LIST OF LARGEST CABLE-STAYED BRIDGES

This 'list of the largest cable-stayed bridges' ranks the world's cable-stayed bridges by the length of main span (distance between the suspension towers). The length of the main span is the most common way to rank cable-stayed bridges. If one bridge has a longer span than another it does not mean that the bridge is the longer from shore to shore or from anchorage to anchorage. However, the size of the main span does often correlate with the height of the towers and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge.
Cable-stayed bridges with more than three spans are generally more complex, and bridges of this type generally represent a more notable engineering achievement even where their spans are shorter.
Cable-stayed bridges have the second-longest spans (after suspension bridges) of the types of bridge. They are practical for spans up to around 1 kilometer (0.6 mi). The Tatara Bridge has the largest span of any cable-stayed bridge at . It was originally planned as a suspension bridge, but the design was changed to a cable-stayed bridge for environmental reasons. Two cable-stayed bridges with even longer spans, are currently under construction in China. The longest of these, Sutong Bridge, will be longer than all but the top twelve bridges on the list of largest suspension bridges.

Contents

Completed cable-stayed bridges

Bridges not yet completed

See also

References

Completed cable-stayed bridges

This list only includes bridges that carry automobiles or trains. It does not include suspension bridges, footbridges or pipeline bridges.
: ''Note: Click on each bridge's rank to go to the bridge's official web-site. Ranks with a red asterisk (
★ ) do not have official web-sites, or do not have English language versions and are linked instead to a reference entry. This list is incomplete, so bridge ranks might not be accurate.''

	Rank	Name	Location	Longest span(s)	Completed
	[1]	Tatara Bridge (Largest since 1999)	Seto Inland Sea, Japan		1999
	[2]	Pont de Normandie (Largest from 1995 to 1999, currently largest in Europe)	Le Havre, France		1995
Linked photo	[3]	Second Nanjing Yangtze Bridge	Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (Yangtze River)		2001
Linked photo	[4]	Baishazhou Bridge	Wuhan, China		2000
Linked photo	[5]	Mingjiang Bridge	Quingzhou, China		1999
Linked photo	[6]	Yangpu Bridge	Shanghai, China		1993
Linked photo	[7]	Xupu Bridge	Shanghai, China		1997
Linked photo	[8]	Meiko-Chuo Bridge	Nagoya, Japan		1998
	[9]	Rio-Antirio Bridge (Second longest cable-stayed deck, with 5 spans)	Rio, Greece	x3	2004
	[10]	Skarnsund Bridge	Inderøy, Norway		1991
	[11]	Köhlbrandbrücke	Hamburg, Germany		1974
Linked photo	[12]	Queshi Bridge	Shantou, China		1999
Linked photo	[13]	Anqing Bridge	Anquing, China		2005
Linked photo	[14]	Tsurumi Tsubasa Bridge	Yokohama, Japan		1994
	[15]	Øresund Bridge	Denmark - Sweden		1999
Linked photo	[16]	Ikuchi Bridge	Ikuchi, Japan		1991
Linked photo	[17]	Higashi Kobe Bridge	Kobe, Japan		1992
Linked photo	[18]	Megami Bridge	Nagasaki, Japan		2006
Linked photo	[19]	Ehuang Bridge	Ezhou, China		2002
Linked photo	[20]	Zhanjiang Bay Bridge	Zhanjiang, China		2006
	[21]	Ting Kau Bridge	Hong Kong, China		1998
	[22]	Arthur Ravenel Bridge (Largest in the Western Hemisphere)	Charleston, South Carolina, United States		2005
Linked photo	[23]	Seohae Bridge	Pyongtaek/Dangjin, South Korea		2000
Linked photo	[24]	Yahagigawa Bridge	Aichi, Japan		2005
	[25]	Alex Fraser Bridge	Vancouver, Canada		1986
	[26]	Yokohama Bay Bridge	Yokohama, Japan		1989
	[27] ★	Vidyasagar Setu (2nd Hooghly Bridge)	Kolkata, West Bengal, India		1992
	[28]	Second Severn Bridge	Wales-England, UK		1996
Linked photo	[29]	Rama IX Bridge	Bangkok, Thailand		1987
	[30]	Queen Elizabeth II Bridge	Dartford, England		1991
Linked photo	[31]	Chongqing Second Yangtze River Bridge	Chongqing, China		1995
	[32]	Ingeniero Carlos Fernández Casado Bridge	Barrios de Luna, Spain		1983
	[33] ★	Bai Chay Bridge	Ha Long, Vietnam		2006
Linked photo	[34]	Tongling Bridge	Tongling, China		1995
	[35]	Kap Shui Mun Bridge	Hong Kong		1997
	[36] ★	Helgeland Bridge	Sandnessjøen, Norway		1991
	[37] ★	Nanpu Bridge	Shanghai, China		1991
	[38]	Vasco da Gama Bridge	Lisbon, Portugal		1998
	[39] ★	Hitsuishijima Bridge	Seto Inland Sea, Japan		1988
	[40] ★	Iwakurojima Bridge	Seto Inland Sea, Japan		1988
	[41] ★	Donghai Bridge	Hangzhou Bay, China		2005
Linked photo	[42] ★	Yunyang Bridge	Yunyang, China		1994
	[43] ★	Uddevalla Bridge	near Uddevalla, Sweden		2000
Linked photo	[44] ★	Surgut Bridge (Largest single-tower cable-stayed bridge)	Surgut, Russia		2000
Linked photo	[45] ★	Meiko Nishi Bridge	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan		1985
Linked photo	[46] ★	Meiko Nishi Bridge	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan		1997
Linked photo	[47]	North Runyang Bridge	Zhenjiang, China		2005
Linked photo	[48] ★	Wadi Laban Bridge	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		2000
Linked photo	[49]	Thuan Phuoc Bridge	Da Nang, Vietnam (Han River)		2005
	[50]	Rande Bridge	Pontevedra, Spain		1978
Linked photo	[51]	Wuhan Highway Bridge	Wuhan, China		1995
	[52]	Mega Bridge (II)	Samut Prakan Province, Thailand		2006
	[53]	Dames Point Bridge (Largest in the United States 1989 - 2005)	Jacksonville, Florida, United States		1989
	[54] ★	Mauricio Báez Bridge	San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic		2007
Linked photo	[55] ★	Badong Bridge	Badong, China		2004
	[56] ★	Big Obukhovsky Bridge	Saint-Petersburg, Russia		2004
	[57]	Sidney Lanier Bridge	Brunswick, Georgia, United States		2003
	[58]	Fred Hartman Bridge	Baytown, Texas, United States		1995
Linked photo	[59]	Panyu Bridge	Guandong, China		1998
	[60] ★	Luling Bridge	Destrehan, Louisiana, United States		1983
	[61] ★	Flehe Bridge	Düsseldorf, Germany		1979
Linked photo	[62]	William H. Natcher Bridge	Owensboro, Kentucky to Rockport, Indiana, United States		2002
	[63] ★	Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge	St. Petersburg, Florida United States		1987
Linked photo	[64] ★	Tampico Bridge	Tampico Mexico		1988
	[65]	Penobscot Narrows Bridge	Bucksport, Maine, United States		2006
	[66] ★	Liberty Bridge	Novi Sad, Serbia		2005
Linked photo	[67]	Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge	Cape Girardeau, Missouri		2003
Linked photo	[68] ★	Duisburg-Neuenkamp Bridge	Duisburg, Germany		1970
	[69] ★	Mỹ Thuận Bridge	Tien Giang and Vinh Long, Vietnam		2000
	[70] ★	Batam-Tonton bridge, Barelang Bridge	Batam Island, Riau Archipelago, Indonesia		1997
Linked photo	[71] ★	Yiling Bridge	Yichang, China	(2x)	2001
	[72] ★	ANZAC Bridge	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia		1996
	[73] ★	Millau Viaduct (Longest cable-stayed deck, with 8 spans)	Millau, France	x6	2004
	[74]	Skybridge (Largest only carrying public transport)	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada		1990
	[75] ★	West Gate Bridge	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		1978
	[76] ★	Talmadge Memorial Bridge	Savannah, Georgia, United States		1990
	[77] ★	Rosario-Victoria Bridge (Largest in South America)	Argentina		2003
	[78] ★	San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge	Argentina/Paraguay		1990
	[79] ★	Zárate-Brazo Largo Bridge	Argentina		1978
	[80]	Mega Bridge (I)	Bangkok, Thailand		2006
	[81] ★	Karnali River Bridge	Chisapani Camp, Nepal		1993
Linked photo	[82] ★	Puente Internacional	Ayamonte, Spain/Castro Marim, Portugal		1991
	[83] ★	Centennial Bridge	Panama Canal, Panama		2004
Linked photo	[84] ★	Brotonne Bridge	Caudebec-en-Caux, France		1977
Linked photo	[85]	Qiao Bridge	Zhuhai, China		1998
	[86] ★	Rheinkniebrücke	Düsseldorf, Germany		1969
	[87] ★	Vansu Tilts	Riga, Latvia		1981
Linked photo	[88] ★	Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge	Wuhu, China		2000
Linked photo	[89]	Mezcala Viaduct	Mexico		1993
	[90] ★	Beeckenwerther Brücke	Duisburg, Germany		1990
Linked photo	[91] ★	Dongting Lake Bridge	Hunan, China		2002
	[92] ★	Grenland Bridge	Porsgrunn, Norway		1996
	[93] ★	Dubrovnik Bridge	Dubrovnik, Croatia		2002
	[94] ★	Nový Most	Bratislava, Slovakia		1972
	[95] ★	Severinsbrücke	Cologne, Germany		1961
	[96]	Rama VIII Bridge	Bangkok, Thailand		1992
Linked photo	[97]	Seri Saujana Bridge	Putrajaya, Malaysia		2003
	[98] ★	Farø South Bridge - Farø Bridges	Denmark		1984
Linked photo	[99] ★	Deggenau Bridge	Deggenau, Germany		1975
Linked photo	[100] ★	Dongying Bridge	Kenli, China		1987
Linked photo	[101] ★	Coatzacoalcos Bridge	Mexico		1984
	[102] ★	Flughafenbrücke - Airport Bridge	Düsseldorf, Germany		2002
	[103] ★	Kurt Schumacher Bridge	Mannheim & Ludwigshafen, Germany		1971
	[104] ★	Leverkusen Bridge	Cologne & Leverkusen, Germany		1965
	[105] ★	Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke	Bonn, Germany		1967
	[106] ★	Erasmus Bridge	Rotterdam, Netherlands		1996
Linked photo	[107] ★	Dolsan Bridge	Yozu, South Korea		1985

Bridges not yet completed

★ The Sutong Bridge crossing the Yangtze River, scheduled for completion in 2009, will include a cable-stayed section with a span.

★ The Incheon Bridge will have a cable-stayed portion over the main sea route to port with five spans, the longest . The bridge is scheduled for completion in 2009 and will have a total length of .

★ The Suramadu Bridge crossing the Madura Strait in Indonesia will have a cable-stayed portion with three spans , and long. It is scheduled for completion in 2008 and will have a total length of .

★ The Hangzhou Bay Bridge, when completed, will be the longest bridge with cable-stayed sections in the world, spanning the Hangzhou Bay between Jiaxing and Cixi City off the east coast of China. The bridge will have two main spans, with a northern span, and a southern.

★ The construction of the Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong, a cable-stayed bridge spanning the Rambler Channel between Tsing Yi Island and Stonecutters Island with a main span has started and the towers are now up to over 200m in height.

★ The Fehmarn Belt bridge is planned as a triple-span cable-stayed bridge, crossing the Fehmarn Belt between Fehmarn, Germany and Lolland, Denmark with a total length of .

★ The John James Audubon Bridge (Mississippi River) in Louisiana, United States will span the Mississippi River at one of its widest points, connecting Pointe Coupee Parish and West Feliciana Parish with main span When construction finishes in 2010, the bridge will be the crowning achievement of the Zachary Taylor Parkway.

★ The new Pelješac bridge in Croatia connecting the Croatian territory, spaning the bay between the mainland and a Pelješac peninsula will be a long and high beam/cable-stayed bridge, with a main span of . This span will be the second largest in Europe. Construction starts in summer 2007.

★ The Bandra-Worli Sea Link likely to be completed in 2008 will have a single-tower cable-stayed structure with two spans and a shorter twin-tower 3-span cable-stayed structure.^[1]

See also

★ List of spans

References

1. Bandra Worli Sea Link Project - Details of Package-IV



★ Nicolas Janberg, Cable-stayed bridges, Structurae (an extensive database of structures including many cable-stayed bridges)