A list of world's tallest bridges, sorted by clearance from ground/water to deck.
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Bridges with large clearance below
| # | Bridge | Height of pillars | Clearance below | Type | Year of construction | Country | Territory/ Municipality | Use | Remarks / |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Gorge Bridge | 46 m | 321 m (1053 ft) | Suspension | 1929 | USA | Colorado | Road | Over river and railway |
| 2 | Millau Viaduct | 343 m | 270 m (890 ft) | Cable-stayed | 2004 | France | Millau | Motorway | |
| 3 | New River Gorge Bridge | - | 267 m (876 ft) | Steel arch | 1977 | USA | West Virginia | Expressway | |
| 4 | Foresthill Bridge | 223 m (730 ft) | Steel cantilever | 1973 | USA | California | Road | ||
| 5 | Bloukrans Bridge | - | 216 m | Concrete Arch | 1984 | South Africa | Road | ||
| 6 | Glen Canyon Dam bridge | 213 m (700 ft) | Steel arch | 1964 | USA | Arizona | Road | ||
| 7 | Rio Grande Gorge Bridge | 200 m | Steel cantilever | 1966 | USA | New Mexico | Road | ||
| 8 | Glade Creek Bridge | 200 m | Steel cantilever | 1998 | USA | West Virginia | Motorway | See also Glade Creek (New River) | |
| 9 | Mala Rijeka viaduct | 198 m[1] | Steel beam | 1973 | Montenegro | Railway | |||
| 10 | Europabrücke | 146 m | 190 m | Concrete beam | 1963 | Austria | Patsch | Motorway | |
| Kochertalbrücke | 178 m | 185 m | Concrete | 1979 | Germany | Geislingen, Kocher | Motorway | ||
| Đurđevića Tara Bridge | - | 172 m | Arch | 1940 | Montenegro | Road | |||
| Viaducto de Montabliz | 140 | 150 m | Concrete beam | 2008 | Spain | Cantabria | Motorway | [2] [3] | |
| Perrine Bridge | - | 148 m | Steel arch | 1974 | USA | Idaho | Expressway | ||
| Viaduto 13 (Viaduto do Exército) | 143 m | 1978 | Brazil | Rio Grande do Sul | Railway | [4] | |||
| Fades viaduct | - | 132 m | Steel beam | 1909 | France | Railway | |||
| Mashuihe Bridge under construction |
142 m | Concrete | 2009 | China | Enshi | Motorway | [citation needed] | ||
| Balinghe bridge under construction |
375 m | Suspension | 2009 | China | Guizhou | Road | |||
| Si Du River Bridge under construction |
560 m | Suspension | 2009 | China | Hubei | [5] | |||
| Baluarte Bridge under construction |
390 m | Cable-stayed | 2010 | Mexico | Road | ||||
| Chenab Bridge under construction |
359 m | Steel arch | 2009 | India | Jammu and Kashmir | Railway | [6] | ||
| Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge under construction |
255 m (840 ft) | Concrete arch | 2010 | USA | Nevada/Arizona | Road |
Bridges with high pillars
| # | Bridge | Height of pillars | Clearance below | Type | Year of construction | Country | Territory/ Municipality | Use | Remarks / |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millau Viaduct | 343 m | 270 m | Cable-stayed | 2004 | France | Millau | Motorway | |
| 2 | Sutong Bridge | 306 m | 62 m | Cable-stayed | 2008 | China | Changshu | Motorway | World's longest cable stayed bridge |
| 3 | Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge | 298.3 m | 65 m | Suspension | 1998 | Japan | Kobe | Motorway | |
| 4 | Stonecutters Bridge | 298 m | 73.5 m | Cable-stayed | 2009 | China | Hong Kong | Road | |
| 5 | Great Belt East Bridge | 254 m | 65 m | Suspension | 1998 | Denmark | Korsør | Motorway | |
| 6 | Golden Gate Bridge | 227.4 m | 67 m | Suspension | 1937 | USA | San Francisco | Motorway | |
| 7 | Tatara Bridge | 220 m | 26 m | Cable-stayed | 1999 | Japan | Imabari | Road | |
| 8 | Pont de Normandie | 215 m | 59 m | Cable-stayed | 1995 | France | Le Havre | Expresway | |
| 9 | Runyang Bridge | 215 m | 50 m | Suspension | 2005 | China | Jiangsu | Road | |
| 10 | Verrazano Narrows Bridge | 211.3 m | 69 m | Suspension | 1964 | USA | New York City | Motorway | |
| Xihoumen Bridge | 211 m | 49 m | Suspension | 2008 | China | Zhoushan Archipelago | Road | ||
| Tsing Ma Bridge | 206 m | 62 m | Suspension | 1997 | China | Hongkong | Road/railway | ||
| Ting Kau Bridge | 201.6 m | Cable-stayed | 1998 | China | Hong Kong | Road | |||
| Mezcala-Solidaridad Bridge | 200?? m | 160 m? | Cable-stayed | 1993 | Mexico | Mártir de Cuilapan | Motorway | [citation needed] | |
| Oresund Bridge | 203.5 m | 57 m | Cable-stayed | 2000 | Sweden/Denmark | Malmö | Motorway/railway | ||
| Huangpu Bridge | 201 m | Cable-stayed | 2008 | China | Guangzhou | Road | |||
| Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge | ≈200 m | 1988 | Japan | Sakaide | |||||
| Ponte 25 de Abril | 190.5 m | 1966 | Portugal | Lisbon | Motorway/Railway | ||||
| Höga Kustenbron | 180 m | 40 m | Suspension | 1997 | Sweden | Kramfors | Road | ||
| Kochertalbrücke | 178 m | 185 m | Concrete | 1979 | Germany | Geislingen, Kocher | Motorway | ||
| George Washington Bridge | 184.1 m | Suspension | 1931 | USA | Fort Lee, New Jersey | Motorway | |||
| Kao-Ping Hsi Bridge | 183.5 m | 2000 | Taiwan | Kaohsiung | [citation needed] | ||||
| Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge | 174 m | 2005 | USA | Charleston, South Carolina | Expressway | ||||
| Ting Kau Bridge | 173.3 m | 1998 | China | Hongkong | |||||
| Mega Bridge | 173 m | 2006 | Thailand | Bangkok | |||||
| Rama VIII Bridge | 170.4 m | 2002 | Thailand | Bangkok | Road | ||||
| Bosphorus Bridge | 169 m | Suspension | 1974 | Turkey | Istanbul | Motorway | |||
| Mackinac Bridge | 168.2 m | Suspension | 1957 | USA | St. Ignace | Motorway | |||
| Grenland Bridge | 166 m | 1996 | Norway | Porsgrunn | Road | ||||
| Ting Kau Bridge | 164.3 m | 1998 | China | Hong Kong | |||||
| Humber Bridge | 162 m | UK | Kingston upon Hull | Road | |||||
| San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (West) | 160.3 m | 1936 | USA | San Francisco | Motorway | ||||
| 3rd Tacoma Narrows Bridge | 155.5 m | 2007 | USA | Tacoma | Motorway | ||||
| Alex Fraser Bridge | 154 m | 1986 | Canada | Delta | |||||
| Zhanjiang Bay Bridge | 153.4 m | 2006 | China | Zhanjiang | |||||
| Skarnsund Bridge | 152 m | 1991 | Norway | Mosvik | |||||
| Forth Road Bridge | 150.1 m | suspension | 1964 | UK | Edinburgh | motorway | |||
| 2nd Tacoma Narrows Bridge | 150 m | 1950 | USA | Tacoma | Motorway | ||||
| Ada Bridge under construction |
202 m | 20 | Cable-stayed | 2011-‘12 | Serbia | Belgrade | Road and Subway |
See also
- List of tallest buildings and structures in the world
- List of tallest buildings and structures in the world by country
- List of bridges in the United States by height
References/Notes
References are as a principle located in the articles about the bridges
- ^ 198 m in German Wikipedia, 200 m in Serbian and English Wikipedia
- ^ Ferrovial (2007-09-15). "Viaducto de Montabliz". http://www.ferrovial.com/en/index.asp?MP=18&MS=852&MN=3. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
- ^ Trelleborg (2008-02-01). "A quiet, high-level ride". http://www.trelleborg.com/en/Media/The-World-of-Trelleborg/A-quiet-high-level-ride. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
- ^ pt:Viaduto do Exército and [1]
- ^ Liu, Yinbo; Chongxu Wang, Yuancheng Peng (2008). "The Construction of Si Du River Suspension Bridge". Proceedings of the 2008 International Bridge Conference (Pittsburgh: Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania) (IBC 08-56). http://www.eswp.com/bridge/conference_archives.htm. - The summary of the paper on International Bridge Conference®: Construction gives the hight of 560 m.
- ^ UNI (reprinted by DaijiWorld) (2006-06-05). "World's Highest Railway Bridge to Come in Jammu and Kashmir". http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=22312&n_tit=World's+Highest+Railway+Bridge+to+Come+in+Jammu+and+Kashmir. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
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