The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e., the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of the main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of suspension bridges, often correlating with the height of the towers and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. 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).
Suspension bridges have the longest spans of any type of bridge. Cable-stayed bridges, the next longest design, are practical for spans up to just over one kilometre (the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world has a 1,104 m span). Therefore, as of October 2025, the 28 longest bridges on this list are the 28 longest spans of all types of vehicular bridges (other than floating pontoon bridges).
The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey holds the record since opening to traffic in March 2022, with a span of 2,023 metres (6,637 ft). Since 1998, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan previously held the record with a span of 1,991 metres (6,532 feet), the Zhangjinggao Yangtze River Bridge in China will break the record in 2028 while the Strait of Messina Bridge in Italy will go to the top of the list in 2032.
Completed suspension bridges
This list includes only completed suspension bridges that carry automobiles or trains that are at least 1,000 m (3,300 ft) long. It does not include cable-stayed bridges, footbridges, or pipeline bridges.
| Green | Denotes bridge that contains or previously contained the longest span in the world |
| Photo | Name | Main span metres (feet) | Year opened | Location | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 Çanakkale Bridge | 2,023 m (6,637 ft) | 2022 | Gelibolu–Lapseki, Dardanelles | |||
| Akashi Kaikyo Bridge | 1,991 m (6,532 ft) | 1998 | Kobe–Awaji Island, Hyōgo | |||
| Nanjing Xianxin Yangtze River Bridge | 1,760 m (5,774 ft) | 2025 | Nanjing, Jiangsu | |||
| Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge | 1,700 m (5,577 ft) | 2019 | Wuhan, Hubei | |||
| Nansha Bridge (East span) | 1,688 m (5,538 ft) | 2019 | Nansha–Dongguan, Guangdong | |||
| Shenzhen–Zhongshan Bridge | 1,666 m (5,466 ft) | 2024 | Shenzhen–Zhongshan, Guangdong | |||
| Xihoumen Bridge | 1,650 m (5,413 ft) | 2009 | Zhoushan, Zhejiang | |||
| Great Belt Bridge | 1,624 m (5,328 ft) | 1998 | Korsør–Sprogø, Region Zealand 55°20′30″N 11°2′9″E / 55.34167°N 11.03583°E|| Denmark|| | |||
| Ningyang Yangtze River Bridge | 1,560 m (5,118 ft) | 2025 | Nanjing–Yangzhou, Jiangsu | |||
| Osman Gazi Bridge | 1,550 m (5,085 ft) | 2016 | Dilovası–Altınova, Gulf of İzmit 40°45′32″N 29°31′0″E / 40.75889°N 29.51667°E|| Turkey|| | |||
| Yi Sun-sin Bridge | 1,545 m (5,069 ft) | 2012 | Gwangyang–Yeosu, South Jeolla Province 34°54′21″N 127°42′19″E / 34.90583°N 127.70528°E|| South Korea|| | |||
| Runyang Yangtze River Bridge | 1,490 m (4,888 ft) | 2005 | Yangzhou–Zhenjiang, Jiangsu | |||
| Second Dongting Lake Bridge | 1,480 m (4,856 ft) | 2018 | Yueyang, Hunan | |||
| Huajiang Canyon Bridge | 1,420 m (4,659 ft) | 2025 | Guanling County–Zhenfeng County, Guizhou | |||
| Nanjing Qixiashan Yangtze River Bridge | 1,418 m (4,652 ft) | 2012 | Nanjing, Jiangsu | |||
| Humber Bridge | 1,410 m (4,626 ft) | 1981 | Hessle–Barton-upon-Humber, Yorkshire and the Humber 53°42′25″N 0°27′0″W / 53.70694°N 0.45000°W|| United Kingdom|| | |||
| Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge | 1,408 m (4,619 ft) | 2016 | Istanbul, Bosphorus 41°12′11″N 29°6′42″E / 41.20306°N 29.11167°E|| Turkey|| | |||
| Jin'an Bridge | 1,386 m (4,547 ft) | 2020 | Lijiang, Yunnan | |||
| Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge | 1,385 m (4,544 ft) | 1999 | Jiangyin–Jingjiang, Jiangsu | |||
| Tsing Ma Bridge | 1,377 m (4,518 ft) | 1997 | Tsing Yi–Ma Wan, Hong Kong | |||
| Hardanger Bridge | 1,310 m (4,298 ft) | 2013 | Ulvik–Eidfjord, Vestland 60°28′45″N 6°49′47″E / 60.47917°N 6.82972°E|| Norway|| | |||
| Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge | 1,298 m (4,260 ft) | 1964 | New York City, New York 40°36′23″N 74°2′44″W / 40.60639°N 74.04556°W|| United States|| | |||
| Golden Gate Bridge | 1,280 m (4,200 ft) | 1937 | San Francisco–Marin County, California 37°49′11″N 122°28′43″W / 37.81972°N 122.47861°W|| United States|| | |||
| Yangluo Yangtze River Bridge | 1,280 m (4,199 ft) | 2007 | Wuhan, Hubei | |||
| Höga Kusten Bridge | 1,210 m (3,970 ft) | 1997 | Utansjö, Västernorrland County | |||
| Nansha Bridge (West span) | 1,200 m (3,937 ft) | 2019 | Nansha–Dongguan, Guangdong | |||
| Chajiaotan Bridge | 1,200 m (3,937 ft) | 2019 | Xishui County, Guizhou–Gulin County, Sichuan | |||
| Longjiang Bridge | 1,196 m (3,924 ft) | 2016 | Baoshan, Yunnan | |||
| Aizhai Bridge | 1,176 m (3,858 ft) | 2012 | Jishou, Hunan | |||
| Wujiagang Yangtze River Bridge | 1,160 m (3,806 ft) | 2021 | Yichang, Hubei | |||
| Mackinac Bridge | 1,158 m (3,799 ft) | 1957 | Mackinaw City–St. Ignace, Michigan 45°48′54″N 84°43′41″W / 45.81500°N 84.72806°W|| United States|| | |||
| Ulsan Bridge | 1,150 m (3,773 ft) | 2015 | Ulsan 35°30′42″N 129°23′29″E / 35.51167°N 129.39139°E|| South Korea|| | |||
| Hålogaland Bridge | 1,145 m (3,757 ft) | 2018 | Rombaken, Narvik | |||
| Qingshui River Bridge | 1,130 m (3,707 ft) | 2015 | Kaiyang County–Weng'an County, Guizhou | |||
| Brăila Bridge | 1,120 m (3,675 ft) | 2023 | Brăila, Danube 45°18′54″N 28°0′8″E / 45.31500°N 28.00222°E|| Romania|| | |||
| Huangpu Bridge | 1,108 m (3,635 ft) | 2008 | Guangzhou, Guangdong | |||
| Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge | 1,100 m (3,609 ft) | 1989 | Sakaide–Shiwaku Islands, Kagawa | |||
| Xingkang Bridge | 1,100 m (3,609 ft) | 2018 | Luding County, Sichuan | |||
| Kaizhou Lake Bridge | 1,100 m (3,609 ft) | 2021 | Kaiyang County, Guizhou | |||
| Longmen Bridge (Guangxi) | 1,098 m (3,602 ft) | 2024 | Qinzhou, Guangxi | |||
| Wufengshan Yangtze River Bridge | 1,092 m (3,583 ft) | 2020 | Zhenjiang, Jiangsu | |||
| Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge | 1,090 m (3,576 ft) | 1988 | Istanbul, Bosphorus 41°5′28″N 29°3′41″E / 41.09111°N 29.06139°E|| Turkey|| | |||
| Baling River Bridge | 1,088 m (3,570 ft) | 2009 | Guanling County, Guizhou | |||
| Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge | 1,080 m (3,543 ft) | 2012 | Taizhou, Jiangsu | |||
| Ma'anshan Yangtze River Bridge | 1,080 m (3,543 ft) | 2013 | Ma'anshan, Anhui | |||
| Zangkejiang Bridge | 1,080 m (3,543 ft) | 2025 | Shuicheng–Pu'an, Guizhou | |||
| Bosphorus Bridge | 1,074 m (3,524 ft) | 1973 | Istanbul, Bosphorus 41°2′43″N 29°2′4″E / 41.04528°N 29.03444°E|| Turkey|| | |||
| George Washington Bridge | 1,067 m (3,500 ft) | 1931 | New York City, New York–Fort Lee, New Jersey 40°51′6″N 73°57′9″W / 40.85167°N 73.95250°W|| United States|| | |||
| Fuma Yangtze River Bridge | 1,050 m (3,445 ft) | 2017 | Wanzhou, Chongqing | |||
| Qipanzhou Yangtze River Bridge | 1,038 m (3,406 ft) | 2021 | Huangshi, Hubei | |||
| Third Kurushima Kaikyō Bridge | 1,030 m (3,379 ft) | 1999 | Imabari–Umashima, Ehime | |||
| Second Kurushima Kaikyō Bridge | 1,020 m (3,346 ft) | 1999 | Umashima–Ōshima, Ehime | |||
| Xintian Yangtze River Bridge | 1,020 m (3,346 ft) | 2022 | Wanzhou, Chongqing | |||
| 25 de Abril Bridge | 1,013 m (3,323 ft) | 1966 | Lisbon–Almada, Lisboa Region 38°41′39.059″N 9°10′41.326″W / 38.69418306°N 9.17814611°W|| Portugal|| | |||
| Forth Road Bridge | 1,006 m (3,300 ft) | 1964 | South Queensferry–North Queensferry, Fife 56°0′6.120″N 3°24′14.616″W / 56.00170000°N 3.40406000°W|| United Kingdom|| | |||
| Yidu Yangtze River Bridge | 1,000 m (3,281 ft) | 2021 | Yidu, Hubei | |||
| Continued by: main spans of 500-1000 meters | ||||||
Bridges under construction or planned
Most of the large suspension bridges built in recent years have been in the People's Republic of China. As the following list shows, most of the bridges under construction are also in China.
| Photo | Name | Main span metres (feet) | Year to open | Location | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strait of Messina Bridge | 3,300 m (10,830 ft) | 2032 | Messina, Sicily–Villa San Giovanni, Calabria 38°14′51″N 15°38′21″E / 38.24750°N 15.63917°E | Italy | ||
| Zhangjinggao Yangtze River Bridge (South span) | 2,300 m (7,550 ft) | 2028 | Zhangjiagang–Jingjiang–Rugao, Jiangsu | China | ||
| Second Sutong Yangtze River Bridge 苏通二桥东水道桥 | 2,300 m (7,550 ft) | Suzhou–Nantong, Jiangsu 31°54′4″N 120°51′36″E / 31.90111°N 120.86000°E | China | |||
| Jinwenlu Yangtze River Bridge 锦文路长江大桥 | 2,186 m (7,170 ft) | Nanjing, Jiangsu 31°52′36.6″N 118°32′44.3″E / 31.876833°N 118.545639°E | China | |||
| Shiziyang Bridge | 2,180 m (7,150 ft) | 2028 | Guangzhou–Dongguan, Guangdong 22°51′13.1″N 113°33′59.5″E / 22.853639°N 113.566528°E | China | ||
| Yanji Yangtze River Bridge | 1,860 m (6,100 ft) | 2026 | Huanggang–Ezhou, Hubei | China | ||
| Shuangyumen Bridge | 1,768 m (5,800 ft) | 2027 | Zhoushan, Zhejiang 29°43′35.0″N 122°02′14.0″E / 29.726389°N 122.037222°E | China | ||
| Lugu Lake Bridge | 1,680 m (5,510 ft) | 2027 | Yanyuan County, Sichuan 27°40′25.6″N 101°07′52.0″E / 27.673778°N 101.131111°E | China | ||
| Hannan Yangtze River Bridge 汉南长江大桥 | 1,600 m (5,250 ft) | 2027 | Wuhan–Xianning, Hubei 30°17′26.2″N 113°55′41.1″E / 30.290611°N 113.928083°E | China | ||
| Xiaowan Lancang River Bridge 小湾澜沧江特大桥 | 1,575 m (5,170 ft) | 2028 | Fengqing County, Yunnan 24°44′12.6″N 100°02′49.8″E / 24.736833°N 100.047167°E | China | ||
| Dadong Jinsha River Bridge 大东金沙江特大桥 | 1,520 m (4,990 ft) | 2026 | Lijiang, Yunnan | China | ||
| Xihoumen Rail/Road Bridge | 1,488 m (4,882 ft) | 2026 | Zhoushan, Zhejiang | China | ||
| Shuangliu Yangtze River Bridge | 1,430 m (4,690 ft) | 2026 | Wuhan–Ezhou, Hubei 30°36′33.8″N 114°45′03.9″E / 30.609389°N 114.751083°E | China | ||
| Yongchang Lancang River Bridge 永昌澜沧江大桥 | 1,416 m (4,646 ft) | 2028 | Changning County, Yunnan 24°53′29.8″N 99°44′38.8″E / 24.891611°N 99.744111°E | China | ||
| Dahe Bridge 大河特大桥 | 1,250 m (4,100 ft) | 2028 | Liupanshui, Guizhou | China | ||
| Fuxing Yangtze River Bridge | 1,208 m (3,960 ft) | 2025 | Yunyang County, Chongqing 30°55′32.6″N 108°46′24.6″E / 30.925722°N 108.773500°E | China | ||
| Zhangjinggao Yangtze River Bridge (North span) | 1,208 m (3,960 ft) | 2028 | Zhangjiagang–Jingjiang–Rugao, Jiangsu | China | ||
| Yalong River Bridge 雅砻江特大桥 | 1,200 m (3,940 ft) | 2028 | Yanyuan County, Sichuan 27°42′32.5″N 101°59′59.9″E / 27.709028°N 101.999972°E | China | ||
| Wudongde Jinsha River Bridge 乌东德金沙江特大桥 | 1,180 m (3,870 ft) | 2026 | Huidong County, Sichuan–Luquan County, Yunnan 26°21′58.0″N 102°34′08.3″E / 26.366111°N 102.568972°E | China | ||
| Chacao Channel bridge | 1,155 m (3,800 ft) | 2028 | Pargua–Chacao, Los Lagos Region | Chile | ||
| Libu Yangtze River Rail/Road Bridge | 1,120 m (3,670 ft) | 2028 | Jingzhou, Hubei | China | ||
| Xingyi Yangtze River Rail/Road Bridge 兴义长江公铁大桥 | 1,120 m (3,670 ft) | 2028 | Fengdu, Chongqing | China | ||
| Chuandian Jinsha River Bridge | 1,060 m (3,480 ft) | 2025 | Ningnan County, Sichuan–Qiaojia County, Yunnan 26°58′43.4″N 102°53′38.6″E / 26.978722°N 102.894056°E | China | ||
| Sichuan-Tibet Railway Dadu River Bridge | 1,060 m (3,480 ft) | 2030 | Luding County, Sichuan 29°55′50″N 102°13′45″E / 29.93056°N 102.22917°E | China | ||
| Sichuan-Tibet Railway Nu River Bridge 川藏铁路怒江特大桥 | 1,040 m (3,410 ft) | 2030 | Changdu, Xizang | China | ||
| Kahaluo Jinsha River Bridge | 1,030 m (3,380 ft) | 2025 | Leibo County, Sichuan–Yongshan County, Yunnan 27°58′12.8″N 103°30′43.5″E / 27.970222°N 103.512083°E | China |
History of longest suspension spans
| Photo | Bridge | Location | Length m (ft) | Years of longest span | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hypothesized support | Maya Bridge at Yaxchilan | Mexico | 62 m (203 ft) | 600–1430 | Hemp-rope simple suspension footbridge. Existence unproven. No longer standing. Prior longest bridges are located in List of longest arch bridge spans. Exceeded by the masonry arch Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge from 1377 to 1416, with main span of 72 m. |
| Chushul Chakzam | China Tibet | 137 m (449 ft) | 1430–1820 | Chain suspension footbridge south of Lhasa, built by Thangtong Gyalpo. Reported by British spies to still be in use in 1878. Later (before 1904) fell into disuse after river course changed, swamping the northern end. Dynamited by Chinese soldiers after the Battle of Chamdo in 1950. | |
| Union Chain Bridge | United Kingdom Scotland–England | 137 m (449 ft) | 1820–1826 | The oldest in the world still in use today. | |
| Menai Suspension Bridge | United Kingdom Wales | 176 m (577 ft) | 1826–1834 | ||
| Great Suspension Bridge | Switzerland Fribourg | 271 m (889 ft) | 1834–1849 | The bridge was replaced by the Zähringen Bridge in the 1920s. | |
| Wheeling Suspension Bridge | United States West Virginia | 308 m (1,010 ft) | 1849–1866 | The longest deck span from 1849 until 1866, and the oldest vehicular suspension bridge in use in the United States until 2019. | |
| Queenston-Lewiston Bridge | United States Canada | 317 m (1,040 ft) | 1851–1866 | The longest cable span from 1851 until it was destroyed by wind in 1864. However, the road deck span was only 258 meters long. | |
| John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge | United States Kentucky–Ohio | 322 m (1,056 ft) | 1866–1869 | ||
| Niagara Clifton Bridge | United States Canada | 384 m (1,260 ft) | 1869–1883 | Replaced in 1899. | |
| Brooklyn Bridge | United States New York City | 486 m (1,594 ft) | 1883–1903 | ||
| Williamsburg Bridge | United States New York City | 488 m (1,601 ft) | 1903–1924 | It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges. The Forth Bridge, completed in 1890, a cantilever bridge with two spans of 521 m was longer until surpassed by the Quebec Bridge in 1917. | |
| Bear Mountain Bridge | United States New York | 497 m (1,631 ft) | 1924–1926 | It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges. The Quebec Bridge completed in 1917, a cantilever bridge with a span of 549 m was longer until surpassed in 1929 by the Ambassador Bridge. The first suspension bridge to have a concrete deck. The construction methods pioneered in building it would make possible several much larger projects to follow. | |
| Benjamin Franklin Bridge | United States Pennsylvania–New Jersey | 533 m (1,749 ft) | 1926–1929 | It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges. | |
| Ambassador Bridge | United States Canada | 564 m (1,850 ft) | 1929–1931 | Since this bridge was built, the record for longest bridge span has only been held by suspension bridges. | |
| George Washington Bridge | United States New York – New Jersey | 1,067 m (3,501 ft) | 1931–1937 | The first span longer than 1 km. Nearly double the length of any previously built bridge at the time of its opening. | |
| Golden Gate Bridge | United States California | 1,280 m (4,200 ft) | 1937–1964 | Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1937 to 1964 | |
| Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge | United States New York City | 1,298 m (4,259 ft) | 1964–1981 | Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1964 to 1981 | |
| Humber Bridge | UK Yorkshire | 1,410 m (4,630 ft) | 1981–1998 | Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1981 to 1998 | |
| Akashi Kaikyo Bridge | Japan | 1,991 m (6,532 ft) | 1998–2022 | Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1998 to 2022. The largest ever increase in length. | |
| Çanakkale 1915 Bridge | Turkey | 2,023 m (6,637 ft) | 2022–Present | The longest bridge span in the world since 2022. The first span longer than 2 km. |
Sources:
Diagram of longest suspension spans
| Bridge | Main span | Diagram |
|---|---|---|
| Strait of Messina Bridge under construction | 3,300 m (10,826.8 ft) | |
| Zhangjinggao Yangtze River Bridge under construction | 2,300 m (7,545.9 ft) | |
| 1915 Çanakkale Bridge | 2,023 m (6,637.1 ft) | |
| Akashi Kaikyo Bridge | 1,991 m (6,532.2 ft) | |
| Nanjing Xianxin Yangtze River Bridge | 1,760 m (5,774.3 ft) | |
| Golden Gate Bridge | 1,280 m (4,199.5 ft) |
Other record-holding suspension bridges
- Huajiang Canyon Bridge (China). Opened in 2025, it is the highest suspension bridge in the world at 625 m elevation.
- San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge Eastern Span (California, United States). Opened in 2013, it is the widest bridge in the world (78.74 m [258.3 ft]), the most expensive bridge and the largest self-anchored suspension bridge ever constructed.
- Tacoma Narrows Bridges (Washington, United States). Opened in 1950 and 2007, the pair of bridges with the longest spans in the world (853 m [2,799 ft]).
- Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge (Turkey). Opened in 2016, it has longest span carrying road and rail traffic (1,408 m [4,619 ft]).
- Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge (China). Opened in 2019 with the longest double deck span (1,700 m [5,600 ft]).
- George Washington Bridge (New York and New Jersey, United States). Opened in 1931, it is the suspension bridge with the most lanes of traffic (at fourteen total on two levels).
- Kurushima Kaikyō Bridge (Japan). Opened in 1999, it is the world's longest suspension bridge structure.
- Great Seto Bridge (Japan). Opened in 1978 and 1988, it is the longest two-tiered bridge system (but not all of the spans that make up the bridge system are suspension bridges).
- Bridge of National Unity (Hungary). Opened in 2024, it is the longest suspension pedestrian bridge in the world (723 m).
See also
- Cable-stayed suspension bridge
- List of longest bridges
- List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans
- List of longest masonry arch bridge spans
- List of longest arch bridge spans
- List of longest beam bridge spans
- List of highest bridges
- List of tallest bridges
Notes
- Two main spans, 1,080 meters long each.
Further reading
- Podolny, Walter Jr.; Goodyear, David (2006). "Cable-suspended bridges". In Roger L. Brockenbrough (ed.). Structural steel designer's handbook : AISC, AASHTO, AISI, ASTM, AREMA, and ASCE-07 design standards (4 ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. pp. 15.13 – 15.16. ISBN 0071432183.—includes a list of major suspension bridges by length
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