Steel bridges in the World, by SBI (www.sbi.se)
Världens stålbroar och annan brostatistik
Listorna över långa broar är ursprungligen baserade på boken “Infrastrukturkonstruktioner” av Professor Håkan
Sundquist, och har uppdaterats tack vare dig och andra besökare på SBI:s webbplats (http://www.sbi.se/).
Har du kommentarer eller vill lägga till någon bro hör du av dig till [email protected].
Steel bridges in the world, and other bridge statistics
The long bridge lists were originally based on the Swedish book “Infrastrukturkonstruktioner” by Professor
Håkan Sundquist, and has been updated thanks to you and other SBI Internet visitors (http://www.sbi.se/).
Any comment or addition to these lists can be sent to [email protected].
By SBI, Stålbyggnadsinstitutet / The Swedish Institute of Steel Construction
Last update: October 2009
Öresund bridge, Sweden/Denmark (7845 m)
Photo credit: Lars Hamrebjörk, SBI Sweden
CONTENTS
1. Old Bridges
2. Girder bridges and truss bridges
3. Arch bridges
4. Suspension bridges
5. Cable-stayed bridges
6. Long bridges in Sweden
All bridges here have a steel load bearing stucture (substructure and towers excluded) if
nothing else is mentioned. Therefore some long concrete bridges may be excluded.
Remark: (u c) = Under Construction, or Planned bridge project.
The year to (u c) means planned year of completion/opening.
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1. Gamla broar / Old bridges
Information
The oldest known
bridge, found in 1990
Oldest known arch
bridge
Oldest preserved (?)
arch bridge
First intercontinental
bridge
Oldest suspension
bridge in use
Oldest (?) iron bridge in
use
Bridge
Type of bridge
Sweet Track
Wooden, 1100 m
Bridge
Nimrod bridge Stone arch
Country
England
Year of completion
3806 B.C
Iraq
app. 1800 B.C
Meles bridge
Stone arch
Turkey
app. 850 B.C
Bosporus
bridge
An-Lan Bridge Bamboo suspension bridge,
320 m with 61 m span
Ironbridge
Cast iron arch, 30 m span
Turkey
512 B.C
Kuanshien, app. 300 B.C
China
England
1779
Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale England (1779).
Photo credit: Robert Harding, Robert Harding picture library
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2. Balk- och fackverksbroar / Girder and truss bridges
Bridge name or location
Country
Max. span / Length (m)
Pont de Quebec
Firth of Forth
Minato (Southport) Osaka
Chester-Bridgeport
Greater New Orleans I
Greater New Orleans II
Howrah Calcutta
Transbay, Frisco
Baton Rouge
Astoria
Kuronoseto Kaikyo
Tappan Zee
Longview
Francis Scott Key
Queensboro
Oshima Ohashi
Stolmasund
Tenmon
Ponte Costa e Silva
Raftsundet
Canada
Scotland
Japan
USA
USA
USA
India
USA
USA
USA
Japan
USA
USA
USA
USA
Japan
Norway
Japan
Brasil
Norway
549/863
521/1042
510
501
480
480
457
427/3600
376
376
376
369
366
366
360
325
301/467
300
300
298/711
Year of
completion
1917
1890
1973
1972
1958
1988
1943
1936
1968
1966
1974
1955
1930
1977
1908
1976
1998
1966
1974
1998
Type of structure
Corbel trusses
Corbel trusses
Corbel trusses
Corbel trusses
Corbel trusses
Corbel trusses
Corbel trusses
Corbel trusses
Corbel trusses
Continuous trusses
Trusses
Corbel trusses
Corbel trusses
Trusses
Trusses
Trusses
Concrete box girder
Continuous trusses
Continuous girders
Concrete box girder
The Firth of Forth Bridge in Scotland was completed in 1890. The bridge is now included on the UK
Tentative List for the World Heritage List.
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3. Bågbroar / Arch bridges
Bridge name or location
Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing
Chaotianmen Bridge
Lupu Bridge
New River Gorge
Bayonne
Sidney Harbor Bridge
Chenab Bridge
Wushan Bridge
Xinguang Bridge
Wanxian Bridge
Caiyuanba Bridge
Lianxiang Bridge
Krk Bridge
Fremont Bridge
Hiroshima Central Flight Bridge
Maocaojie Bridge
Port Mann Bridge
Francis Scott Key Bridge
Žďákov Bridge
Yanjisha Bridge
Country
United Arab Emirates
China
China
USA
USA
Australia
India
China
China
China
China
China
Croatia
USA
Japan
China
Canada
USA
Czech Republic
China
Max. span / Length (m)
667/1600
552/1741
550/3900
518/924
504
503
480/1315
460/612
428/1083
420/864
420/1741
400/1345
390/1430
383/1430
380
368/3009
366/2093
366/2332
362/543
360/1084
Year of completion
(u c 2012)
2009
2003
1978
1931
1932
2009
2005
2008
2005
2007
2007
1980
1973
(u c 2011)
2007
1964
1977
1967
2000
New River Gorge bridge spanning the New River in West Virginia, USA. Still one of the longest arch
bridges in world.
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4. Hängbroar / Suspension bridges
Bridge name or location
Strait of Messina Bridge
Sunda Strait Bridge
Akashi Kaikyo
Izmit Bay Bridge
Xihoumen Bridge
Store Bælt (Great Belt Bridge)
Runyang Bridge
Humber Bridge
Jiangyin Bridge
Tsing Ma Bridge
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Yangluo Bridge
Höga Kusten (High Coast Bridge)
Mackinac Bridge
Minami-Bisan Seto
Huangpu Bridge
F Sultan Mehmet, Bosporus II
Kemal Atatürk, Bosporus I
George Washington Bridge
Country
Italy
Indonesia
Japan
Turkey
China
Denmark
China
United Kingdom
China
Hong Kong
USA
USA
China
Sweden
USA
Japan
China
Turkey
Turkey
USA
Max. span / Length (m)
3300
3000
1991/3911
1668/4000
1650
1624
1490
1410
1385
1377
1298
1280
1280
1210
1158
1118
1108
1090
1074
1067
Year of completion
(u c 2016)
( u c 2020)
1998
2002
2009
1997
2005
1981
1999
1997
1964
1937
2007
1997
1957
1988
2008
1988
1974
1931
The Akashi-Kaikyo bridge linking Kobe City and Awajishima Island in Japan is yet to be the longest
spanning bridge ever built (1991 m). The bridge (still under construction) survived the Kobe
earthquake in 1995.
Photo credit: Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authotity, Japan
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5. Snedkabelbroar / Cable-stayed bridges
Bridge name or location
Russky Island Bridge
Sutong Bridge
Stonecutters Bridge
Edong Bridge
Tatara Bridge
Pont de Normandie
Jingsha Bridge
Incheon Bridge
Zolotoy Rog Bridge
Chongming North Bridge
Fehmarn Belt bridge
Minpu Bridge
Third Nanjing Yangtze Bridge
Second Nanjing Yangtze Bridge
Jintang Bridge
Baishazhou Bridge
Qingzhou Bridge
Yangpu Bridge
Bandra-Worli Sea Link
Xupu Bridge
…
Öresund Bridge
Country
Russia
China
Hong Kong
China
Japan
France
China
South Korea
Russia
China
Denmark/Germany
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
India
China
…
Sweden/Denmark
Max. span / Length (m)
1104
1088
1018
926
890
856
816
800
737
730
724
708
648
628
620
618
605
602
600
592
…
490
Year of completion
(u c 2012)
2008
2009
(u c 2009)
1999
1995
(u c 2009)
(u c 2009)
(u c 2011)
(u c 2010)
(u c 2018)
(u c 2009)
2005
2001
2009
2000
2001
1993
2009
1997
…
2000
The Sutong Bridge, in Jiangsu province, China, is presently the longest cabel-strayed bridge in the
world. The bridge spans 1088 m across the Yangtze River and links Suzhou and Natong, which gives it
its name. The total length of the bridge is 6 km and the inverted Y-towers is more than 300 m.
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6. Long bridges in Sweden
Bridge name or location
Höga Kusten (High Coast)
Öresund Bridge
Älvsborg Bridge
Uddevalla Bridge
New Tjörn Bridge
Old Tjörn Bridge
Sandöbron
Svinesundsbron
Västerbron Sthlm
Strömsund Bridge
Sundsvallsbron
Årstabron
Ölandsbron
Foxen Bridge
Vallsundsbron
Vindeln
Hudälven
Ekolsundsbroarna
Type of structure
Suspension
Cable-stayed
Suspension
Cable-stayed
Cable-stayed
Steel arch
Concrete arch
Concrete arch
Steel arch
Cable-stayed
Steel box girder
Steel arch
Concrete girder
Steel girder
Steel box girder
Steel girder
Steel box girder
Steel girder
Max. span / Length (m)
Year of completion
1210/1800
1997
490/7845
2000
417
1966
414/1712
2000
366/665
1981
288
1960 (fell in 1980)
264/810
1943
247/704
2005
204/602
1935
183/333
1955
170/1420
(u c 2015)
151
1929
130/6072
1972
125/180
1988
100/1500+130
1998
100/170
1922
85/619
(u c 2010)
74/430
1989
The High Coast Bridge (Högakustenbron) is a suspension bridge and is for the moment the longest
bridge in Sweden, 1210 m. The name Högakusten (High Coast) refers to the surrounding area and the
crossing of the mouth of the Ångermanälven.
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