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List of bridges in the United States

List of bridges in the United States

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This is a list of the major current and former bridges in the United States. For a more expansive list, see List of bridges in the United States by state.

Major bridges

This table presents a non-exhaustive list of the road and railway bridges with spans greater than 300 metres (984 ft).

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Former major bridges

This table presents a non-exhaustive list of the former road and railway bridges with spans greater than 300 metres (984 ft).

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Notes and references

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  7. Mensch, 1935, Golden Gate Bridge Elevation. San Francisco, Calif. 1935. p. 4.
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  12. "George Washington Bridge". American Society of Civil Engineers - Metropolitan Section. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
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  33. "Bayonne Bridge". American Society of Civil Engineers - Metropolitan Section. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  34. Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NJ-66, "Bayonne Bridge", 56 photos, 15 data pages, 6 photo caption pages
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  38. "Commodore Barry Bridge". Drpa.org - Delaware River Port Authority. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
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  40. "Bear Mountain Bridge". American Society of Civil Engineers - Metropolitan Section. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  41. Smith, Wilson Fitch (May 10, 1923). "Bridging the Hudson River at Bear Mountain". Engineering News-Record. Vol. 90, no. 19. New York: McGraw Hill Publications Company. pp. 829–830. ISSN 0013-807X. OCLC 760807850.
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  44. "Williamsburg Bridge". American Society of Civil Engineers - Metropolitan Section. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  45. "The Williamsburg Bridge Across the East River at New York City". Engineering News-Record. Vol. 50, no. 25. New York: McGraw Hill Publications Company. December 17, 1903. pp. 535–541. ISSN 0891-9526.
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  47. "The William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge" (PDF). Baybridge.com (official website). Maryland Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 17, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  48. McLamore, V.R.; Stubbs, Ian R.; Hart, Gary C. "Dynamic Properties of Suspension Bridges" (PDF). Onlinepubs.trb.org. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  49. "Brooklyn Bridge". American Society of Civil Engineers - Metropolitan Section. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  50. Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-18, "Brooklyn Bridge", 77 photos, 8 color transparencies, 1 measured drawing, 8 data pages, 9 photo caption pages
  51. Fossier, Paul; Duggar, Chuck (February 12, 2007). John James Audubon Bridge Design-Build Project Update (PDF). 2007 Transportation Engineering Conference. Louisiana TIMED Managers / Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2016.
  52. Sorgenfrei, O.F. (June 1958). "Greater New Orleans Bridge Completed". Civil Engineering. Vol. 28, no. 6. American Society of Civil Engineers. pp. 60–64.
  53. "Crescent City Connection". Modjeski.com. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  54. Shen, Liang; Bittner, Robert B. "Design of the Drilled Shaft Foundations for the Cooper River Bridge" (PDF). Bittner-shen.com - Bittner-Shen Consulting Engineers, Inc. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  55. "News and Updates". Cooperriverbridge.org (official website). Archived from the original on May 16, 2008.
  56. Abdel-Ghaffar, A. M.; Housner, G. W. (January 1977). An Analysis of the Dynamic Characteristics of a Suspension Bridge by Ambient Vibration Measurements (PDF) (Report). California Institute Of Technology - Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory.
  57. Senese, Jerome R. (April 2000). "Welding Gives New Look to Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. Vol. 4, no. 1. American Institute of Steel Construction. pp. 11–13. ISSN 0026-8445.
  58. "New Mississippi River Bridge Project". Newriverbridge.org (official website). Archived from the original on December 21, 2016.
  59. Brown, Dan. "A Foundation Engineering Trip down the Mississippi River" (PDF). Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  60. "Mid-Hudson Bridge to Be 1500-Ft. Suspension Span". Engineering News-Record. Vol. 92, no. 11. New York: McGraw Hill Publications Company. March 13, 1924. p. 452. ISSN 0891-9526.
  61. Martin, John T. (October 2, 1930). "Erection of 276-Ft. Towers for Mid-Hudson Suspension Bridge at Poughkeepsie". Engineering News-Record. Vol. 105, no. 14. New York: McGraw Hill Publications Company. pp. 529–531. ISSN 0891-9526.
  62. "The Mid-Hudson Bridge". Nysba.ny.gov - New York State Bridge Authority. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  63. "Manhattan Bridge". American Society of Civil Engineers - Metropolitan Section. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  64. "Triborough Bridge Project". American Society of Civil Engineers - Metropolitan Section. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
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  66. Coco, Edith; Ye, Qi (November 2016). "Robert F. Kennedy Bridge - Aerodynamic Evaluation and Retrofit Design" (PDF). Structure. National Council of Structural Engineers Associations. pp. 33–37. ISSN 1536-4283.
  67. "Project Summary: The New Bridge". Greenvillebridge.com (official website). Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  68. "Project Plan and Elevation" (PDF). Greenvillebridge.com (official website). Mississippi Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2012.
  69. Loizias, Marcos P.; McCabe, Raymond J. (1991). "The Dame Point concrete cable-stayed bridge". IABSE Symposium: Bridges: Interaction Between Construction Technology and Design - E-periodica.ch. 64. Leningrad: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering: 449–454. doi:10.5169/seals-49349.
  70. "San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge - Self-anchored suspension bridge - Evaluation of the ASTM A354 grade bd rods" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. September 30, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
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  72. Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. OR-104, "Fremont Bridge, Spanning Willamette River, Portland, Multnomah County, OR", 18 photos, 2 color transparencies, 1 measured drawing, 42 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
  73. Kook, Michael J.; Hanson, John M. "Field Testing of the Fremont Bridge" (PDF). Transportation Research Record. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  74. "Sidney Lanier Bridge". Tylin.com - T. Y. Lin International. Archived from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  75. "Sidney Lanier Bridge, Brunswick, Georgia". Asbi-assoc.org - American Segmental Bridge Institute. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  76. Svensson, Holger S.; Lovett, Thomas G. (1990). "The Twin Cable-Stayed Composite Bridge at Baytown, Texas". IABSE Symposium - E-periodica.ch. 60. Brussels: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering: 317–322. doi:10.5169/seals-46499.
  77. "Bridge Log - Bridge Engineering Section" (PDF). Oregon.gov. Oregon Department of Transportation. 2023. p. 223. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
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  82. "The Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge". Newnybridge.com (official website). Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  83. Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. OR-40, "St. Johns Bridge, Spans Willamette River at US Highway 30, Portland, Multnomah County, OR", 31 photos, 2 color transparencies, 3 measured drawings, 28 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
  84. "Design of Mount Hope Wire-Cable Suspension Bridge". Engineering News-Record. Vol. 100, no. 15. New York: McGraw Hill Publications Company. April 12, 1928. pp. 585–587. ISSN 0891-9526.
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  • Notes
  1. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge held the record of the longest bridge span in the world from 1964 to 1981.[1]
  2. At the time of its opening in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was the longest and the tallest suspension bridge in the world,[4] titles it held until 1964 and 1998 respectively. The American Society of Civil Engineers named it one of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World,[5] and it was declared California Historical Landmark in 1987.[6]
  3. The George Washington Bridge was the first bridge span to reach a length of over one kilometer, it was the longest main bridge span in the world from its 1931 opening until the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opened in 1937.[13] It was designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1981.[13]
  4. The Ambassador Bridge became the longest span in the world in 1929 until 1931,[33] it surpassed the record of the Quebec Bridge in Canada and since that date the record for longest bridge span has only been held by suspension bridges.
  5. From 1926 to 1929, the Benjamin Franklin Bridge had the longest span of any suspension bridge in the world.[37]
  6. The New River Gorge Bridge was the world's longest arch bridge for 26 years, until the opening of the Lupu Bridge in China, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[38]
  7. When completed in 1931, the Bayonne Bridge was the longest steel arch bridge in the world, it was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1985.[40]
  8. The Bear Mountain Bridge broke the record of the longest suspension bridge from 1924 to 1926,[48] it was added to the National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks in 1986[48] and on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[49]
  9. The Williamsburg Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world from 1903 until 1924,[53] it was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 2009.[53]
  10. Former railroad bridge designed by John A. Roebling, it was the longest span in the world at the time of its opening[58] and has been designated a National Historic Landmark, a New York City landmark in 1967,[59] a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972[58] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.[60]
  11. The Manhattan Bridge has been designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 2009[75] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[76]
  12. Also called Triborough Bridge, it was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1986.[77]
  13. The Mount Hope Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[103]
  14. Officially named the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, it has been designated a New York City landmark in 1967,[111] a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972[112] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[113]
  15. A first cantilever beam bridge was built in 1927 and doubled in 1958 over the Carquinez Strait, but the oldest was dismantled in 2007 due to its aging and replaced by the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge.
  16. The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge held the record of the longest span in the world from 1866 to 1869.[132] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[132]
  17. The Wheeling Suspension Bridge was the first bridge with a span of more than 1,000 feet (300 m) and the longest span in the world from 1849 until 1866.[137] Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973,[137] it was closed to automobile traffic in September 2019.
  18. The First Niagara Clifton Bridge was the longest span in the world from 1869 until 1883.[147] The covering of the towers was carried out in 1872, in 1884, the wooden towers were replaced with steel, finally all the wooden components were remplaced with steel in 1888 and the deck was widened.[148] The bridge can then have very different appearances depending on the year.

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