List of longest continuous truss bridge spans

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File:Braga Bridge.JPG
The Braga Bridge is a continuous truss bridge. It was the fourth longest span of this type when it was completed in 1966.

This list of continuous bridge spans ranks the world's continuous truss bridges in two listings: The first is ranked by the length of main span (the longest length of unsupported roadway) and the second by the total length of continuous truss spans.

Both lists include bridges that act primarily as a continuous truss. These bridges may appear to be—or may incorporate elements of—a different design. For example, the now destroyed Francis Scott Key Bridge incorporated an arch shape into the design, but was continuous across multiple spans. The Key Bridge acted first as a continuous truss bridge and secondarily as an arch bridge. This list does not include cantilever bridges.

Only bridges that are currently in use are included in the rankings. Bridges currently being planned, designed, or constructed and bridges that have been destroyed or demolished are noted separately.

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.
    Rank Name Location Main
span
metres 		Main
span
feet 		Year
opened
File:Ikitsuki Bridge.jpg [1]* Ikitsuki Bridge
(The longest span from 1991 to the present) 		Template:Flagicon Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan 400 1,312   1991
File:Astoria-Megler Bridge01 2008-02-26.jpg [2] * Astoria-Megler Bridge
(The longest span from 1966 to 1991) 		Template:Flagicon Astoria, Oregon, USA 376 1,232   1966
File:The Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore).jpg [3] Francis Scott Key Bridge (destroyed in 2024) Template:Flagicon Baltimore, Maryland, USA 366 1,200   1977
File:HartBridgeJax.jpg [4] Hart Bridge Template:Flagicon Jacksonville, Florida, USA 331 1,088   1967
File:Oshima Big Bridge-2.jpg [5] * Oshima Bridge Template:Flagicon Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan 325 1,066   1976
File:Tenmon-bridge-misumiside.jpg [6] * Tenmon Bridge Template:Flagicon Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan 300 984   1966
File:Kuronoseto Ohashi.jpg [7] Kuronoseto Bridge Template:Flagicon Kuronoseto, Japan 300 984   1974
File:Cincinnati-Taylor-Soutgate-Bridge.JPG [8] * Taylor-Southgate Bridge Template:Flagicon Cincinnati, Ohio / Newport, Kentucky, USA 259 850   1995
File:Julien Dubuque Bridge 066951pr.jpg [9] * Julien Dubuque Bridge Template:Flagicon Dubuque, Iowa / East Dubuque, Illinois, USA 258 845   1943
File:Braga Bridge.JPG [10] Braga Bridge Template:Flagicon Somerset / Fall River, Massachusetts, USA 256 840   1966
File:KamagariBridge 02.jpg [11] * Kamakari bridge Template:Flagicon Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan 255 837   1979
Linked image [12] * Earle C. Clements (Shawneetown) Bridge Template:Flagicon Old Shawneetown, Illinois / Union County, Kentucky, USA 251.5 826   1955
File:Cairo I-57 Bridge 1997.jpg [13] * Cairo I-57 Bridge Template:Flagicon Charleston, Missouri / Cairo, Illinois, USA 250 821   1978
File:Kite photo big Suspension Bridge2.jpg [14] Yoshima Bridge Template:Flagicon Seto Inland Sea, Japan 245 804   1988
File:Gov. Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge.jpg [15] Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge Template:Flagicon Dahlgren, Virginia and Newburg, Maryland, USA 244 800   1940
File:Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge2.JPG [16] Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge Template:Flagicon Kingston, New York, USA 244 800   1957
File:Donholt.JPG [17] * Don N. Holt Bridge Template:Flagicon Charleston, South Carolina, USA 244 800   1992
Linked image [18] * Phil G McDonald Bridge Template:Flagicon Beckley, West Virginia, USA 239 785   1988
Linked image [19] * Rochester-Monaca Bridge Template:Flagicon Rochester, Pennsylvania, USA 238 780   1986
File:SciotovilleBridge.jpg [20] * Sciotoville Bridge (2 spans) Template:Flagicon Sciotodale, Ohio / Limeville, Kentucky, USA 236 775   1916
File:Sonoma Lake aerial view.jpg [21] * Warm Springs Creek Bridge[1] Template:Flagicon Sonoma County, California, USA 230 753   1978
File:Sewickleybridge.jpg [22] * Sewickley Bridge Template:Flagicon Sewickley, Pennsylvania, USA 229 750   1981
File:Betsy Ross Bridge from Pennsauken Township Boat Ramp.jpeg [23] Betsy Ross Bridge Template:Flagicon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 222 729   1976
File:MatthewWelshBridge.jpg [24] * Matthew E. Welsh Bridge Template:Flagicon Mauckport, Indiana, USA 221 725   1966



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.[2]

Rank Name Location Individual span lengths
in meters or feet 		Total length in
meters (feet)
File:Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku) (15581031967).jpg
 1 Pakokku Bridge Template:Flagicon Pakokku, Myanmar 390 ft 6,278 m (20,597 ft)
Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine) Template:Flagicon Mawlamyine, Myanmar 367 ft 6,596 m (21,640 ft)
Irrawaddy Bridge (Nyaungdon) Template:Flagicon Nyaungdon, Myanmar 390 ft
File:南京大胜关铁路桥 - panoramio.jpg 2 Dashengguan Bridge Template:Flagicon Nanjing, China 108 + 192 + 336 + 336 + 192 + 108 meters [3] Script error: No such module "convert".
File:九江琵琶亭远眺长江大桥.JPG 2 Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge Template:Flagicon Jiujiang, China 3*162 + 180 + 216 + 180 + 2*126 m[4] Script error: No such module "convert".
File:The Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore).jpg 3 Francis Scott Key Bridge (destroyed in 2024) Template:Flagicon Baltimore, Maryland, USA 219.6 + 366 + 219.6 meters [5] Script error: No such module "convert".
File:Ikitsuki Bridge.jpg 4 Ikitsuki Bridge Template:Flagicon Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan 200 + 400 + 200 m[5] Script error: No such module "convert".
File:Astoria-Megler Bridge01 2008-02-26.jpg 5 Astoria-Megler Bridge Template:Flagicon Astoria, Oregon, USA 616 + 1,232 + 616 ft[5] Script error: No such module "convert".

History of the record span

Name Location Main span
in meters (feet) 		Longest
from 		Longest
to
File:Ikitsuki Bridge.jpg Ikitsuki Bridge Template:Flagicon Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan Script error: No such module "convert". 1991 present
File:Astoria-Megler Bridge01 2008-02-26.jpg Astoria-Megler Bridge Template:Flagicon Astoria, Oregon, USA Script error: No such module "convert". 1966 1991
File:NRW, Duisburg-Hochfelder Eisenbahnbrucke 01.jpg Duisburg-Rheinhausen Bridge Template:Flagicon Duisburg, Germany Script error: No such module "convert". 1945 1966
File:SciotovilleBridge.jpg Sciotoville Bridge Template:Flagicon Sciotodale, Ohio, USA Script error: No such module "convert". 1916 1945

References

Footnotes

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