft	CFST	2018	Laibin, Guangxi 23°42′09″N 109°14′59″E	China	[15]
48	Laviolette Bridge	335 m	1099 ft	steel	1967	Trois-Rivières, Quebec 46°18′26.8″N 72°33′41.8″W	Canada	[S 27]
49	Silver Jubilee Bridge	330 m	1083 ft	steel	1961	Runcorn - Widnes, Cheshire 53°20′44.1″N 2°44′17.6″W	United Kingdom	[S 28]
50	Jiangjiehe Bridge	330 m	1083 ft	concrete	1993	Weng'an County, Guizhou 27°17′55.4″N 107°22′17.6″E	China	[S 29]
51	Birchenough Bridge	329 m	1079 ft	steel	1935	Chipinge, Manicaland Province 19°57′43.4″S 32°20′39.5″E	Zimbabwe	[S 30]
52	Theodore Roosevelt Lake Bridge	329 m	1079 ft	steel	1990	Gila County - Maricopa County, Arizona 33°40′26″N 111°9′25.1″W	United States	[S 31]
53	Tajo Railway Bridge	324 m	1063 ft	concrete	2019	Cáceres, Extremadura 39°42′59.1″N 6°26′35.3″W	Spain	[16]
54	Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge	323 m	1060 ft	concrete	2010	Boulder City Nevada, Arizona 36°0′44.8″N 114°44′29.4″W	United States	[S 32]
55	Glen Canyon Dam Bridge	313 m	1027 ft	steel	1959	Page, Arizona 36°56′8.5″N 111°28′59.8″W	United States	[S 33]
56	Yongjiang Bridge	312 m	1024 ft	concrete	1996	Yongning District, Guangxi 22°45′51.3″N 108°29′6.1″E	China	[S 34]
57	Chunan Nanpu Bridge	308 m	1010 ft	CFST	2003	Chun'an County, Zhejiang 29°40′4.1″N 118°49′28.4″E	China	[17]
58	Pentele Bridge	308 m	1010 ft	steel	2007	Dunaújváros, Fejér County 46°54′12.1″N 18°57′30″E	Hungary	[S 35]
59	Fenghuang Third Bridge	308 m	1010 ft	steel	2017	Nansha District, Guangdong 22°44′44.0″N 113°30′39.8″E	China	[18]
60	Lewiston-Queenston Bridge	305 m	1001 ft	steel	1962	Lewiston, New York - Queenston, Ontario 43°9′10.7″N 79°2′40.2″W	United States Canada	[S 36]
61	Gladesville Bridge	305 m	1001 ft	concrete	1964	Sydney 33°50′31.8″S 151°8′52.4″E	Australia	[S 37]
62	Shin Kizugawa Bridge	305 m	1001 ft	steel	1994	Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 34°37′33″N 135°27′46.9″E	Japan	[S 38]
63	Perrine Bridge	303 m	994 ft	steel	1974	Twin Falls, Idaho 42°36′2.9″N 114°27′12.6″W	United States	[S 39]
64	Van Brienenoordbrug (westbound)	300 m	984 ft	steel	1991	Rotterdam 51°54′12.1″N 4°32′34.9″E	Netherlands	[S 40]
65	Seri Saujana Bridge	300 m	984 ft	steel	2003	Putrajaya 2°54′48.1″N 101°40′35.3″E	Malaysia	[S 41]
66	Chancheng Dongping Bridge	300 m	984 ft	steel	2006	Foshan, Guangdong 22°58′39.1″N 113°7′4.1″E	China	[19]
67	Nanning Bridge	300 m	984 ft	steel	2009	Nanning, Guangxi 22°47′9″N 108°22′4.2″E	China	[S 42]
68	Tsakona Arch Bridge	300 m	984 ft	steel	2016	Meligalas - Paradiseia, Peloponnese 37°17′47.4″N 22°01′33.6″E	Greece	[S 43]
69	Karun 4 Arch Bridge	300 m	984 ft	steel	2015	Kabusi, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province 31°38′29.0″N 50°29′23.7″E	Iran	[H 11]
70	Xianghuoyan Bridge	300 m	984 ft	CFST	2018	Kaiyang, Guizhou 26°57′48.0″N 106°55′02.4″E	China	[H 12]
71	Cuijiaying Hanjiang Bridge	300 m (x2)	984 ft (x2)		2019	Xiangyang, Hubei 31°58′13.0″N 112°10′30.0″E	China	[20]
72	Guansheng Qujiang Bridge	300 m	984 ft	concrete	2018	Guang'an, Sichuan 30°27′33″N 106°40′48″E	China	[21]

Under construction

Name	Span meters	Span feet	Material	Year opened	Location	Country	Ref
Longtan Tianhu Bridge	600 m	1969 ft	concrete	2023	Tian'e County, Guangxi 25°04′43″N 107°01′15.6″E	China	[22]
Ping'nan Third Bridge	575 m	1886 ft	CFST	2021	Ping'nan County, Guangxi 23°32′35″N 110°20′56″E	China	[23]
Hejiang Yangtze River Bridge	507 m	1663 ft	CFST	2020	Hejiang County, Sichuan 28°49′13.0″N 105°49′58.6″E	China	[24]
Nujiang Railway Bridge Darui	490 m	1608 ft	steel	2021	Lamengxiang, Yunnan 24°44′53.5″N 98°56′55.2″E	China	[H 13]
Chenab Bridge	467 m	1532 ft	steel	2021	Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir 33°9′3″N 74°52′58.7″E	India	[S 44]
Daduhe Bridge Tianwan	440 m	1444 ft	CFST	2023	Shimian County, Sichuan 29°28′12.6″N 102°10′49.4″E	China	[H 14]
Daduhe Bridge Shaba	440 m	1444 ft	CFST	2023	Shimian County, Sichuan 29°33′12.4″N 102°09′47.8″E	China	[H 15]
Mingzhuwan Bridge	436 m	1430 ft	steel	2021	Guangzhou, Guangdong 26°53′03.5″N 106°17′24.2″E
Zangmu Railway Bridge	430 m	1411 ft	CFST	2020	Jiachazhen, Tibet 29°11′40.8″N 92°30′40.6″E	China	[H 16]
Zhaozhuang Bridge	410 m	1345 ft	CFST	2023	Xingyi, Guizhou 25°07′05.7″N 104°58′39.9″E	China	[H 17]
Podilsko-Voskresensky Bridge	344 m	1129 ft	steel	2021	Kiev 50°28′18″N 30°32′40″E	Ukraine	[S 45]
Lancanjiang River Railway Bridge	342 m	1122 ft	CFST	2020	Shanyangxiang - Shuizhaixiang, Yunnan 25°17′24.5″N 99°21′0.2″E	China	[H 18]
Hutong North Bridge	336 m	1102 ft	steel	2020	Nantong - Suzhou, Jiangsu 32°02′18.4″N 120°42′52.5″E	China	[S 46]

History of largest spans

Flags refer to present national boundaries.

Record	Name	Location	Main span	Crosses	Notes
2009–present	Chaotianmen Bridge	Chongqing	552 m (1,811 ft)	Yangtze River
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 River
1884–1886	Garabit Viaduct	Ruynes-en-Margeride	165 m (541 ft)	Truyère River
1877–1884	Maria Pia Bridge	Porto	160 m (525 ft)	Douro River
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	[25]
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 River	destroyed in 1822
1416–1479	Castelvecchio Bridge	Verona, Veneto	49 m (161 ft)	Adige River	destroyed in 1945
1377–1416	Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge	Trezzo sull'Adda, Lombardy	72 m (236 ft)	Adda River	destroyed in 1416
1356–1377	Castelvecchio Bridge	Verona, Veneto	49 m (161 ft)	Adige River	destroyed in 1945
1341–1356	Pont du Diable	Céret	45 m (148 ft)	Tech River
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)[26]	Danube	wooden arches destroyed in 270
27 BC–105	Ponte d'Augusto	Narni	32 m (105 ft)	Nera River	destroyed in 1855
62 BC–27 BC	Pons Fabricius	Rome	25 m (82 ft)	Tiber River
142 BC–62 BC	Pons Aemilius[27]	Rome	24 m (79 ft)	Tiber River	destroyed in 1890s

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