A list of the largest suspension bridges in the world by length of center span.

1. Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge (Kobe-Naruto Route, Japan) 1,991 metres - 1998
2. Izmit Bay Bridge (Marmara Sea, Turkey) 1,668 metres 2004
3. Great Belt Bridge (Halsskov -Sprogoe , Denmark) 1,624 metres - 1998
4. Humber Bridge (Kingston-upon-Hull, England) 1,410 metres - 1981 (The largest from 1981 until 1998.)
5. Jangyn Bridge (Yangtze River, China) 1,385 metres - 1999
6. Tsing Ma Bridge (Lantau Island, Hong Kong) 1,377 metres - 1999 (with road and metro)
7. Verrazano Narrows Bridge (New York, NY, USA) 1,298 metres - 1964 (The largest from 1964 until 1981.)
8. Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco-Marin, CA, USA) 1,280 metres - 1937 (The largest from 1937 until 1964.)
9. Höga Kusten Bridge (Veda, Sweden ) - 1,210 metres - 1997
10. Mackinac Bridge (Mackinaw City - St. Ignace, Michigan USA) 1,158 metres - 1957
11. Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge (Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan) 1,118 metres - 1988
12. Fatìh Sultan Mehemet (Second Bosporus Bridge) (Istanbul, Turkey) 1,090 metres - 1988
13. Ataturk (First Bosporus Bridge) (Istanbul, Turkey) 1,074 metres - 1973
14. George Washington Bridge (Fort Lee, NJ-New York, NY, USA) 1,067 metres - 1931 (The largest from 1931 until 1937.)
15. Third Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge (Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan) 1,030 metres - 1999
16. Second Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge (Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan) 1,020 metres - 1999
17. Ponte 25 de Abril (Tagus Bridge) (Lisbon, Portugal) 1,013 metres - 1966
18. Forth Road Bridge (Firth of Forth, Scotland) 1,006 metres - 1964)
19. Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge (Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan) 990 metres - 1988
20. Severn Bridge (Bristol, U.K.) 988 metres - 1966
21. Yichang Bridge (Yichang (Yangtze River) China 960 metres - 2001
22. Shimotsui-Seto Bridge (Kojima-Sakaide Route, Japan) 940 metres - 1988
23. Xiling Bridge (Yichang Yangtze River, China) 900 metres - 1996
24. Boca Tigris Bridge (Pearl river (Guangdong province) China) 888 metres - 1997
25. Ohnaruto Bridge (Kobe-Naruto Route, Japan) 876 metres - 1985
26. Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.) 853 metres - 1950
27. Askoy Bridge (Bergen, Norway) 850 metres - 1992
28. Innoshima Bridge (Onomichi-Imabari Route, Japan) 770 metres - 1983
29. Akinada Bridge (Akinada Islands (Hiroshima Pref.), Japan) 750 metres - 2000
30. Semipalatinsk Bridge (Semipalatinsk (Irtish river), Kazakhstan) 750 metres - 2000
31. Hakucho Ohashi Bridge (Muroran (Hokkaido Pref.), Japan) 720 metres 1998
32. Angostura Bridge (Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela) 712 metres 1967
33. Kanmonkyo Bridge (Honshu-Kyushu, Japan) 712 metres 1973
34. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Western portion) (San Francisco - Oakland, CA U.S.A.) 704 metres 1936
35. Bronx Whitestone Bridge 701 1939 New York City U.S.A.
36. Pierre Laporte 668 1970 Quebec City Canada
37. Delaware Memorial Bridge I 655m 1951 Wilmington, Delaware U.S.A.
38. Delaware Memorial Bridge II 655m 1968 Wilmington, Delaware U.S.A.
39. Seaway Skyway 655 1960 Ogdensburg, NewYork U.S.A.
40. Gjemnessundet 623 1992 Kristiansund Norway
41. Walt Whitman 610 1957 Philadelphia U.S.A.
42. Walt Whitman 608 1959 Le Havre France
43. New Little Belt 600 1970 Little Belt Denmark
44. 1st Kurushima 600 1999 Onomichi-Imabari Route Japan
45. Rainbow Bridge (Tokyo, Japan) 570 metres - 1993
46. Ambassador 564 1929 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. - Windsor, Ontario, Canada
47. Oshima 560 1988 Miyakubo-seto (Onomichi-Imabari R.) Japan
48. Throgs Neck Bridge 549 1961 New York City U.S.A.
49. Tokyo Harbor Bridge (Tokyo, Japan) 540 metres - 1994
50. Benjamin Franklin Bridge 533 1926 Philadelphia U.S.A.
51. Skiomen 525 1972 Narvik Norway
52. Kvalsund 525 1977 Hammerfest Norway
53. Matadi 520 1983 SMatadi Zaire
54. Fengdu 500 1996 Sichuan Yangtze River, China
55. Kleve-Emmerich 500 1965 Emmerich Germany
56. Bear Mountain Bridge 497 1924 Peekskill, New York U.S.A.
57. Williamsburg Bridge 488 1903 New York City U.S.A.
58. W. Preston Lane Memorial I 488 1952 Chesapeake Bay, Maryland U.S.A.
59. Newport 488 1969 Newport, Rhode Island U.S.A.
60. W. Preston Lane Memorial II 488 1973 Chesapeake Bay, Maryland U.S.A.
61. Brooklyn Bridge 486 1883 New York City U.S.A.
62. Lions' Gate Bridge 472 1938 Vancouver Canada
63. Sotra 468 1971 Bergen Norway
64. Hirado Ohashi 460 1977 Hirado Island Japan
65. Vincent Thomas 457 1963 San Pedro, California U.S.A.
66. Mid Hudson 456 1930 Poughkeepsie, N.Y. U.S.A.
67. Shantou Bay 452 1996 Guangdong prov. China
68. Manhattan 448 1909 New York City U.S.A.
69. Angus L. Mac Donald 441 1955 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
70. Murray Mac Kay 427 1970 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
71. Triborough Bridge 421 1936 New York City U.S.A.
72. Alvsborg 418 1966 Gothenburg Sweden
73. Hadong Namhae 404 1973 Pusan South Korea
74. Baclan 394 1967 Bordeaux France
75. Amu Daria River 390 1964 Bukhara, Ural Russia
76. Royal Gorge 384 1929 Canon City, Colorado U.S.A.
77. Cologne Rodenkirchen 378 1954 Cologne Germany
78. St. Johns 368 1931 Portland, Oregon U.S.A.
79. Wakato Narrows 367 1962 Kitakyushu City Japan
80. Mount Hope 366 1929 Mount Hope Bay, Rhode Island U.S.A.
81. St. Lawrence 351 1960 Ogdensburg, New York U.S.A.
82. Hercilio Luz 340 1926 Florianopolis Island Brazil
83. Bidwell ar 338 1965 Oroville, California U.S.A.
84. Varodd 337 1956 Kristiansand Norway
85. Tamar 335 1961 England England
86. Deer Isle 329 1939 Penobscot Bay, Maine U.S.A.
87. Rombaks 325 1964 Nordland Norway
88. Maysville 323 1931 Maysville, Kentucky U.S.A.
89. Ile D'Orleans 323 1936 Quebec City Canada
90. John A. Roebling 322 1867 Cincinnati, Ohio U.S.A.
91. Otto Beit 320 1939 Chirundu Zimbabwe
92. Dent 320 1971 Orofino, Idaho U.S.A.
93. Cologne Mulheim 315 1951 Cologne Germany
94. Mampimi 314 1900 Mampimi Mexico
95. Wheeling 308 1849 Wheeling U.S.A.
96. Konohana-ohashi 300 1990 Osaka Japan
97. Elizabeth 290 1964 Budapest Hungary
98. Tjeldsund 290 1967 Bjerkvik Norway
99. Gran'Mere 289 1929 Quebec City Canada
100. Cauca River 287 1894 Colombia
101. Peace River 284 1950 Alberta, Saskatchewan Canada

The Strait of Messina Bridge, with a center span of 3,300 m, is planned to connect Italy and Sicily but construction has not yet begun. Bridges have also been suggested for the Strait of Gibraltar and the Sunda Strait with longest spans of several kilometres. The suspension cables for these longest bridges are suspended from the ends of cable-stayed struts extending diagonally from tall pylons.

References

• National Steel Bridge Alliance
• Strait of Messina Bridge web-site