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A list of world's tallest bridges, sorted by clearance from ground/water to deck.

Contents

Bridges with large clearance below

# Bridge Height of pillars Clearance below Type Year of construction Country Territory/ Municipality Use Remarks /
1 Royal Gorge Bridge 46 m 321 m (1053 ft) Suspension 1929 USA Colorado Road Over river and railway
2 Millau Viaduct 343 m 270 m (890 ft) Cable-stayed 2004 France Millau Motorway
3 New River Gorge Bridge - 267 m (876 ft) Steel arch 1977 USA West Virginia Expressway
4 Foresthill Bridge 223 m (730 ft) Steel cantilever 1973 USA California Road
5 Bloukrans Bridge - 216 m Concrete Arch 1984 South Africa Road
6 Glen Canyon Dam bridge 213 m (700 ft) Steel arch 1964 USA Arizona Road
7 Rio Grande Gorge Bridge 200 m Steel cantilever 1966 USA New Mexico Road
8 Glade Creek Bridge 200 m Steel cantilever 1998 USA West Virginia Motorway See also Glade Creek (New River)
9 Mala Rijeka viaduct 198 m[1] Steel beam 1973 Montenegro Railway
10 Europabrücke 146 m 190 m Concrete beam 1963 Austria Patsch Motorway
Kochertalbrücke 178 m 185 m Concrete 1979 Germany Geislingen, Kocher Motorway
Đurđevića Tara Bridge - 172 m Arch 1940 Montenegro Road
Viaducto de Montabliz 140 150 m Concrete beam 2008 Spain Cantabria Motorway [2] [3]
Perrine Bridge - 148 m Steel arch 1974 USA Idaho Expressway
Viaduto 13 (Viaduto do Exército) 143 m 1978 Brazil Rio Grande do Sul Railway [4]
Fades viaduct - 132 m Steel beam 1909 France Railway
Mashuihe Bridge
under construction		 142 m Concrete 2009 China Enshi Motorway
Balinghe bridge
under construction		 375 m Suspension 2009 China Guizhou Road
Si Du River Bridge
under construction		 560 m Suspension 2009 China Hubei [5]
Baluarte Bridge
under construction		 390 m Cable-stayed 2010 Mexico Road
Chenab Bridge
under construction		 359 m Steel arch 2009 India Jammu and Kashmir Railway [6]
Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
under construction		 255 m (840 ft) Concrete arch 2010 USA Nevada/Arizona Road

Bridges with high pillars

# Bridge Height of pillars Clearance below Type Year of construction Country Territory/ Municipality Use Remarks /
1 Millau Viaduct 343 m 270 m Cable-stayed 2004 France Millau Motorway
2 Sotong Bridge 306 m 62 m Cable-stayed 2008 China Changshu Motorway World's longest cable stayed bridge
3 Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge 298.3 m 65 m Suspension 1998 Japan Kobe Motorway
4 Stonecutters Bridge 298 m 73.5 m Cable-stayed 2009 China Hong Kong Road
5 Great Belt East Bridge 254 m 65 m Suspension 1998 Denmark Korsør Motorway
6 Golden Gate Bridge 227.4 m 67 m Suspension 1937 USA San Francisco Motorway
7 Tatara Bridge 220 m 26 m Cable-stayed 1999 Japan Imabari Road
8 Pont de Normandie 215 m 59 m Cable-stayed 1995 France Le Havre Expresway
9 Runyang Bridge 215 m 50 m Suspension 2005 China Jiangsu Road
10 Verrazano Narrows Bridge 211.3 m 69 m Suspension 1964 USA New York City Motorway
Xihoumen Bridge 211 m 49 m Suspension 2008 China Zhoushan Archipelago Road
Tsing Ma Bridge 206 m 62 m Suspension 1997 China Hongkong Road/railway
Ting Kau Bridge 201.6 m Cable-stayed 1998 China Hong Kong Road
Mezcala-Solidaridad Bridge 200?? m 160 m? Cable-stayed 1993 Mexico Mártir de Cuilapan Motorway
Oresund Bridge 203.5 m 57 m Cable-stayed 2000 Sweden/Denmark Malmö Motorway/railway
Huangpu Bridge 201 m Cable-stayed 2008 China Guangzhou Road
Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge ≈200 m 1988 Japan Sakaide
Ponte 25 de Abril 190.5 m 1966 Portugal Lisbon Motorway/Railway
Höga Kustenbron 180 m 40 m Suspension 1997 Sweden Kramfors Road
Kochertalbrücke 178 m 185 m Concrete 1979 Germany Geislingen, Kocher Motorway
George Washington Bridge 184.1 m Suspension 1931 USA Fort Lee, New Jersey Motorway
Kao-Ping Hsi Bridge 183.5 m 2000 Taiwan Kaohsiung
Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge 174 m 2005 USA Charleston, South Carolina Expressway
Ting Kau Bridge 173.3 m 1998 China Hongkong
Mega Bridge 173 m 2006 Thailand Bangkok
Rama VIII Bridge 170.4 m 2002 Thailand Bangkok Road
Bosphorus Bridge 169 m Suspension 1974 Turkey Istanbul Motorway
Mackinac Bridge 168.2 m Suspension 1957 USA St. Ignace Motorway
Grenland Bridge 166 m 1996 Norway Porsgrunn Road
Ting Kau Bridge 164.3 m 1998 China Hong Kong
Humber Bridge 162 m UK Kingston upon Hull Road
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (West) 160.3 m 1936 USA San Francisco Motorway
3rd Tacoma Narrows Bridge 155.5 m 2007 USA Tacoma Motorway
Alex Fraser Bridge 154 m 1986 Canada Delta
Zhanjiang Bay Bridge 153.4 m 2006 China Zhanjiang
Skarnsund Bridge 152 m 1991 Norway Mosvik
Forth Road Bridge 150.1 m suspension 1964 UK Edinburgh motorway
2nd Tacoma Narrows Bridge 150 m 1950 USA Tacoma Motorway
Ada Bridge
under construction		 202 m 20 Cable-stayed 2011-‘12 Serbia Belgrade Road and Subway

See also

References/Notes

References are as a principle located in the articles about the bridges

  1. ^ 198 m in German Wikipedia, 200 m in Serbian and English Wikipedia
  2. ^ Ferrovial (2007-09-15). "Viaducto de Montabliz". http://www.ferrovial.com/en/index.asp?MP=18&MS=852&MN=3. Retrieved 2009-12-18.  
  3. ^ Trelleborg (2008-02-01). "A quiet, high-level ride". http://www.trelleborg.com/en/Media/The-World-of-Trelleborg/A-quiet-high-level-ride. Retrieved 2009-12-18.  
  4. ^ pt:Viaduto do Exército and [1]
  5. ^ Liu, Yinbo; Chongxu Wang, Yuancheng Peng (2008). "The Construction of Si Du River Suspension Bridge". Proceedings of the 2008 International Bridge Conference (Pittsburgh: Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania) (IBC 08-56). http://www.eswp.com/bridge/conference_archives.htm.   - The summary of the paper on International Bridge Conference®: Construction gives the hight of 560 m.
  6. ^ UNI (reprinted by DaijiWorld) (2006-06-05). "World's Highest Railway Bridge to Come in Jammu and Kashmir". http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=22312&n_tit=World's+Highest+Railway+Bridge+to+Come+in+Jammu+and+Kashmir. Retrieved 2009-10-16.  
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