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List of longest cantilever bridge spans

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This list of cantilever bridges ranks the world's cantilever bridges by the length of their main span. A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using cantilevers: structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end.

Completed cantilever bridges

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This list only includes bridges that carry automobiles or trains. It does not include suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges, footbridges or pipeline bridges. The span must be 750 feet (229 m) or over to be included in the list.

Note: Click on each bridge's rank to go to the bridge's website. The list may be incomplete. Sourced additions are welcomed.
Rank Name Main span in meters (feet) Completed Location
1 Pont de Québec
(longest from 1917 to present)
549 (1,800) 1917 Quebec City and Lévis,  Canada
2 Forth Bridge
(longest from 1890 to 1917)
521 (1,710) x2 1890 South Queensferry, City of Edinburgh to North Queensferry, Fife,  Scotland,  United Kingdom
3 Minato Bridge 510 (1,673) 1973 Osaka,  Japan
4 Commodore Barry Bridge 501 (1,644) 1974 Chester, Pennsylvania, to Bridgeport, New Jersey,  United States
5 Crescent City Connection
480 (1,575) 1958 (eastbound)
1988 (westbound)
New Orleans, Louisiana,  United States
6 Sanguantang Bridge [zh] 465 (1,526) 2020 Ningbo, Zhejiang,  China
7 Howrah Bridge 457 (1,500) 1943 Kolkata, West Bengal,  India
8 Veterans Memorial Bridge
445 (1,460) 1995 Gramercy, Louisiana,  United States
9 Tokyo Gate Bridge 440 (1,443) 2012 Tokyo,  Japan
10 San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (east Bay span) 427 (1,400) 1936
(demolished 2016)
San Francisco, California,  United States
11 J. C. Van Horne Bridge 380 (1,247) 1961 Campbellton, New Brunswick, to Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec,  Canada
12 Astoria–Megler Bridge 376 (1,232) 1966 Astoria, Oregon, to Point Ellice near Megler, Washington,  United States
13 Horace Wilkinson Bridge 376 (1,235) 1968 Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  United States
14 Tappan Zee Bridge 369 (1,212) 1955
(demolished 2019)
Nyack, New York,  United States
15 Lewis and Clark Bridge 366 (1,200) 1930 Longview, Washington,  United States
16 Queensboro Bridge 360 (1,182) 1909 New York, New York,  United States
17 Carquinez Bridge
(parallel spans)
335 (1,100) x2 1927 (southbound; demolished 2007)
1958 (northbound)
Vallejo, California,  United States
18 Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing 335 (1,100) 1960 Vancouver, British Columbia,  Canada
19 El Ferdan Railway Bridge 335 (1,100) 2001 near Ismailia,  Egypt
20 Jacques Cartier Bridge 334 (1,096) 1930 Montreal, Quebec,  Canada
21 Shibanpo Yangtze River Bridge 330 (1,080) 2006 Chongqing,  China
22 Richmond-San Rafael Bridge 326 (1,070) x2 1956 Richmond, California,  United States
23 John P. Grace Memorial Bridge 320 (1,050) 1929
(demolished in 2006)
Charleston, South Carolina,  United States
24 Newburgh-Beacon Bridge 305 (1,000) 1963 (westbound)
1981 (eastbound)
Newburgh, New York,  United States
25 Stolma Bridge 301 (988) 1998 Austevoll,  Norway
26 Raftsund Bridge 298 (978) 1998 Vesterålen,  Norway
27 Sundøy Bridge 298 (978) 2003 Nordland,  Norway
Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge 28 Martin Luther King Bridge 294 (964) 1950 St. Louis, Missouri,  United States
29 Story Bridge 282 (924) 1940 Brisbane, Queensland,  Australia
30 Bras de la Plaine Bridge 280.77 (921) 2002 Réunion,  France
31 Caruthersville Bridge 280 (919) 1975 Caruthersville, Missouri,  United States
32 Silver Memorial Bridge 274 (900) 1969 Henderson, West Virginia,  United States
33 Ravenswood Bridge 274 (900) 1981 Ravenswood, West Virginia to Meigs County, Ohio,  United States
34 Carpenter Bridge 274 (900) 1987 St. Marys, West Virginia,  United States
35 Carl Perkins Bridge 274 (900) 1987 Portsmouth, Ohio,  United States
36 Blue Water Bridge 265 (871) 1938 Port Huron, Michigan,  United States to Sarnia, Ontario,  Canada
37 Vicksburg Bridge 263 (870) 1973 Vicksburg, Mississippi,  United States
Before demolition 38 Sunshine Skyway Bridge 263 (864)[1] 1954 (original span)
1969 (second span)
Demolished 1993; replaced with cable-stayed bridge
Tampa Bay, Florida,  United States
39 Foresthill Bridge 263 (862) 1972 Foresthill, California,  United States
40 Branko's Bridge 261 (856) 1957 Belgrade,  Serbia
41 Gateway Bridge 260 (853) 1986 Brisbane, Queensland,  Australia
42 New Varodd Bridge 260 (853) 1993 Kristiansand, Vest-Agder,  Norway
43 Huey P. Long Bridge 258 (848) x2 1940 Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  United States
44 Natchez-Vidalia Bridge 258 (846) x2 1940 (westbound)
1988 (eastbound)
Natchez, Mississippi,  United States
45 Brownville Bridge 257 (840) 1939 Brownville, Nebraska,  United States
46 Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge 257 (840) 1940
(demolished 2011)
Greenville, Mississippi,  United States
47 Brent Spence Bridge 253 (830) 1963 Covington, Kentucky,  United States
48 Old Vicksburg Bridge 251 (825) 1930 Vicksburg, Mississippi,  United States
49 Sunshine Bridge 251 (825) 1964 St. James Parish, Louisiana,  United States
50 George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge 250 (820) x2 1929 Louisville, Kentucky,  United States
51 Skye Bridge 250 (820) 1995 Skye,  Scotland,  United Kingdom
52 Confederation Bridge 250 (820) x43 1997 Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island, to Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick,  Canada
53 Matthews Bridge 246 (810) 1953 Jacksonville, Florida,  United States
54 Helena Bridge 245 (804) 1961 Helena, Arkansas,  United States
55 Tobin Bridge 244 (800) 1950 Boston, Massachusetts (Charlestown-Chelsea, MA,  United States
56 Cairo Ohio River Bridge 240 (800) x2 1937 Wickliffe, Kentucky and Cairo, Illinois,  United States
57 Hamana Bridge [ja] 240 (800) 1976 Shizuoka Prefecture,  Japan
58 Huey P. Long Bridge 238 (790) 1935
(widened 2013)
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana,  United States
59 Silas N. Pearman Bridge 230 (760) 1966
(demolished 2006)
Charleston, SC,  United States
60 Outerbridge Crossing 229 (750) 1928 Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and southwestern Staten Island, New York City, New York,  United States

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Barker, R.M.; Puckett, J. A. (2013). Design of Highway Bridges: An LRFD Approach. Wiley. p. 21. ISBN 9781118332832. Retrieved 2015-08-27.