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Page 1: worlds top 100 bridges

BridgeSpan(m)

Year Location Country 

1 Akashi Kaikyo 1991 1998Kobe-Naruto Route

Japan

2 Great Belt East 1624 1998Halsskov-Sprogoe

Denmark

3 Humber 1410 1981Kingston-upon-Hull

U.K.

4 Jangyn 1385 1999Jiangsu (Yangtze river)

China

5 Tsing Ma 1377 1999Hong Kong (Lantau Island)

Hong Kong

6Verrazano Narrows

1298 1964 New York City U.S.A.

7 Golden Gate 1280 1937 San Francisco U.S.A.8 Hoga Kusten 1210 1997 Veda Sweden

9 Mackinac 1158 1957Mackinaw City, Michigan

U.S.A.

10Minami (South) Bisan-Seto

1100 1988Kojima-Sakaide Route

Japan

11Fatìh Sultan Mehemet (Bosporus II)

1090 1988 Istanbul Turkey

12Ataturk (Bosporus I)

1074 1973 Istanbul Turkey

13George Washington

1067 1931 New York City U.S.A.

14 3rd Kurushima 1030 1999Onomichi-Imabari Route

Japan

15 2nd Kurushima 1020 1999Onomichi-Imabari Route

Japan

16 Ponte 25 de Abril1013 1966Lisbon (Tago river)

Portugal

17 Forth Road 1006 1965 Edimburgh U.K.

18 Kita Bisan-Seto 990 1988Kojima-Sakaide Route

Japan

19 Severn 988 1966 Bristol U.K.

20 Yichang 960 2001Yichang (Yangtse river)

China

21 Shimotsui-Seto 940 1988Kojima-Sakaide Route

Japan

22 Xiling 900 1996Yichang (Yangtse river)

China

23 Boca Tigris 888 1997Pearl river (Guangdong prov.)

China

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24 Ohnaruto 876 1985Kobe-Naruto Route

Japan

25 Tacoma Narrows 853 1950Tacoma, Washington

U.S.A.

26 Askoy 850 1992 Bergen Norway

27 Innoshima 770 1983Onomichi-Imabari Route

Japan

28 Akinada 750 2000Akinada Islands (Hiroshima Pref.)

Japan

29 Semipalatinsk 750 2000Semipalatinsk (Irtish river)

Kazakhstan

30 Hakucho Ohashi 720 1998Muroran (Hokkaido Pref.)

Japan

31 Angostura 712 1967 Ciudad Bolivar Venezuela32 Kanmon Strait 712 1973 Honshu-Kyushu Japan

33 West Bay 704 1936San Francisco - Oakland

U.S.A.

34Bronx Whitestone

701 1939 New York City U.S.A.

35 Pierre Laporte 668 1970 Quebec City Canada

36Delaware Memorial I

655 1951Wilmington, Delaware

U.S.A.

37Delaware Memorial II

655 1968Wilmington, Delaware

U.S.A.

38 Seaway Skyway 655 1960Ogdensburg, NewYork

U.S.A.

39 Gjemnessundet 623 1992 Kristiansund Norway40 Walt Whitman 610 1957 Philadelphia U.S.A.41 Walt Whitman 608 1959 Le Havre France42 New Little Belt 600 1970 Little Belt Denmark

43 1st Kurushima 600 1999Onomichi-Imabari Route

Japan

44 Rainbow 570 1993 Tokio Japan45 Ambassador 564 1929 Detroit U.S.A.

46 Oshima 560 1988Miyakubo-seto (Onomichi-Imabari R.)

Japan

47 Throgs Neck 549 1961 New York City U.S.A.48 Tokyo Harbor 540 1926 Tokio Japan

49Benjamin Franklin

533 1926 Philadelphia U.S.A.

50 Skiomen 525 1972 Narvik Norway51 Kvalsund 525 1977 Hammerfest Norway52 Matadi 520 1983 SMatadi Zaire53 Fengdu 500 1996 Sichuan China

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(Yangtse river)54 Kleve-Emmerich 500 1965 Emmerich Germany

55 Bear Mountain 497 1924Peekskill, New York

U.S.A.

56 Williamsburg 488 1903 New York City U.S.A.

57W. Preston Lane Memorial I

488 1952Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

U.S.A.

58 Newport 488 1969Newport, Rhode Island

U.S.A.

59W. Preston Lane Memorial II

488 1973Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

U.S.A.

60 Brooklyn 486 1883 New York City U.S.A.61 Lion’s Gate 472 1938 Vancouver Canada62 Sotra 468 1971 Bergen Norway63 Hirado Ohashi 460 1977 Hirado Island Japan

64 Vincent Thomas 457 1963San Pedro, California

U.S.A.

65 Mid Hudson 456 1930Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

U.S.A.

66 Shantou Bay 452 1996Guangdong prov.

China

67 Manhattan 448 1909 New York City U.S.A.

68Angus L. Mac Donald

441 1955Halifax, Nova Scotia

Canada

69 Murray Mac Kay 427 1970Halifax, Nova Scotia

Canada

70 Triborough 421 1936 New York City U.S.A.71 Alvsborg 418 1966 Gothenburg Sweden

72 Hadong Namhae 404 1973 PusanSouth Korea

73 Baclan 394 1967 Bordeaux France74 Amu Daria River 390 1964 Buhara, Ural Russia

75 Royal Gorge 384 1929Canon City, Colorado

U.S.A.

76Cologne Rodenkirchen

378 1954 Cologne Germany

77 St. Johns 368 1931 Portland, OregonU.S.A.78 Wakato Narrows 367 1962 Kitakyushu City Japan

79 Mount Hope 366 1929Mount Hope Bay, Rhode Island

U.S.A.

80 St. Lawrence 351 1960Ogdensburg, New York

U.S.A.

81 Hercilio Luz 340 1926Florianopolis Island

Brazil

82 Bidwell ar 338 1965 Oroville, U.S.A.

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California83 Varodd 337 1956 Kristiansand Norway84 Tamar 335 1961 England England

85 Deer Isle 329 1939Penobscot Bay, Maine

U.S.A.

86 Rombaks 325 1964 Nordland Norway

87 Maysville 323 1931Maysville, Kentucky

U.S.A.

88 Ile D’Orleans 323 1936 Quebec City Canada89 John A. Roebling 322 1867 Cincinnati, Ohio U.S.A.90 Otto Beit 320 1939 Chirundu Zimbabwe91 Dent 320 1971 Orofino, Idaho U.S.A.

92Cologne Mulheim

315 1951 Cologne Germany

93 Mampimi 314 1900 Mampimi Mexico94 Wheeling 308 1849 Wheeling U.S.A.95 Konohana-ohashi 300 1990 Osaka Japan96 Elizabeth 290 1964 Budapest Hungary97 Tjeldsund 290 1967 Bjerkvik Norway98 Gran’Mere 289 1929 Quebec City Canada99 Cauca River 287 1894   Colombia

100 Peace River 284 1950Alberta, Saskatchewan

Canada