TOP 10 Tallest Bridges

Akashi Kaikyō Bridge is located on Akashi Strait in Japan, also known as Pearl Bridge and Akashi Strait Bridge, which connects Kobe and Awaji Island. Its main bridge span length is 6,532 ft (1,991 m), which is the longest suspension bridge in the world.

The construction of Akashi Kaikyō Bridge began in April 1988 and officially opened on April 5, 1998. As a six-lane super suspension bridge, it is one of the key links of the Honshu-Shikoku Bridge project that crosses the Japanese Inland Sea, creating three routes across the Inland Sea.

The total length of the bridge is 2.4 mi (3.9 km), and the Longest span is 6,532 ft (1,991 m). The bridge body (tower) is 928 ft (282.8 m) tall, Deck height is 216 ft (65.7 m ).

It total cost 500 billion JPY (US $3.6 billion ).

Chishi Bridge is located in Chishi Township, Yizhang County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, China. It is an important part of the Hunan Section of Xiamen-Chengdu Expressway (China Highway G76).

The Chishi Bridge started construction on March 28, 2010; the main bridge closure project was completed on June 3, 2016, and the bridge was fully connected; it opened to traffic on October 28, 2016.

The bridge is 7,457 ft (2,273 m), the main bridge is 4,823 ft (1,470 m) long, and the bridge body (tower) is 940 ft (286.6 m) tall. The bridge deck is a two-way 4-lane highway with a design speed of 80 km/h. It total cost 1.3 billion yuan (US $230 million ).

Stonecutters Bridge is located in the New Territories of Hong Kong, China. It is one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the world. The bridge is part of Hong Kong Route 8, which crosses Rambler Channel and connects Tsing Yi Island and Stonecutters Island.

The approach channels of Tsing Yi Island and Stonecutters Island are located near Container Terminal No. 9 and Container Terminal No. 8 respectively.

The bridge deck was completed on April 7, 2009 and opened to traffic on December 20, 2009.

The total length of the bridge is 5,236 ft (1,596 m). The Longest span is 3,340 ft (1,018 m). The bridge body (tower) is 978 ft (298 m) tall. It total cost HK $2.76 billion (US $350 million).

Sutong Yangtze River Bridge is located on the Yangtze River between Nantong City and Suzhou City in the east of Jiangsu Province, China. It was built earlier than Hutong Yangtze River Bridge.

Construction of the Sutong Bridge started in June 2003. The main bridge was closed in June 2007 and opened to traffic on June 30, 2008.

The total length of the bridge is 20.1 mi (32.4 km), of which the length across the river is 5.1 mi (8.2 km), and the bridge body (tower) is 1,004 ft (306 m) tall. The bridge deck is a two-way 6-lane highway with a design speed of 100 km/h.

It total cost about 6.45 billion yuan (US $1 billion ).

Russky bridge is located on Russky Island in Vladivostok, Russia. It is a super cable-stayed bridge, Longest span is 3,622 ft (1,104 m), the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world.

In September 2008, construction of Russky bridge began. On July 2, 2012, the bridge opened and a completion ceremony was held.

The Russky bridge has a total length of 10,170 ft (3,100 m). The Longest span is 3,622 ft (1,104 m). The bridge body (tower) is 1,053 ft (320.9 m) tall. It total cost US $1.1 billion.

The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge is a bridge for rail and motor vehicle transit over the Bosphorus strait, to the north of two existing suspension bridges in Istanbul, Turkey.

The bridge is located near the Black Sea entrance of the Bosphorus strait, between Garipçe in Sarıyer on the European side and Poyrazköy in Beykoz on the Asian side.

At 322 m (1,056 ft), the bridge is one of the tallest bridges in the world. The bridge is also one of the world's widest suspension bridges, at 58.4 metres (192 ft) wide.The 58.4-metre-wide (192 ft) bridge is 2,164 m (7,100 ft) in length with a main span of 1,408 m (4,619 ft).

It total cost about 4.5 billion TRY(US $2.5 billion ).

Hutong Yangtze River Bridge is located in Jiangsu, China. It is a highway and railway bridge that crosses the Yangtze River and connects Zhangjiagang City and Nantong City.

The Hutong Yangtze River Bridge started construction on March 1, 2014; the bridge was closed on September 20, 2019; it was named in June 2020; it was completed and opened to traffic on July 1, 2020.

The length of the bridge is 6.9 mi (11.1 km ), the overlapping part of road and railway is 22,930 ft (6,989 m ), the length of the bridge over water is 19,117 ft (5.8 km ), the length of the south approach bridge is 11,053 ft (3,369 m ), and the length of north approach bridge is 6,155 ft (1,876 m ).

The main tower is 1083 ft (330 m) tall, which makes it the tallest highway and railway bridge in the world. It total cost about 15 billion yuan (US $2.15 billion ).

The upper layer of the bridge is a two-way six-lane expressway (Tongxi Expressway) with a design speed of 100 km/h; the lower layer is a two-way four-lane railway with a design speed of 200 km/h (Shanghai-Sutong Railway) and 250 km/h (Tong-Su-Jiayong Expressway) railway).

Pingtang Bridge is located in Pingtanghe Village, Pingtang County, Guizhou Province, China.

The construction started on April 29, 2016, and the main bridge closing project was completed on September 26, 2019. The bridge was fully connected and opened to traffic on December 30, 2019.

The Bridge has a total length of 2135 meters,The main bridge deck width is 30.2 meters, and the approach bridge deck width is 24.7 meters.The highest bridge tower is 1089 ft / 332 m.

It connects Tongzhou in the west, crosses the Caodu River Grand Canyon, and extends to Yazhou in the east. The bridge deck is a two-way four-lane highway with a design speed of 80 km / h.The total investment is 1.5 billion yuan (US $ 215 million).

The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the gorge valley of the Tarn near Millau in Southern France.

In an Anglo-French partnership, it was designed by the French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and English architect Norman Foster.

it is the tallest bridge in the world, having a structural height of 336.4 metres (1,104 ft).(as of 2020), The total cost of construction was approximately € 394 million ($ 424 million).

It was built over three years, formally inaugurated on 14 December 2004, and opened to traffic two days later on 16 December. The bridge has been consistently ranked as one of the greatest engineering achievements of all time, and received the 2006 Outstanding Structure Award from the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering.