Suspension

Year	Name	Location	Span (ft)
Figures in brackets denote total bridge length
1998	Akashi Kaikyo	Japan	6 570 [12 830]
2003	Izmit Bay	Turkey	5 538
1998	Storebaelt	Denmark	5 328
1981	Humber	England	4 626 [7 281]
1999	Jiangyin Yangtze	China	4 544
1997	Tsing Ma	China	4 518
1964	Verrazano-Narrows	New York, NY, USA	4 260 [6 690]
1937	Golden Gate	San Francisco, CA, USA	4 200 [6 450]
1997	Hoga Kusten	Sweden	3 970
1957	Mackinac Straits	Sts. of Mackinac, MI, USA	3 800 [26 372]
1988	Minami Bisan-Seto	Japan	3 609
1988	Bosphorus II	Turkey	3 576
1973	Bosphorus I	Turkey	3 524
1931	George Washington	Hudson R., NY-NJ, USA	3 500
1999	Kurushima III	Japan	3 379
1999	Kurushima II	Japan	3 346
1966	Tagus River	Portugal	3 323
1964	Forth Road	Scotland	3 300
1988	Kita Bisan-Seto	Japan	3 248
1966	Severn	England	3 241
1988	Shimotsui Strait	Japan	3 084
1950	Tacoma Narrows	Tacoma, WA, USA	2 800
1936	San Fran.-Oakland Bay	San Francisco Bay, CA, USA	2 310
1939	Bronx-Whitestone	East R., NY, USA	2 300
1970	Pierre Laporte	Quebec, Canada	2 190
1960	Seaway Skyway	Ogdensburg, NY, USA	2 150
1968	Delaware Memorial	Wilmington, DE, USA	2 150
1957	Walt Whitman	Philadelphia, PA, USA	2 000

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Last updated: 2005-01-17