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List of bridge types

List of different types of bridges

This is a list of different types of bridges.

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Type	Sub-type	Length range	Image	Longest span
Arch bridge [[File:ArchBridge-diagram.svg	thumb	left]]			575 meters (Ping'nan Third Bridge, Guangxi, Southern China)	[[File:Nagasaki Meganebashi M5257.jpg	300px]]
Through arch bridge				[[File:SydneyHarbourBridgeandOperaHouse IB.jpg	300px]]
Beam bridge (Integral beam bridge) [[File:BeamBridge-diagram.svg	thumb	left]]				[[File:Small footbridge.jpg	300px]]
Log bridge (beam bridge)				[[File:Crossing Nisqually River near Cougar Rock 01.jpg	300px]]
Viaduct				[[File:Glenfinnan Viaduct.jpg	300px]]
	Cavity wall viaduct			[[File:Canton Viaduct.jpg	300px]]
Bowstring arch				[[File:FortPittBridge.jpg	300px]]
Box girder bridge				[[File:Concrete box girder bridge.JPG	300px]]
Cable-stayed bridge [[File:CableStayedBridge-diagram.svg	thumb	left]]		1,104 m (Russky Bridge, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russian Far East)	10,100 m (Jiashao Bridge, Zhejiang, China)	[[File:ThreeTwrBrCenter.jpg	300px]]
Cable-stayed suspension bridge hybrid	Cable-stayed bridge and Suspension bridge	1408 m	Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, Istanbul	[[File:Yoros Castle Remote view of Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in 2024 5336.jpg	300px]]
Cantilever bridge [[File:CantileverBridge-diagram.svg	thumb	left]]		549 m (Quebec Bridge)	1042.6 m (Forth Bridge)	[[File:ForthBridgeEdinburgh.jpg	300px]]
Cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge				[[File:Puente del Alamillo.jpg	300px]]
Clapper bridge				[[File:Tarr Steps 01.jpg	300px]]
Covered bridge				[[File:Guilford vermont covered bridge 20040820.jpg	300px]]
Girder bridge				[[File:GirderBridge2.jpg	300px]]
Continuous span girder bridge				[[File:Camden Bridge.jpg	300px]]
Integral bridge
Extradosed bridge			1,920m Arrah–Chhapra Bridge	[[File:Twinkle_Kisogawa_bridge02.jpg	300px]]
Moon bridge				[[File:SFTGMoonBridge.jpg	300px]]
Movable bridge				[[File:SalmonBayBridge-SeattleUSA.jpg	300px]]
Pigtail bridge				[[File:Pigtail Bridge on US 16A.jpg	300px]]
Plate girder bridge				[[File:PlateGirderUnderTracks.jpg	300px]]
Pontoon bridge				[[File:Pontoon bridge Rhine River 1945.jpg	300px]]
Rigid-frame bridge				[[File:Bridge MerrittPkwy.jpg	300px]]
Roving bridge				[[File:Bridge 29 Macclesfield Canal.jpg	300px]]
Segmental bridge				[[File:SegmentalBridgeFtLauderdale.jpg	300px]]
Self-anchored suspension bridge				[[File:Eastern span of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge at night dllu.jpg	300px]]
Side-spar cable-stayed bridge				[[File:WinnepegBridge.jpg	300px]]
Simple suspension bridge (Inca rope bridge)				[[File:IRBSideViewClip.jpg	300px]]
Step-stone bridge				[[File:StepStoneBridge.jpg	300px]]
Stressed ribbon bridge				[[File:Holzbrücke bei Essing 1.jpg	300px]]
Suspension bridge [[File:SuspensionBridge-diagram.svg	thumb	left]]				[[File:suspension.bridge.bristol.arp.750pix.jpg	300px]]
Transporter bridge				[[File:Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge.jpg	300px]]
Trestle bridge				[[File:AlhambraTrestle.jpg	300px]]
Truss arch bridge				[[File:Eastbound over SCB.jpg	300px]]
Truss bridge [[File:TrussBridge-diagram.svg	thumb	left]]				[[File:LittleManateeRiver.jpg	300px]]
	Vierendeel bridge			[[File:Grammene-vierendeelbridge 20030618.jpg	300px]]
	Brown truss			[[File:BrownTrussDiagram.png	300px]]
Covered bridge	Burr Arch Truss			[[File:Baumgardener's Covered Bridge Inside Center 3008px.jpg	300px]]
	Lattice truss bridge
(Town lattice truss)			[[File:IMG 3819-Norwottuck-Rail-Trail-bridge.jpg	300px]]
Tubular bridge				[[File:Conwy Castle and Railway Bridge.jpg	300px]]
Vlotbrug				[[File:FloatingBridgeKoedijk.jpg	300px]]

Naturally occurring bridges

Type	Longest span	Longest total
Ant bridge	[[File:Ant bridge.jpg	300px]]
Root bridge	[[File:Living root bridges, Nongriat village, Meghalaya2.jpg	300px]]
Natural bridge	[[File:Delicate Arch LaSalle.jpg	300px]]

References

(21 March 2022). "The five main bridge designs".
"Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey - Verdict Traffic".

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