List of longest suspension bridge spans

The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span. The length of the main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of suspension bridges, often correlating with the height of the towers and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. If one bridge has a longer span than another, it does not necessarily mean that the bridge is longer from shore to shore.
Suspension bridges have the longest spans of any type of bridge. Cable-stayed bridges, the next longest design, are practical for spans up to just over one kilometre. Therefore, as of October 2025, the 28 longest bridges on this list are the 28 longest spans of all types of vehicular bridges.
The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey holds the record since opening to traffic in March 2022, with a span of. Since 1998, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan previously held the record with a span of, the Zhangjinggao [Yangtze River Bridge] in China will break the record in 2028 while the Strait of Messina Bridge in Italy will go to the top of the list in 2032.

Completed suspension bridges

This list includes only completed suspension bridges that carry automobiles or trains that are at least long. It does not include cable-stayed bridges, footbridges, or pipeline bridges.

Green

Denotes bridge that contains or previously contained the longest span in the world

Bridges under construction or planned

Most of the large suspension bridges built in recent years have been in the People's Republic of China. As the following list shows, most of the bridges under construction are also in China.

Photo

Name

Main span
metres

Year to open

Location

Country

Ref.

Strait of Messina Bridge

2032

Messina, Sicily Villa San Giovanni, Calabria

History of longest suspension spans

Photo

Bridge

Location

Length
m

Years of
longest span

Notes

Hypothesized support

Maya Bridge at Yaxchilan

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Diagram of longest suspension spans

Bridge	Main span	Diagram
Strait of Messina Bridge under construction
Zhangjinggao Yangtze River Bridge under construction
1915 Çanakkale Bridge
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
Nanjing Xianxin Yangtze River Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge

Longest suspension footbridges

Photo

Name

Main span
metres

Year to open

Location

Country

Ref.

Bridge of National Unity (Hungary)

1=2024

Sátoraljaújhely, Northern Hungary

Other record-holding suspension bridges

Huajiang Canyon Bridge. Opened in 2025, it is the highest suspension bridge in the world at 625 m elevation.
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge Eastern Span. Opened in 2013, it is the widest bridge in the world, the most expensive bridge and the largest self-anchored suspension bridge ever constructed.
Tacoma Narrows Bridges. Opened in 1950 and 2007, the pair of bridges with the longest spans in the world.
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge. Opened in 2016, it has the longest span carrying both road and rail traffic.
Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge. Opened in 2019 with the longest double deck span.
George Washington Bridge. Opened in 1931, it is the suspension bridge with the most lanes of traffic.
Kurushima Kaikyō Bridge. Opened in 1999, it is the world's longest suspension bridge structure.
Great Seto Bridge. Opened in 1978 and 1988, it is the longest two-tiered bridge system.