Science & Infrastructure1883–2025
Longest Suspension Bridge Spans
The main spans of the world's longest suspension bridges, from Brooklyn's pioneering steel-wire crossing to the two-kilometre giants of today. America owned this board for nearly a century — the George Washington doubled the record in one leap — before the crown moved to Japan's Akashi Kaikyō and finally to Turkey's Çanakkale 1915, the first span past 2,000 m.
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Source: Structurae / published span records Figures are main-span lengths between tower centres, not total bridge length. Updated 2026-07-09
The race in numbers
10lead changes
142years covered
15contenders
Golden Gate Bridgelongest reign — 28 yrs at #1
Final standings · 2025
- 1Çanakkale 1915 Bridge2,023 m
- 2Akashi Kaikyō Bridge1,991 m
- 3Yangsigang Bridge1,700 m
- 4Xihoumen Bridge1,650 m
- 5Great Belt East Bridge1,624 m