List of longest masonry arch bridge spans


The masonry arch bridges of stone or brick are the most genuine of arch bridges, some lasting a thousand years. Because they are made of worked stone, there is a slight chance they might even stand without mortar, like the Pont du Gard aqueduct. Yet arch bridges using rough hewn stones like Changhong Bridge need mortar to stand. Arches with a core of reinforced concrete covered by facade stone for decoration are not to be included in this list, the load-bearing part of the arch should be cut stone or brick, or as follows, unreinforced concrete.
In a closed spandrel stone arch bridge the hollow space can be filled with rubble and loose material. It can also be filled with concrete, in which case the filling itself becomes able to bear load in addition to the load carried by the ring of voussoirs. If the voussoir stones are thin they cannot take much weight so instead it is the concrete filling that becomes the structural part of the arch. The next step is to remove the voussoir stones completely, or only use them as facade stones. An unreinforced concrete arch is technically a masonry arch that use only very small stones, that is the aggregate of the concrete, sand and gravel. Such an arch would not stand without mortar.
Some modern bridges are built masonry style with precast concrete blocks, like Gladesville Bridge that has a span of 305 metres. These types are not in this list because their blocks are most likely made of reinforced concrete, that may make the assembled arch to have more in common with a modern reinforced concrete arch than a stone masonry arch.
The Maidenhead Railway Bridge may have the two longest arches made of bricks,.
Building new masonry arch bridges today is a solely Chinese business. There are 18 stone arch bridges with spans exceeding. There are probably several dozens of stone arches exceeding 40m in the Fujian province only. Almost all bridges were built after 1950.
This list contains the longest masonry arch spans ever built being at least.
RankNameSpan
metres
Span
feet
NoteYear openedLocationCountryRef
1
丹河大桥
146 m479 ftConcrete deck2001Jincheng, Shanxi
2Wuchaohe Bridge
乌巢河大桥
120 m394 ftConcrete deck1990Fenghuang County, Hunan
3Jiuxigou Bridge
九溪溝橋
116 m381 ftConcrete deck1972Fengdu County, Chongqing
4Changhong Bridge
长虹桥
112 m367 ft1961Kaiyuan, Yunnan
5Fushun Tuojiang Bridge
富顺红旗大桥
111 m364 ft1968Fushun County, Sichuan
6Shengli Bridge
108 m354 ft1989
7First Sizhuang Bridge
108 m354 ft1996
8Xianfeng Aqueduct Bridge
险峰渡槽
106 m348 ft1976Ci County, Hebei
9Huwan Bridge
105 m344 ft1972Henan
10New Tongshan Bridge
105 m344 ft1977
11First Danhe Bridge
105 m344 ft1983
12Jiangpinghe Bridge
105 m344 ft1990
13Yugong Bridge
102 m335 ft1970
14Gongtan Bridge
100 m328 ft1954
15Youduhe Bridge
游渡河大桥
100 m328 ft1973Jiangjin District, Chongqing
16Hongdu Bridge
红渡桥
100 m328 ft1977Mashan County - Du'an County, Guangxi
17Longwu Bridge
100 m328 ft1979Guangxi
18Fujin Bridge
100 m328 ft2003
19Jianjin Bridge
100 m328 ft
20Daliushu Bridge
100 m328 ft
21Jin-shan Bridge
金山大桥
99 m325 ft1972Hua'an County, Fujian
22Xiaoduchuan Bridge
现有红江桥
97 m318 ft1970Enshi City, Hubei
23
96 m315 ftUnreinforced concrete arches
Concrete deck
1919Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne
24
90 m295 ft1905Plauen, Saxony
25Longmen Bridge
龙门大桥
90 m295 ftTwo 60-meter side spans1961Luoyang, Henan
26Solkan Bridge85 m279 ftDestroyed in 1916
Rebuilt in 1927
1906Nova Gorica, Goriška
27Adolphe Bridge84 m276 ftConcrete deck1904Luxembourg City
28
Pont des Pierres
80 m262 ftDestroyed in 19441910Montanges, Ain
29
79 m259 ft1928La Mure, Isère
30Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge72 m236 ftDestroyed in 14161377Trezzo sull'Adda, Lombardy
31Steyrling Bridge70 m230 ft1904Steyrling, Upper Austria
32
68 m223 ft1912Constantine, Constantine Province
33Union Arch Bridge67 m220 ft1864Cabin John, Maryland
34
66 m217 ft1914Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia
35Veresk Bridge66 m217 ft1936Veresk, Mazandaran Province
36Gutach Bridge64 m210 ft1900Lenzkirch, Baden-Württemberg
37
64 m210 ftTamped concrete arch1906Kempten, Bavaria
38
64 m210 ftTamped concrete arch1906Kempten, Bavaria
39
64 m210 ft1946Peyrieu, Ain - La Balme, Savoie
40
63 m207 ft1901Munich, Bavaria
41
63 m207 ft1902Munich, Bavaria
42Grosvenor Bridge61 m200 ft1832Chester, North West England
43
61 m200 ft1884Lavaur, Tarn
44Pont du Gour Noir60 m197 ft1889Uzerche - Saint-Ybard, Corrèze
45Wechselburg-Göhrer Bridge60 m197 ft1904Wechselburg, Saxony
46
60 m197 ft1921Rennebu, Trøndelag
47Huanghugang Bridge
黄虎港大桥
60 m197 ft1959Hupingshanzhen, Hunan
48Wallstraßenbrücke57 m187 ftTamped concrete arch
Destroyed in 1945
1905Ulm, Baden-Württemberg
49Skodje Bridge57 m187 ft1922Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal
50Escot Viaduct56 m184 ft1909Escot, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
51Ballochmyle Viaduct55 m180 ft1848Mauchline - Catrine, East Ayrshire
52Wiesen Viaduct55 m180 ft1909Davos Wiesen, Grisons
53
55 m180 ft1919Pélussin, Loire
54Rabastens Bridge55 m
180 ft
Concrete deck1924Rabastens - Coufouleux, Tarn
55Pont de Vieille-Brioude54 m177 ftDestroyed many times
Rebuilt in 1832 with 45 meters span
1479Vieille-Brioude, Haute-Loire
56
54 m177 ft1918Dombås, Innlandet
57Yixiantian Bridge
一线天桥
54 m177 ftConcrete deck1966Hanyuan County, Sichuan
58Gignac Bridge50 m164 ft1810Gignac, Hérault
59
50 m
164 ft
Destroyed during the World War II1856Nogent-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne
60Munderkingen Bridge50 m164 ftTamped concrete arch
Destroyed in 1945
1893Munderkingen, Baden-Württemberg
61
50 m164 ft1914Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône
6250 m164 ft1918Treungen, Telemark
63
白沙大桥
50 m
164 ft
1960Jiande, Zhejiang