China Mega Bridge Infrastructure Technology: Top 10 Largest Cable Stayed Bridges (2024)

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Top 10 Largest Cable Stayed Bridges in the World

This list ranks the world's cable-stayed bridges by the length of main span, i.e. the distance between the suspension towers. The length of the main span is the most common way to rank cable-stayed bridges. If one bridge has a longer span than another, it does not mean that the bridge is the longer from shore to shore, or from anchorage to anchorage. However, the size of the main span does often correlate with the height of the towers, and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge.
Cable-stayed bridges with more than three spans are generally more complex, and bridges of this type generally represent a more notable engineering achievement, even where their spans are shorter.
Cable-stayed bridges have the second-longest spans, after suspension bridges, of bridge types. They are practical for spans up to around 1 kilometre (0.6 mi). The Russky Bridge over the Eastern Bosphorus in Vladivostok, Russia, with its 1,104 metres (3,622 ft) span, has the longest span of any cable-stayed bridge, displacing the former record holder, the Sutong Bridge over the Yangtze River in the People's Republic of China 1,088 metres (3,570 ft) on 12 April 2012.

Completed cable-stayed bridges[edit]
This list of largest cable-stayed bridges includes all bridges with a main span of at least 500 metres (1,640 ft) in length. This list only includes bridges that carry vehicular traffic, such as automobiles or trains. It does not include suspension bridges, footbridges or pipeline bridges.


Sortable list of largest completed cable-stayed bridges, ranked by length of main span.

1. Russky Bridge, Russia
The bridge to Russky Island is the world's longest cable-stayed bridge, with a 1,104-metre (3,622-foot)-long central span.
The bridge also has the second-highest pylons after the Millau Viaduct and the longest cable stays.
The design of the bridge was determined by two primary factors:
Minimizing the coast-to-coast distance: 1,460 metres (4,790 feet). The navigable channel depth is up to 50 m (160 ft).
The locality of the bridge crossing construction site is characterized by severe climate conditions: temperatures vary from –31 to +37 °C (–24 to +99 °F); storms bring winds of up to 36 m/s (130 km/h; 81 mph) and waves of up to 6 m (20 ft) in height; and ice formations in winter can be up to 70 cm (28 in) thick.

2. Husutong Yangtze River Bridge, China
Husutong Yangtze River Bridge is a combined rail and road bridge which crosses the Yangtze River in Jiangsu, China. It is the easternmost railway crossing of the Yangtze River.

Construction began on 1 March 2014. The bridge opened on 1 July 2020.

On its upper level, it carries a six-lane highway for the S19 Nantong–Wuxi Expressway. On its lower level, it carries four railway tracks with a design speed of 200 km/h for the Husutong railway, which opened on 1 July 2020, and the future Tongsujiayong high-speed railway. The main cable-stayed span is 1,092 metres (3,583 ft) long and is supported by two 330 metres (1,080 ft) tall towers. The secondary arch span is 336 metres (1,102 ft) long.

3. Sutong Yangtze Bridge, China
It is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Yangtze in China between Nantong and Changshu, a satellite city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu province.

Design and construction
The Sutong Yangtze River Bridge was designed by Dr. Robin Sham, CBE, FICE, a Hong Kong-born and British-based structural engineer who specializes in bridges.[1] With a span of 1,088 metres (3,570 ft), it was the cable-stayed bridge with the longest main span in the world from 2008 to 2012. Its two side spans are 300 metres (980 ft) each, and there are also four small cable spans. The bridge received the 2010 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award (OCEA) from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Two towers of the bridge are 306 metres (1,004 ft) high and thus the fifth tallest in the world. The total bridge length is 8,206 metres (26,923 ft). Construction began in June 2003, and the bridge was linked up in June 2007. The bridge was opened to traffic on 25 May 2008[4] and was officially opened on 30 June 2008. Construction has been estimated to cost about US$1.7 billion.

4. Stonecutters Bridge, Hong Kong SAR, China

5. Qingshan Yangtze River Bridge, China

6. Edong Yangtze River Bridge, China

7. Jiayu Yangtze River Bridge, China

8. Tatara Bridge, Japan

9. Pont de Normandie, France

10. Chizhou Yangtze River Bridge, China


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