List of longest continuous truss bridge spans

List ranked by length of main span

The length of main span is the most common method of comparing the size of bridges. The length of the main span will often correlate with the depth of the truss (height the truss from bottom to top) and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge.

For bridges that have the same span length, the older bridge is listed first.

:Note: Click on each bridge's rank to go to the bridge's official Web site. Ranks with a red asterisk () do not have official Web sites (or they do not have an English-language version) and are linked instead to a reference entry.*

|- | [[Image:HartBridgeJax.jpg|150px]] || http://en.Structurae|id=20013197 || Hart Bridge || USA Jacksonville, Florida, USA || 331 || 1,088 || 1967 |- | [[File:Oshima Big Bridge-2.jpg|150px]] || http://www.civil.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/str/rec/ooshima/ooshima_eng.html * || Oshima Bridge || Japan Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan || 325 || 1,066 || 1976 |- | [[File:Tenmon-bridge-misumiside.jpg|150px]] || http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0005592 * || Tenmon Bridge || Japan Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan || 300 || 984 || 1966 |- | [[File:Kuronoseto Ohashi.jpg|150px]] || http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0005593 || Kuronoseto Bridge || Japan Kuronoseto, Japan || 300 || 984 || 1974 |- | [[File:Cincinnati-Taylor-Soutgate-Bridge.JPG|150px]] || http://www.cincinnati-transit.net/taylorsg.html * || Taylor-Southgate Bridge || USA Cincinnati, Ohio / Newport, Kentucky, USA || 259 || 850 || 1995 |- | [[File:Julien Dubuque Bridge 066951pr.jpg|150px]] || http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0004524 * || Julien Dubuque Bridge || USA Dubuque, Iowa / East Dubuque, Illinois, USA || 258 || 845 || 1943 |- | [[File:Braga Bridge.JPG|150px]] || https://web.archive.org/web/20070311024405/http://www.mhd.state.ma.us/default.asp?pgid=bridge%2Fbraga&sid=bridgeData || Braga Bridge || USA Somerset / Fall River, Massachusetts, USA || 256 || 840 || 1966 |- | [[File:KamagariBridge_02.jpg|150px]] || http://www.civil.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/str/rec/kamakari/kamakari_eng.html * || Kamakari bridge || Japan Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan || 255 || 837 || 1979 |- | Linked image || http://www.aisc.org/Content/ContentGroups/Documents/NSBA5/20_NSBA_LongestSpans.PDF * || Duisburg-Rheinhausen Bridge (The longest span from 1945 to 1966) || Germany Duisburg, Germany || 255 || 835 || 1945

|- | [[File:Cincinnati oh skyline.jpg|150px]] || http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0005003 * || Brent Spence Bridge || USA Cincinnati, Ohio, USA || 253 || 830 || 1963

|- | [[File:Old_Old_Shawneetown,_IL_Bridge.jpg|150px]] || https://web.archive.org/web/20090727102935/http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=21&struct=113B00045N * || Earle C. Clements (Shawneetown) Bridge || USA Old Shawneetown, Illinois / Union County, Kentucky, USA || 251.5 || 826 || 1955 |- | [[File:Cairo I-57 Bridge 1997.jpg|150px]] || http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=29&struct=1684 * || Cairo I-57 Bridge || USA Charleston, Missouri / Cairo, Illinois, USA || 250 || 821 || 1978 |- | [[File:Kite_photo_big_Suspension_Bridge2.jpg|150px]] || http://www.jb-honshi.co.jp/english/technology/yoshima.html || Yoshima Bridge || Japan Seto Inland Sea, Japan || 245 || 804 || 1988 |- | [[File:Gov. Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge.jpg|150px]] || http://mdta.maryland.gov/Toll_Facilities || Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge (Demolished in 2023) || USA Dahlgren, Virginia and Newburg, Maryland, USA || 244 || 800 || 1940 |- | [[File:Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge2.JPG|150px]] || https://web.archive.org/web/20100925145124/http://www.nysba.state.ny.us/bridgepages/KRB/KRBpage/krb_page.htm || Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge || USA Kingston, New York, USA || 244 || 800 || 1957 |- | [[File:Sherman minton bridge.jpg|150px]] || http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0009524 * || Sherman Minton Bridge || USA Louisville, Kentucky, USA || 244 || 800 || 1961

|- | [[File:Donholt.JPG|150px]] || http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0002372 * || Don N. Holt Bridge || USA Charleston, South Carolina, USA || 244 || 800 || 1992 |- | || http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0005426 * || Sakaisuido Bridge || Japan Tattori Prefecture, Japan || 240 || 787 || 1972

|- | Linked image || https://web.archive.org/web/20080705022843/http://www.pcl.com/projects/Archived/H00109/index.aspx * || Phil G McDonald Bridge || USA Beckley, West Virginia, USA || 239 || 785 || 1988 |- | [[File:Rochester-Monaca Bridge.jpg|150px]] || http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0009577 * || Rochester-Monaca Bridge || USA Rochester, Pennsylvania, USA || 238 || 780 || 1986 |- | [[File:SciotovilleBridge.jpg|150px]] || https://web.archive.org/web/20140214231354/http://bridgestunnels.com/bridges/ohio-river/chesapeake-ohio-railroad-sciotoville-ohio-river-bridge/ * || Sciotoville Bridge (2 spans) || USA Sciotodale, Ohio / Limeville, Kentucky, USA || 236 || 775 || 1916 |- | [[File:Sonoma Lake aerial view.jpg|150px]] || http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0031530 * || Warm Springs Creek Bridge || USA Sonoma County, California, USA || 230 || 753 || 1978 |- | [[File:Sewickleybridge.jpg|150px]] || http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0006129 * || Sewickley Bridge || USA Sewickley, Pennsylvania, USA || 229 || 750 || 1981 |- | [[File:Betsy Ross Bridge from Pennsauken Township Boat Ramp.jpeg|150px]] || https://web.archive.org/web/20110426122656/http://www.drpa.org/drpa/bridges_br.html || Betsy Ross Bridge || USA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA || 222 || 729 || 1976 |- | Linked image || https://www.panoramio.com/photo/9967737 * || Hayase Bridge (Aioi-Bashi Bridge) || Japan Hiroshima, Japan || 222 || 728 || 1973

|- | [[File:MatthewWelshBridge.jpg|150px]] || http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0006129 * || Matthew E. Welsh Bridge || USA Mauckport, Indiana, USA || 221 || 725 || 1966 |}

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List ranked by total length

It is also possible to rank continuous truss bridges by the sum of the continuous spans.

Note that if the bridge has an expansion joint (a discontinuity), the sections of the bridge would be considered separate (by the definition of a continuous bridge) for the purposes of this ranking. The Yoshima Bridge is an example of this. It consists of two continuous-truss sections that together have five total spans. The first section (or unit) is 2-span continuous, 125 m + 137 m; the second section is a 3-span unit, 165 m + 245 m + 165 m.

History of the record span

References

• Durkee, Jackson, "World's Longest Bridge Spans", National Steel Bridge Alliance, May 24, 1999
• Lewis, Scott (2016-01-05). "The World's Ten Longest Continuous Truss Bridges". New York: Engineering News-Record.
• Janberg, Nicolas, Truss bridges, Structurae.de (an extensive database of structures)

Footnotes

References

1. "Warm Springs Creek Bridge".
2. Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority. "Yoshima Bridge".
3. "Dashengguan Bridge (Nanjing, 2010)".
4. link. (2015-01-28)
5. Ewert, Sven. (2003). "Brücken (Bridges)". Ernst & Sohn.