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List of longest arch bridge spans
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This list of the longest arch bridge spans ranks the world's arch bridges by the length of their main span. The length of the main span is the most common way to rank bridges as it usually correlates with the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge.[1] 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.
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Notes: CFST is concrete-filled steel tube.
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Name | Span meters |
Material | Year opened | Location | Country | Ref | |
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Fenglai Bridge [zh] | 580 m (1,903 ft) | steel | 2025 |
Wulong District, Chongqing 29°23′23″N 107°17′45″E |
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[52] | |
Luzhou Lantian Yangtze River Bridge [zh] | 570 m (1,870 ft) | steel | Luzhou, Sichuan | ![]() |
[53] | ||
Lewang Expressway Hongshui River Bridge [zh] | 528 m (1,732 ft) | CFST | Leye County-Wangmo County, Guangxi | ![]() |
[54] | ||
Guniuhe Bridge [zh] | 520 m (1,706 ft) | CFST | Anshun-Panzhou, Guizhou | ![]() |
[55] | ||
Shili Heihuijiang Bridge [zh] | 518 m (1,699 ft) | CFST | Fengqing, Yunnan | ![]() |
[56] | ||
Xininghe Bridge [zh] | 510 m (1,673 ft) | CFST | 2025 |
Pingshan County, Sichuan | ![]() |
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Sichuan-Tibet Railway Jinsha River Bridge [zh] | 500 m (1,640 ft) | steel | 2031 |
Baiyu County, Sichuan-Gongjue County, Xizang | ![]() |
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Dali-Ruili Railway Nu River Bridge [zh] | 490 m (1,608 ft) | steel | 2025 | Lamengxiang, Yunnan 24°44′53.5″N 98°56′55.2″E | ![]() | [H 15] | |
Zhaozhuang Malinghe Bridge | 410 m (1,345 ft) | CFST | 2025 | Xingyi, Guizhou 25°07′05.7″N 104°58′39.9″E | ![]() | [H 16] | |
West Central Ring Road Haihe River Bridge [zh] | 410 m (1,345 ft) | Binhai, Tianjin | ![]() |
[57][58] | |||
Chenglan Railroad Heihe Bridge | 400 m (1,312 ft) | steel | Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan | ![]() |
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Xiniu Bridge | 390 m (1,280 ft) | CFST | 2024 |
Fengqing, Yunnan | ![]() |
[59] | |
Changtai Yangtze River Tianxingzhou Bridge | 388 m (1,273 ft) | steel | 2025 |
Taixing, Jiangsu | ![]() |
[60] | |
Changtai Yangtze River Lu'anzhou Bridge | 388 m (1,273 ft) | steel | 2025 |
Taixing, Jiangsu | ![]() |
[60] | |
Jianghan Tenth Bridge [zh] | 380 m (1,247 ft) | steel | 2025 |
Wuhan, Hubei | ![]() |
[61] | |
Tongjianghe Bridge [zh] | 380 m (1,247 ft) | CFST | 2025 |
Pingchang, Sichuan | ![]() |
[62] | |
Lexi Expressway Suba Bridge | 370.5 m (1,216 ft) | concrete | 2025 |
Mabian, Sichuan | ![]() |
[63] | |
Jianzha Yellow River Railway Bridge [zh] | 366 m (1,201 ft) | steel | 2025 |
Jianzha County, Qinghai | ![]() |
[64] | |
Daheba Bridge | 360 m (1,181 ft) | CFST | Jinyang, Sichuan | ![]() |
[65] | ||
Xisujiaohe Bridge [zh] | 350 m (1,148 ft) | CFST | Leibo, Sichuan | ![]() |
[66] | ||
Baishuihe Bridge [zh] | 340 m (1,115 ft) | CFST | 2025 | Zhijin County, Guizhou | ![]() | [67] | |
Wujiang Wengma Rail Bridge [zh] | 337 m (1,106 ft) | CFST | Weng'an County, Guizhou | ![]() |
[68] | ||
Qingcheng Bridge [zh] | 336 m (1,102 ft) | CFST | 2025 |
Dujiangyan, Sichuan | ![]() |
[69] | |
Qiaowo Bridge [zh] | 325 m (1,066 ft) | CFST | 2027 |
Puge County, Sichuan | ![]() |
[70] | |
Tuojiang Bridge [zh] | 320 m (1,050 ft) | CFST | 2027 |
Jianyang, Sichuan | ![]() |
[71] | |
Shangwujiao Bridge [zh] | 310 m (1,017 ft) | CFST | Leibo, Sichuan | ![]() |
[72] | ||
Liutonghe Bridge | 300 m (984 ft) | Leibo, Sichuan | ![]() |
[73] |
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History of largest spans
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Record | Name | Location | Main span | Crosses | Notes |
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2024–present | Tian'e Longtan Bridge | ![]() |
600 m (1,969 ft) | Hongshui River | |
2020–2024 | Pingnan Third Bridge | ![]() |
575 m (1886 ft) | Xun River | |
2009–2020 | Chaotianmen Bridge | ![]() |
552 m (1,811 ft) | Yangtze | |
2003–2009 | Lupu Bridge | ![]() |
550 m (1,804 ft) | Huangpu River | |
1977–2003 | New River Gorge Bridge | ![]() |
518 m (1,699 ft) | New River | |
1931–1977 | Bayonne Bridge | ![]() |
510 m (1,673 ft) | Kill Van Kull | |
1916–1931 | Hell Gate Bridge | ![]() |
298 m (978 ft) | Hell Gate | |
1898–1916 | Upper Steel Arch Bridge | ![]() ![]() |
256 m (840 ft) | Niagara River | destroyed in 1938 |
1886–1898 | Luiz I Bridge | ![]() |
172 m (564 ft) | Douro | |
1884–1886 | Garabit Viaduct | ![]() |
165 m (541 ft) | Truyère | |
1877–1884 | Maria Pia Bridge | ![]() |
160 m (525 ft) | Douro | |
1874–1877 | Eads Bridge | ![]() |
158.5 m (520 ft) | Mississippi River | |
1860–1874 | Southwark Bridge | ![]() |
73 m (240 ft) | River Thames | |
1848–1860 | Cascade Bridge | ![]() |
76 m (249 ft) | Cascade Gulf | [74] |
1819–1848 | Southwark Bridge | ![]() |
73 m (240 ft) | River Thames | |
1796–1819 | Wearmouth Bridge | ![]() |
72 m (236 ft) | River Wear | |
1479–1796 | Pont de Vieille-Brioude | ![]() |
54 m (177 ft) | Allier | destroyed in 1822 |
1416–1479 | Castelvecchio Bridge | ![]() |
49 m (161 ft) | Adige | destroyed in 1945 |
1377–1416 | Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge | ![]() |
72 m (236 ft) | Adda | destroyed in 1416 |
1356–1377 | Castelvecchio Bridge | ![]() |
49 m (161 ft) | Adige | destroyed in 1945 |
1341–1356 | Pont du Diable | ![]() |
45 m (148 ft) | Tech | |
1147–1341 | Malabadi Bridge | ![]() |
39 m (128 ft) | Batman River | |
605–1147 | Zhaozhou Bridge | ![]() |
37 m (121 ft) | Xiao River | |
270–605 | Severan Bridge | ![]() |
34 m (112 ft) | Chabinas Creek | |
105–270 | Trajan's Bridge | ![]() ![]() |
51 m (167 ft)[75] | Danube | wooden arches destroyed in 270 |
27 BC–105 | Ponte d'Augusto | ![]() |
32 m (105 ft) | Nera | destroyed in 1855 |
62 BC–27 BC | Pons Fabricius | ![]() |
25 m (82 ft) | Tiber | |
142 BC–62 BC | Pons Aemilius[76] | ![]() |
24 m (79 ft) | Tiber | destroyed in 1890s |
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- List of longest masonry arch bridge spans
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