List of bridges facts for kids

The list of bridges contains various notable bridges around the world. The list is sorted by continent, and within continents, sorted alphabetically by country.

Africa

Algeria

• Ouadi El Roukham Bridge

Botswana

• Kazungula Bridge (connects with Zambia)
• Mohembo Bridge

Egypt

• 6th October Bridge
• Boulak Bridge
• El Ferdan Railway Bridge
• Suez Canal Bridge
• Long Live Egypt Bridge in Rod El Farag, Cairo, inaugurated on 15 May 2019, is the world's widest suspension bridge with 67.3 metres (221 ft) across.

Ghana

• Adome Bridge

Liberia

Libya

• Wadi el Kuf Bridge

Mozambique

• Dona Ana Bridge
• Unity Bridge

Namibia

• Katima Mulilo Bridge

Nigeria

• Carter Bridge
• Eko Bridge
• Niger Bridge
• Third Mainland Bridge

Réunion

• Bras de la Plaine Bridge

South Africa

• Bloukrans Bridge
• Grayston Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge
• Hennie Steyn Bridge
• Nelson Mandela Bridge
• Paul Sauer Bridge
• Van Stadens Bridge

Tanzania

Zimbabwe and Zambia

• Victoria Falls Bridge – linking Zimbabwe to Zambia, built in 1905 as part of the projected Cape-Cairo railway.

Asia

Afghanistan

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

• King Fahd Causeway

Bangladesh

• Jamuna Bridge
• Rupsha Bridge
• Karnafuli Bridge
• Bhairab Bridge
• Surma Bridge
• Padma Bridge
• Lalon Shah Bridge
• Shah Amanat Bridge
• Khan Jahan Ali Bridge
• Payra Bridge
• Hardinge Bridge

Brunei

Cambodia

• Monivong Bridge
• Prek Tamak Bridge
• Chroy Changva Bridge
• Techo Morakot Bridge
• Twin Dragon Bridge
• Koh Kong Bridge
• Kizuna Bridge
• Stung Treng Bridge
• Neak Loeung Bridge
• Prek Kdam Bridge
• Prek Pnov Bridge

China

• Donghai Bridge—Second-longest over-sea bridge
• Duge Bridge—Highest bridge in the world as of late 2016
• Fengyu bridge
• Lupu Bridge
• Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge
• Tongling Bridge
• Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge

Hong Kong

India

• Ambhora bridge, Maharashtra
• Atal Pedestrian Bridge
• Atal Setu, Goa
• Bandra–Worli Sea Link
• Barddhaman Hanging Railway Bridge
• Bhavnagar Cable Stayed Bridge
• Chicham Bridge, One of Asia's highest bridge
• Coronation Bridge
• Devisaur Arch Bridge
• Dobra Chanti Suspension Bridge, Uttarakhand One of the most stunning bridge in north india
• Durgam Cheruvu Bridge
• Ellis Bridge
• Godavari Bridge, Rajahmundry
• Golden Bridge
• Howrah Bridge, the world's dirtiest cantilever bridge
• Hatania-Doania Bridge
• Janeshwar Mishra bridge, Balia
• Janki Setu
• Jubilee Bridge
• Kacchi Dargah–Bidupur Bridge
• Karimnagar Bridge, one of the longest cable stay bridge
• Kalwa Bridge
• Kolia Bhomora Setu
• Mahatma Gandhi Setu
• Majerhat Bridge
• Manohar Setu
• Mumbai Trans Harbour Link
• Napier bridge
• Nehru Setu or Sone Bridge
• Nehru Bridge
• New Yamuna Bridge, Allahabad
• Nivedita Setu
• Pamban Bridge
• Pipaldali Bridge
• Phaphamau New Bridge, prayagraj (upcoming longest bridge in india).[1]
• Ponte Conde de Linhares
• P. V. Narasimha Rao Expressway, Hyderabad
• Raja Bhoj Setu
• Ram Jhula, Nagpur
• Saraighat Bridge
• Siyom Bridge
• Syansu Bridge
• Vashi Bridge
• Vallarpadam Bridge, Kochi
• Vembanad Rail Bridge, Kochi
• Vidyasagar Setu
• Vivekananda Setu
• Prakasam Barrage, Vijayawada
• Kanpur over-bridge
• Kolia Bhomora Setu
• Kota Chambal Bridge
• Panipat Elevated Expressway
• Adam's Bridge
• Mothoor hanging bridge
• Kampli Bridge, Karnataka.
• Wahrew Bridge

Indonesia

• Barelang Bridge, Riau Islands
• Ampera Bridge, South Sumatra
• Suramadu Bridge, East Java
• Barito Bridge, South Kalimantan
• Kahayan Bridge, Central Kalimantan
• Kenjeran Bridge, Surabaya, East Java
• Kutai Kartanegara Bridge, East Kalimantan
• Tayan Bridge, West Kalimantan
• Youtefa Bridge, Papua
• Rantau Bridge, Riau
• Merah Putih Bridge, Maluku
• Pasupati Bridge, Bandung, West Java
• Siti Nurbaya Bridge, Padang, West Sumatra
• Kelok Sembilan Bridge, West Sumatra – Riau
• Soekarno Bridge, Manado, North Sulawesi
• Palu IV Bridge, Palu, Central Sulawesi

Iran

• Khaju Bridge
• Kohneh Bridge
• Shahrestan bridge
• Si-o-se Pol
• Vahid Bridge
• Veresk Bridge
• Old Bridge of Dezful
• Tabiat Bridge

Iraq

• Al-Aaimmah bridge
• Al-Sarafiya bridge

Israel

• Ad Halom
• Allenby Bridge
• Chords Bridge
• Emek Ayalon Bridge
• Zohar Bridge

Japan

• Aioi Bridge, Hiroshima
• Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world
• Akinada Bridge
• Bandai Bridge
• Chikugo River Lift Bridge
• Great Seto Bridge
• Hakata–Ōshima Bridge
• Hakuchō Bridge
• Hirado Bridge
• Hitsuishijima Bridge
• Honshū–Shikoku Bridge Project
• Hōrai Bridge the longest wood bridge in the world
• Innoshima Bridge
• Iwakurojima Bridge
• Jotaro bridge
• Kanmon Bridge
• Kansai International Airport access bridge ("The Sky Gate Bridge R")
• Kintai Bridge
• Kita Bisan–Seto Bridge
• Konohana Bridge
• Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge
• Meiko Nishi Ohashi roadway bridges
• Minami Bisan–Seto Bridge
• Minato Bridge
• Naruto Bridge
• Nihonbashi
• Ōnaruto Bridge
• Rainbow Bridge
• Shimotsui–Seto Bridge
• Tatara Bridge
• Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line
• Tokyo Gate Bridge
• Tsūjun Bridge
• Tsurumi Tsubasa Bridge
• Wakato Narrows Bridge
• Yokohama Bay Bridge
• Yoshima Bridge

Jordan

• Abdoun Bridge
• King Hussein Bridge

Kazakhstan

• Ramstore Bridge
• Semey Bridge

Korea, North

• Bridge of No Return
• Sino–Korean Friendship Bridge (Sinŭiju)

Korea, South

Kuwait

• Jahra Road Bridge

Laos

• Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge
• Second Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge
• Third Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge
• Fourth Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge
• Myanmar–Lao Friendship Bridge
• Pakse Bridge
• Chaiyaburi and Luang Prabang Bridge
• Oudomxay Bridge
• Muang Khong Bridge

Lebanon

Macau

Malaysia

Myanmar

• Anawrahta Bridge
• Attaran Bridge
• Ava Bridge
• Dedaye Bridge
• Hsinbyushin Bridge
• Irrawaddy Bridge
• Kattel Bridge
• Kyungon Bridge
• Maha Bandula Bridge
• Pakokku Bridge
• Sittaung Bridge (Moppalin)
• Tarsan Bridge
• Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine)
• Thanlyin Bridge
• Thanlyin Bridge 2
• Thegon Bridge
• U Bein Bridge

Pakistan

Philippines

• Candaba Viaduct
• Buntun Bridge
• Mactan-Mandaue Bridge
• Magapit Suspension Bridge
• Marcelo Fernan Bridge
• Quezon Bridge
• San Juanico Bridge

Qatar

• Qatar–Bahrain Friendship Bridge

Saudi Arabia

• Jamarat Bridge
• King Fahd Causeway

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Syria

• Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge

Taiwan

Tajikistan

• Tajik-Afghan Friendship Bridge

Thailand

Turkey

Turkmenistan

• Atamurat-Kerkichi Bridge

Uzbekistan

• Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge
• Amu Daria River Bridge

Vietnam

Europe

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

Belarus

• Kirov Bridge
• Sozh Floating Bridge

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Croatia

Denmark

• Farø Bridges, between Falster and Zealand
• Frederick IX Bridge spans the Guldborgsund strait between the islands of Falster and Lolland at Nykøbing Falster
• Great Belt Bridge, between Halsskov on Zealand and Knudshoved on Funen, second longest section span of 1.6 km.
• Guldborgsund Bridge spans the northern end of the Guldborgsund, between the islands of Lolland and Falster
• Masnedsund Bridge crosses Masnedsund between the islands Masnedø and Zealand, part of route to Falster
• New Little Belt Bridge, between Fredericia in Jutland and Middelfart on Funen
• Old Little Belt Bridge, between Fredericia in Jutland and Middelfart on Funen
• Øresund Bridge, Copenhagen, Denmark to Malmö, Sweden. Built 2000, connects Sweden with Denmark and Northern Europe with Europe
• Queen Alexandrine Bridge crosses Ulv Sund between the islands of Zeeland and Møn
• Sallingsund Bridge between the island Mors and the Salling peninsula on the mainland Jutland
• Storstrøm Bridge between Falster and Zealand via Masnedø
• Svendborgsund Bridge between the town of Svendborg on Fyn and Vindeby on the island of Tåsinge
• Vejle Fjord Bridge between Mølholm and Nørremarken near the town of Vejle
• Vilsund Bridge crosses Vildsund between Mors and Thy

Estonia

Finland

Georgia

• Ananuri Bridge
• Baratashvili Bridge
• Besleti Bridge
• Bridge of Peace
• Dandalo bridge
• Red Bridge (border)
• Varjanauli Bridge

Germany

• Blue Wonder, or Loschwitz Bridge
• Charlotten Bridge
• Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge
• Elster Viaduct (Pirk)
• Fehmarn Sound Bridge
• Flehe Bridge
• Göltzsch Viaduct
• Gedser-Rostock Bridge
• Hochmosel Bridge
• Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen
• Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge
• Kennedy Bridge (Bonn)
• Kocher Viaduct
• Köhlbrand Bridge
• Körsch Viaduct
• Lindaunis Bridge
• Ludendorff Bridge, the Bridge at Remagen, destroyed in the Second World War
• Mangfall Bridge
• Moselle Viaduct
• Mülheim Bridge, Cologne
• Neckar Viaduct, Weitingen
• Nibelungen Bridge (Regensburg)
• Oberbaum Bridge
• Osten Transporter Bridge
• Pfaffendorf Bridge
• Pierre Pflimlin Bridge
• Roman Bridge (Trier)
• Schierstein Bridge
• Strelasund Crossing
• Tauber Bridge, Rothenburg ob der Tauber
• Theodor Heuss Bridge (Düsseldorf)
• Theodor Heuss Bridge (Frankenthal)
• Theodor Heuss Bridge (Mainz-Wiesbaden)
• Waldschlösschen Bridge
• Weidendammer Bridge
• Weihe Viaduct
• Werra Viaduct, Hedemünden
• Wommen Viaduct

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

• Borgarfjarðarbrú
• Hvítá bridge

Ireland

Italy

• Ponte dell'Accademia
• Ponte Amerigo Vespucci
• Castelvecchio Bridge
• Ponte alle Grazie, Florence
• Ponte delle Guglie
• Ponte della Libertà
• Ponte della Maddalena
• Ponte Minich
• Ponte Morandi
• Rialto Bridge
• Ponte Santa Trinita, Florence
• Ponte degli Scalzi
• Bridge of Sighs
• Strait of Messina Bridge
• Bassano bridge
• Ponte Vecchio, Florence
• Ponte Vecchio, Cesena
• Ponte Punta Penna Pizzone, Taranto

Lithuania

Luxembourg

• Adolphe Bridge
• Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge
• Passerelle
• Pulvermuhl Viaduct
• Victor Bodson Bridge

Malta

• Aldo Moro Street Bridge in Marsa, Malta
• Manwel Dimech Bridge in San Ġiljan
• Grand Harbour Breakwater Bridge in Valletta, Malta

Moldova

• Eiffel Bridge, Ungheni
• Lipcani-Rădăuți Bridge
• Stânca-Costești Dam

Montenegro

Netherlands

• Admiraliteitsbrug, Rotterdam
• Blauwbrug, Amsterdam
• Boezembrug, Rotterdam
• Enneüs Heerma Bridge, Amsterdam
• Erasmusbrug, Rotterdam
• Hoge Brug, Maastricht
• Hollandse Brug, Gooimeer and Ijmeer
• John Frost Bridge, Arnhem
• John S. Thompsonbrug, Grave
• Ketelbrug, Ketelmeer
• Magere Brug, Amsterdam
• Moerdijk bridges, Dordrecht
• Muntplein, Amsterdam
• Python Bridge, Amsterdam
• Sint Servaasbrug, Maastricht
• Slauerhoffbrug, Leeuwarden
• Van Brienenoordbrug, Rotterdam
• Vlaardingse Vaart Bridge, Vlaardingen
• Waalbrug, Nijmegen
• Willemsbrug, Rotterdam
• Zeeland Bridge, Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland

North Macedonia

• Stone Bridge

Norway

Poland

• Solidarity Bridge

Portugal

• 25 de Abril Bridge
• Arrábida Bridge
• D. Luís Bridge
• Guadiana International Bridge
• D. Maria Pia Bridge
• Roman bridge (Chaves)
• Ponte de Rubiães
• Vasco da Gama Bridge, the longest bridge in Europe at 17.2 km

Romania

Russia

• Crimean Bridge
• Krasnoyarsk Bridge
• Khabarovsk Bridge
• Khanty-Mansiysk Bridge
• Ladozhsky Bridge
• Millennium Bridge
• Saratov Bridge
• Surgut Bridge
• President Bridge

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

• Montabliz Viaduct
• Alcántara Bridge
• Pasarela del Voluntariado
• Puente del Alamillo, Seville
• Puente Euskalduna
• Vizcaya Bridge, the oldest transporter bridge in the world
• Rande Bridge
• Bridge of Henares, Guadalajara

Sweden

• Älvsborg Bridge, 933 m (418 m span)
• Höga Kusten Bridge, 1,867 m (1,210 m span)
• Igelsta Bridge, 2,140 m
• Lejonströmsbron, 207 m. The oldest wooden bridge in Sweden, from 1737.
• Lidingöbron, 997 m. There was a 750-metre-long (2,460 ft) bridge there already 1802.
• Öland bridge, 6,072 m
• Öresund Bridge, from Sweden to Denmark. 7,845 m (of which 5,300 m in Sweden. 490 m span)
• Tjörnbron Bridge, 664 m (366 m span)
• Uddevalla Bridge, 1,712 m (414 m span)

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

North America

Bermuda

• Somerset Bridge, Bermuda

Canada

• Confederation Bridge
• Hartland Covered Bridge
• Quebec Bridge
• SkyBridge

Cayman Islands

Costa Rica

• Puente La Amistad de Taiwán
• Puente del Rio Virilla

Dominican Republic

• Puente Juan Bosch, In Santo Domingo
• Mauricio Báez Bridge, In San Pedro De Macoris

Faroe Islands

Mexico

• Presumed Maya Bridge at Yaxchilan. If it was actually a bridge, it would be the longest one discovered in the ancient world.
• Baluarte Bridge
• Chiapas Bridge
• El Puente del Papa
• Mezcala Bridge
• Ojuela Bridge
• Puente de la Unidad
• Roma – Ciudad Miguel Alemán International Bridge
• Tampico Bridge
• Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge

Panama

• Bridge of the Americas
• Centennial Bridge
• Third Bridge over Panama Canal

Puerto Rico

• Cayey Bridge
• General Mendez Vigo Bridge
• Jesús Izcoa Moure Bridge (PR-5)
• Puente de Trujillo Alto
• Teodoro Moscoso Bridge (PR-17)
• Puente Río Portugués
• Puente de los Leones
• Puente La Milagrosa

United States

Just a few of the most famous bridges in the U.S. are:

• Brooklyn Bridge
• George Washington Bridge
• Golden Gate Bridge
• Manhattan Bridge
• San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge
• Seven Mile Bridge

South America

Argentina

• General Artigas Bridge
• General Belgrano Bridge
• Ingeniero Ballester Dam
• Integration Bridge
• Libertador General San Martín Bridge
• Neuquén-Cipolletti bridges
• Paso de los Libres – Uruguaiana International Bridge
• Puente de la Mujer
• Puente Transbordador
• Puente Valentín Alsina
• Rosario-Victoria Bridge
• Salto Grande Bridge
• San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge
• Tancredo Neves Bridge
• Zárate–Brazo Largo Bridge

Aruba

Brazil

• Fraternity Bridge (connects with Argentina)
• Friendship Bridge (Paraguay-Brazil) (connects with Paraguay)
• Hercilio Luz Bridge
• Juscelino Kubitschek bridge
• Paso de los Libres-Uruguaiana International Bridge (connects with Argentina)
• Rio-Niterói Bridge
• Journalist Roberto Marinho bridge (in São Paulo)
• Bridge Builder João Alves (Aracaju)
• Newton Navarro Bridge (Natal)

Chile

• Calle-Calle Bridge
• Cau-Cau Bridge
• Juan Pablo II Bridge
• Malleco Viaduct
• Pedro de Valdivia Bridge
• Río Cruces Bridge
• Santa Elvira Bridge

Colombia

• César Gaviria Trujillo Viaduct
• Envigado bridge
• Puente de Boyacá
• Puente de Occidente
• Pumarejo bridge
• Rumichaca Bridge

Curaçao

• Juliana Bridge
• Emma Bridge
• Wilhelmina Bridge
• John Smith Bridge

Guyana

Paraguay

• Friendship Bridge
• San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge

Peru

• Inca Bridge
• Puente de Piedra

Suriname

• Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge, Span of 1,504 metres (4,934 ft)
• Coppename Bridge

Venezuela

• Angostura Bridge
• General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge
• Orinoquia Bridge

Oceania

Australia

• Albert Bridge, Brisbane
• Albion Viaduct, Melbourne
• Alexandra Bridge, Rockhampton
• Alfords Point Bridge, Sydney
• Algebuckina Bridge, near Oodnadatta, South Australia
• Andrew Nixon Bridge, St George
• Anzac Bridge, Sydney
• Batman Bridge, Launceston
• Birkenhead Bridge, Port Adelaide
• Bolte Bridge, Melbourne
• Bowen Bridge, Tasmania
• Bridgewater Bridge, Tasmania
• Burdekin Bridge, near Ayr and Home Hill
• Captain Cook Bridge, Brisbane
• Captain Cook Bridge, Sydney
• Centenary Bridge, Brisbane
• Desmond Trannore Bridge, Gordonvale
• Eleanor Schonell Bridge, Brisbane
• Endeavour Bridge, Sydney
• Fig Tree Bridge, Sydney
• Fitzgerald Bridge, Aberdeen
• Fitzgerald Bridge, Raymond Terrace
• Fitzroy Bridge, Rockhampton
• Gateway Bridge, Brisbane
• Gladesville Bridge, Sydney
• Go Between Bridge, Brisbane
• Goodwill Bridge, Brisbane
• Grafton Bridge, New South Wales
• Hampden Bridge, Kangaroo Valley
• Hexham Bridge, Newcastle
• Hobart Bridge, Hobart
• Houghton Highway, Brisbane
• Iron Cove Bridge, Sydney
• Jack Pesch Bridge, Brisbane
• Jervois Bridge, Port Adelaide
• Jubilee Bridge, Innisfail
• Kurilpa Bridge, Brisbane
• Mary MacKillop Bridge, Port Adelaide
• Mcgees Bridge, Hobart
• Merivale Bridge, Brisbane
• Mooney Mooney Bridge, Central Coast
• Narrows Bridge, Perth
• Neville Hewitt Bridge, Rockhampton
• Nowra Bridge, Nowra
• Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney
• Richmond Bridge, Tasmania
• Ross Bridge, Tasmania
• Roseville Bridge, Sydney
• Sea Cliff Bridge, Coalcliff
• Spit Bridge, Sydney
• Stockton Bridge, Newcastle
• Story Bridge, Brisbane
• Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney
• Swanport Bridge, near Murray Bridge
• Tasman Bridge, Hobart
• Ted Smout Memorial Bridge, Brisbane
• The Entrance Bridge, The Entrance
• Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge, Port Adelaide
• Tom Uglys Bridge, Sydney
• Tourle Street Bridge, Newcastle
• Victoria Bridge, Brisbane
• Walter Taylor Bridge, Brisbane
• West Gate Bridge, Melbourne
• William Jolly Bridge, Brisbane

New Zealand

• Auckland Harbour Bridge
• Bertrand Road suspension bridge
• Bridge to Nowhere
• Grafton Bridge
• Kopu Bridge
• Mangere Bridge
• Mohaka Viaduct
• Newmarket Viaduct
• Otira Viaduct
• Percy Burn Viaduct
• Rakaia Bridges (road and rail)
• Tauranga Harbour Bridge
• Te Rata Bridge
• Upper Harbour Bridge
• Victoria Park Viaduct

Lists of bridges by type

• List of bridge types
• Lists of covered bridges
• List of road–rail bridges

Lists of bridges by measurement

• List of highest bridges
• List of longest bridges
• List of tallest bridges