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Cantilever

Year Name Location Span (ft)
1917 Quebec Bridge St. Lawrence R., QC, Canada 1 800
1890 Forth (rail) Scotland 1 710
1974 Nanko Japan 1 673
1974 Commodore John Barry Bridge New Jersey/Pennsylvania, USA 1 644
1988 Greater New Orleans Bridge New Orleans, LA, USA 1 575
1995 Gramercy Bridge Gramercy, LA, USA 1 460
1936 Transbay San Francisco, CA, USA 1 400
1968 Baton Rouge Bridge Baton Rouge, LA, USA 1 235
1955 Tappan Zee Hudson River, NY, USA 1 212
1930 Lewis and Clark Longview, WA-OR, USA 1 200
1976 Patapsco River Baltimore, MD, USA 1 200
1909 Queensboro East River, NY, USA 1 182
1927 Carquinez Strait California, USA 1 100
1958 Parallel Span California, USA 1 100
1930 Jacques Cartier Montreal, QC, Canada 1 097
1968 Isaiah D. Hart Jacksonville, FL, USA 1 088
1956 Richmond San Francisco, CA, USA 1 070
1929 Grace Memorial Charleston, SC, USA 1 050
1980 Newburgh-Beacon Hudson River, NY, USA 1 000
1949 Martin Luther King St. Louis, MO, USA 963
1975 Caruthersville Mississippi R., MO-TN, USA 920
1969 Silver Memorial Pt. Pleasant, WV-OH, USA 900
1977 Saint Marys Saint Marys, WV-OH, USA 900
1981 Ravenswood West Virginia, USA 900
1987 Carl Perkins Ohio River, KY, USA 900
1988 Mississippi R. Natchez, MS, USA 875
1938 Blue Water Pt. Huron, MI, USA 871

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Last updated: 2005-01-17