List of longest cantilever bridge spans


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-stayed bridges, footbridges or pipeline bridges. The span must be 720 feet or over to be included in the list.
RankNameMain span in meters CompletedLocation
1Pont de Québec
549 1917Quebec City and Lévis,
2Forth Bridge
521 x21890South Queensferry, City of Edinburgh to North Queensferry, Fife,,
Minato Bridge510 1973Osaka,
4Commodore Barry Bridge501 1974Chester, Pennsylvania, to Bridgeport, New Jersey,
5Crescent City Connection
480 1958
1988
New Orleans, Louisiana,
6465 2020Ningbo, Zhejiang,
7Howrah Bridge457 1943Kolkata, West Bengal,
8Veterans Memorial Bridge
445 1995Gramercy, Louisiana,
9Tokyo Gate Bridge440 2012Tokyo,
10San Francisco–Oakland Bay
Bridge (east Bay span)
427 1936
San Francisco, California,
11J. C. Van Horne Bridge380 1961Campbellton, New Brunswick, to Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec,
Astoria–Megler Bridge376 1966Astoria, Oregon, to Point Ellice near Megler, Washington,
13Horace Wilkinson Bridge376 1968Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
14Tappan Zee Bridge369 1955
Nyack, New York,
15Lewis and Clark Bridge366 1930Longview, Washington,
16Queensboro Bridge360 1909New York, New York,
17Carquinez Bridge
335 x21927
1958
Vallejo, California,
18Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing335 1960Vancouver, British Columbia,
19El Ferdan Railway Bridge335 2001near Ismailia,
20Jacques Cartier Bridge334 1930Montreal, Quebec,
21Shibanpo Yangtze River Bridge330 2006Chongqing,
22Richmond-San Rafael Bridge326 x21956Richmond, California,
23John P. Grace Memorial Bridge320 1929
Charleston, South Carolina,
24Newburgh-Beacon Bridge305 1963
1981
Newburgh, New York,
25Stolma Bridge301 1998Austevoll,
26Raftsund Bridge298 1998Vesterålen,
27Sundøy Bridge298 2003Nordland,
28Martin Luther King Bridge294 1950St. Louis, Missouri,
29Story Bridge282 1940Brisbane, Queensland,
30Bras de la Plaine Bridge280.77 2002Réunion,
31Caruthersville Bridge280 1975Caruthersville, Missouri,
32Silver Memorial Bridge274 1969Henderson, West Virginia,
33Ravenswood Bridge274 1981Ravenswood, West Virginia to Meigs County, Ohio,
34Carpenter Bridge274 1987St. Marys, West Virginia,
35Carl Perkins Bridge274 1987Portsmouth, Ohio,
36Blue Water Bridge265 1938Port Huron, Michigan, to Sarnia, Ontario,
37Vicksburg Bridge263 1973Vicksburg, Mississippi,
38Sunshine Skyway Bridge263 1954
1969
Demolished 1993; replaced with cable-stayed bridge
Tampa Bay, Florida,
39Foresthill Bridge263 1972Foresthill, California,
40Branko's Bridge261 1957Belgrade,
41Gateway Bridge260 1986Brisbane, Queensland,
42New Varodd Bridge260 1993Kristiansand, Agder,
43Huey P. Long Bridge258 x21940Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
44Natchez-Vidalia Bridge258 x21940
1988
Natchez, Mississippi,
45Brownville Bridge257 1939Brownville, Nebraska,
46Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge257 1940
Greenville, Mississippi,
47Brent Spence Bridge253 1963Covington, Kentucky,
48Old Vicksburg Bridge251 1930Vicksburg, Mississippi,
49Sunshine Bridge251 1964St. James Parish, Louisiana,
50George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge250 x21929Louisville, Kentucky,
51Skye Bridge250 1995Skye,,
52Confederation Bridge250 x431997Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island, to Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick,
150px53Matthews Bridge246 1953Jacksonville, Florida,
54Helena Bridge245 1961Helena, Arkansas,
55Tobin Bridge244 1950Boston, Massachusetts x21937Wickliffe, Kentucky and Cairo, Illinois,
57240 1976Shizuoka Prefecture,
58Huey P. Long Bridge238 1935
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana,
59Silas N. Pearman Bridge230 1966
Charleston, SC,
60Outerbridge Crossing229 1928Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and southwestern Staten Island, New York City, New York,
61Bi-State_Vietnam_Gold_Star_Bridges220 1932 and 1965 Ohio River at Henderson County, Kentucky