List of longest cantilever bridges

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The Howrah Bridge is the one of the busiest cantilever bridges in the world

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

This list only includes bridges that carry automobiles or trains. It does not include suspension bridges, cable-stay bridges, footbridges or pipeline bridges.

Note: Click on each bridge's rank to go to the bridge's web-site. The list may be incomplete. Sourced additions are welcomed.

	Rank	Name	Location	Main span in meters (feet)	Completed
	1	Pont de Québec (Largest from 1917 to present)	Quebec,  Canada	549 (1,800)	1917
	2	Forth Bridge (railway) (Largest from 1890 to 1917)	Edinburgh/Fife,  United Kingdom (Scotland)	521 (1,710) (2x)	1890
	3	Minato Bridge	Osaka,  Japan	510 (1,673)	1973
	4	Commodore Barry Bridge	Chester, Pennsylvania and Bridgeport, New Jersey,  United States	501 (1,644)	1974
	5	Crescent City Connection	New Orleans, Louisiana,  United States	480 (1,575)	1958 (eastbound) 1988 (westbound)
	6	Howrah Bridge	Kolkata, West Bengal,  India	457 (1,500)	1943
	7	Veterans Memorial Bridge (Gramercy Bridge)	Louisiana,  United States	445 (1,460)	1995
	8	San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (East Bay Span)	San Francisco, California,  United States	427 (1,400)	1936
	9	Horace Wilkinson Bridge	Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  United States	376 (1,235)	1968
	10	Tappan Zee Bridge	New York, New York,  United States	369 (1,212)	1955
	12	Lewis and Clark Bridge	Longview, Washington,  United States	366 (1,200)	1930
	13	Queensboro Bridge	New York, New York,  United States	360 (1,182)	1909
	14	Bridge of the Americas	Panama City,  Panama	344 (1,128)	1962
	15	Carquinez Bridge (twin spans)	Vallejo, California,  United States	335 (1,100) x2	1927 (southbound), demolished in 2007 1958 (northbound)
	15	Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing	Vancouver, British Columbia,  Canada	335 (1,100)	1961
	17	Jacques Cartier Bridge	Montreal, Quebec,  Canada	334 (1,097)	1930
	18	Hart Bridge	Jacksonville, Florida,  United States	332 (1,088)	1967
	19	Richmond-San Rafael Bridge	Richmond, California,  United States	326 (1,070) x2	1956
	20	John P. Grace Memorial Bridge	Charleston, South Carolina,  United States	320 (1,050)	1929 (demolished in 2006)
	21	Newburgh-Beacon Bridge	Newburgh, New York,  United States	305 (1,000)	1963 {westbound) 1981 (eastbound)
Linked photo	22	Stolma Bridge	Austevoll,  Norway	301 (988)	1998
	23	Raftsund Bridge	Vesterålen,  Norway	298 (978)	1998
	24	Sundøy Bridge	Nordland,  Norway	298 (978)	2003
	25	Martin Luther King Bridge	St. Louis, Missouri,  United States	294 (964)	1950
	26	Story Bridge	Brisbane, Queensland,  Australia	282 (924)	1940
	27	Caruthersville Bridge	Caruthersville, Missouri,  United States	280 (919)	1975
	28	Silver Memorial Bridge	Henderson, West Virginia,  United States	274 (900)	1969
Linked photo	29	Carpenter Bridge	St. Marys, West Virginia,  United States	274 (900)	1987
	30	Carl Perkins Bridge	Portsmouth, Ohio,  United States	274 (900)	1987
	31	Blue Water Bridge	Port Huron, Michigan,  United States	265 (871)	1938
	32	Vicksburg Bridge	Vicksburg, Mississippi,  United States	263 (870)	1973
	33	Sunshine Skyway Bridge (twin spans)	Tampa, Florida,  United States	263 (863)	1954 (northbound), demolished 1993; 1969 (southbound), destroyed 1980
	34	Foresthill Bridge	Foresthill, California,  United States	263 (862)	1972
	35	Gateway Bridge	Brisbane, Queensland,  Australia	260 (853)	1986
	36	New Varodd Bridge	Kristiansand, Vest-Agder,  Norway	260 (853)	1993
	37	Huey P. Long Bridge	Baton Rouge, Louisiana,  United States	258 (848) x2	1940
Linked photo	38	Natchez-Vidalia Bridge	Natchez, Mississippi,  United States	258 (846) x2	1940 (westbound) 1988 (eastbound)
Linked photo	39	Cornwall Bridge	Cornwall, Ontario,  Canada	257 (843)	1899 (demolished 1958)
	40	Brownville Bridge	Brownville, Nebraska,  United States	257 (840)	1939
	41	Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge	Greenville, Mississippi,  United States	257 (840)	1940
	42	Helena Bridge	Helena, Arkansas,  United States	257 (840)	1961
	43	Brent Spence Bridge	Covington, Kentucky,  United States	253 (830)	1963
	44	Old Vicksburg Bridge	Vicksburg, Mississippi,  United States	251 (825)	1930
	45	Sunshine Bridge	St. James Parish, Louisiana,  United States	251 (825)	1964
	46	George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge	Louisville, Kentucky,  United States	250 (820) x2	1929
many bridges with shorter span

See also

• List of spans
• Astoria-Megler Bridge

References

Durkee, Jackson (1999-05-24). "World’s Longest Bridge Spans". National Steel Bridge Alliance. pp. 24-26. http://www.aisc.org/Content/ContentGroups/Documents/NSBA5/20_NSBA_LongestSpans.PDF. 

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