List of longest continuous truss bridge spans



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.


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 * Hart Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, USA
 * 331
 * 1,088
 * 1967
 * Oshima Big Bridge-2.jpg
 * *
 * Oshima Bridge
 * 🇯🇵 Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
 * 325
 * 1,066
 * 1976
 * Tenmon-bridge-misumiside.jpg
 * *
 * Tenmon Bridge
 * 🇯🇵 Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
 * 300
 * 984
 * 1966
 * Kuronoseto Ohashi.jpg
 * 
 * Kuronoseto Bridge
 * 🇯🇵 Kuronoseto, Japan
 * 300
 * 984
 * 1974
 * Cincinnati-Taylor-Soutgate-Bridge.JPG
 * *
 * Taylor-Southgate Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, Ohio / Newport, Kentucky, USA
 * 259
 * 850
 * 1995
 * Julien Dubuque Bridge 066951pr.jpg
 * *
 * Julien Dubuque Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Dubuque, Iowa / East Dubuque, Illinois, USA
 * 258
 * 845
 * 1943
 * Braga Bridge.JPG
 * 
 * Braga Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Somerset / Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
 * 256
 * 840
 * 1966
 * KamagariBridge_02.jpg
 * *
 * Kamakari bridge
 * 🇯🇵 Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
 * 255
 * 837
 * 1979
 * KamagariBridge_02.jpg
 * *
 * Kamakari bridge
 * 🇯🇵 Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
 * 255
 * 837
 * 1979
 * 1979


 * Linked image
 * *
 * Earle C. Clements (Shawneetown) Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Old Shawneetown, Illinois / Union County, Kentucky, USA
 * 251.5
 * 826
 * 1955
 * Cairo I-57 Bridge 1997.jpg
 * *
 * Cairo I-57 Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Charleston, Missouri / Cairo, Illinois, USA
 * 250
 * 821
 * 1978
 * Kite_photo_big_Suspension_Bridge2.jpg
 * 
 * Yoshima Bridge
 * 🇯🇵 Seto Inland Sea, Japan
 * 245
 * 804
 * 1988
 * Gov. Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge.jpg
 * 
 * Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Dahlgren, Virginia and Newburg, Maryland, USA
 * 244
 * 800
 * 1940
 * Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge2.JPG
 * 
 * Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Kingston, New York, USA
 * 244
 * 800
 * 1957
 * Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Kingston, New York, USA
 * 244
 * 800
 * 1957


 * Donholt.JPG
 * *
 * Don N. Holt Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Charleston, South Carolina, USA
 * 244
 * 800
 * 1992
 * 1992


 * Linked image
 * *
 * Phil G McDonald Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Beckley, West Virginia, USA
 * 239
 * 785
 * 1988
 * Linked image
 * *
 * Rochester-Monaca Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Rochester, Pennsylvania, USA
 * 238
 * 780
 * 1986
 * SciotovilleBridge.jpg
 * *
 * Sciotoville Bridge (2 spans)
 * 🇺🇸 Sciotodale, Ohio / Limeville, Kentucky, USA
 * 236
 * 775
 * 1916
 * Sonoma Lake aerial view.jpg
 * *
 * Warm Springs Creek Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Sonoma County, California, USA
 * 230
 * 753
 * 1978
 * Sewickleybridge.jpg
 * *
 * Sewickley Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Sewickley, Pennsylvania, USA
 * 229
 * 750
 * 1981
 * Betsy Ross Bridge from Pennsauken Township Boat Ramp.jpeg
 * 
 * Betsy Ross Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
 * 222
 * 729
 * 1976
 * 
 * Betsy Ross Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
 * 222
 * 729
 * 1976


 * MatthewWelshBridge.jpg
 * *
 * Matthew E. Welsh Bridge
 * 🇺🇸 Mauckport, Indiana, USA
 * 221
 * 725
 * 1966
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 * }

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.