List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans


This list ranks the world's cable-stayed bridges by the length of main span, i.e. the 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 bridge types. They are practical for spans up to around. The Russky Bridge over the Eastern Bosphorus in Vladivostok, Russia, with its span, has the longest span of any cable-stayed bridge, displacing the former record holder, the Sutong Bridge over the Yangtze River in the People's Republic of China on 12 April 2012.

Completed cable-stayed bridges

This list of largest cable-stayed bridges includes all bridges with a main span of at least in length. This list only includes bridges that carry vehicular traffic, such as automobiles or trains. It does not include suspension bridges, footbridges or pipeline bridges.

Cable-stayed bridges under construction

Namespan
metre
Span
feet
Number
of
pylons
Year
to open
LocationCountryRef
1176 m3858 ft
2
2024
Changzhou - Taizhou, Jiangsu
China
938 m3077 ft
2
2020
Wuhan, Hubei
China
Gordie Howe International Bridge853 m2799 ft
2
2024
Detroit to WindsorUnited States/Canada
768 m2520 ft
2
2020
Wuxue, Hubei
China
760 m2493 ft
2
2021
Shiyan, Hubei
China
756 m2479 ft
2
2023
Ningbo - Zhoushan, ZhejiangChina
720 m2362 ft
2
2021
Chibi City - Honghu, Hubei
China
672 m2204 ft
2
2021
Huangmei County - Jiujiang, Hubei/JiangxiChina
660 m2165 ft
2
2021
Dadukou District - Banan District, Chongqing
China
Yangmeizhou Bridge658 m2159 ft
2
2020
Xiangtan, Hunan
China
600 m
1969 ft
3
2020
Nanjing, Jiangsu
China
Xijiang Rail Bridge600 m1969 ft
2
2020
Jiangmen-Foshan, Guangdong
China
580 m1903 ft
2
2024
Zhongshan, Guangdong
China
580 m1903 ft
2
2022
Foshan, Guangdong
China
565 m1854 ft
2
2020
Hancheng, Shaanxi - Hejin, Shanxi
China
560 m1837 ft
2
2020
Weng'an, GuizhouChina
550 m
1804 ft
3
2021
Zhoushan, ZhejiangChina
550 m1804 ft
2
2022
Jiulongpo District - Nan'an District, Chongqing
China
535 m1755 ft
2
2021
Fuding, FujianChina
532 m1745 ft
2
2020
Changle - Pingtan County, Fujian
China
530 m1739 ft
2
2021
Jiangmen, Guangdong
China
522 m1713 ft
2
2023
Yibin, SichuanChina
Harbor Bridge Project506.4 m1661 ft
2
2023
Corpus Christi, TexasUnited States
Hwayang Bridge500 m1640 ft
2
2020
Jobaldo Island - Jangsu-ri, South Jeolla Province
South Korea
500 m
1640 ft
4
2020
Zhuhai, Guangdong
China
500 m1640 ft
2
2020
Nanjing, Jiangsu
China

Planned and proposed bridges

Longest cable-stayed bridge decks

The definition of cable-stayed bridge deck length used here is: A continuous part of the bridge deck that is supported only by stay-cables and pylons, or are free spans. This means that columns supporting the side span as found in Pont de Normandie, excludes most of the side span decks from the cable-stayed deck length.
There are some bridges with long bridge decks whose span lengths have not been published, and therefore are missing. Extradosed bridges are not included. The thirty longest decks are:
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Timeline of world record lengths

Many early suspension bridges included cable-stayed construction, including the 1817 footbridge Dryburgh Abbey Bridge, James Dredge's patented Victoria Bridge, Bath, and the later Albert Bridge, London, and Brooklyn Bridge. Their designers found that the combination of technologies created a stiffer bridge. Albert Caquot's 1952 concrete-decked cable-stayed bridge over the Donzère-Mondragon canal at Pierrelatte is one of the first of the modern type, but had little influence on later development. The steel-decked Strömsund Bridge designed by Franz Dischinger is therefore more often cited as the first modern cable-stayed bridge.
This list tracks the bridge having the longest cable-stayed main span through time.
RecordNameLocationMain span:
metres
CrossesNotes
1871 – 1885Old Redheugh Bridge Newcastle upon TyneRiver Tynedestroyed in 1885
1885 – 1891 UppsalaFyris River
1891 – 1914Bluff Dale Bridge Bluff Dale, TXPaluxy River
1914 – 1922Kaihihi Stream Bridge Okatofootbridge
1922 – 1926Tauranga Bridge OpotikiWaioeka River
1926 – 1952Tempul Aqueduct Jerez de la FronteraGuadalete River
1952 – 1956Donzère-Mondragon Bridge PierrelatteDonzère-Mondragon Canal
1956 – 1957Strömsund Bridge StrömsundStröms vattudal
1957 – 1959Theodor Heuss Bridge DüsseldorfRhine
1959 – 1969 CologneRhine
1969 – 1971 DüsseldorfRhine
1971 – 1974 DuisburgRhine
1974 – 1983Saint-Nazaire Bridge Saint-NazaireLoire River
1983 – 1986Engineer Carlos Fernández Casado Bridge LeónBarrios de Luna
1986 – 1991Alex Fraser Bridge VancouverFraser River
1991 – 1993Skarnsund Bridge InderøySkarnsundet
1993 – 1995Yangpu Bridge ShanghaiHuangpu River
1995 – 1999Pont de Normandie Le HavreSeine River
1999 – 2008Tatara Bridge ImabariInland Sea
2008 – 2012Sutong Bridge Nantong - ChangsuYangtze River
2012 –Russky Bridge VladivostokEastern Bosphorus