Longest Suspension Bridge Spans 2026
About This Dataset
Longest Suspension Bridge Spans 2026
Bridges are ranked by main span - the distance between the two towers - rather than by total length, because the main span is the engineering limit being pushed. Only completed bridges carrying traffic in 2026 are included.
Analysis
1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey spans 2,023 m, 32 m more than Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. 7 of the 12 bridges are in China and 1 in Japan. The 12 spans total 20,247 m. They opened between 1998 and 2025; the shortest on the chart, Runyang Yangtze River Bridge, spans 1,490 m.
Key Findings
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1915 Çanakkale Bridge (Turkey) leads in Main Span (m) with 2,023 in 2026.
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Average Main Span (m) in 2026: 1,687 · median: 1,658.
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Gap in 2026: 1915 Çanakkale Bridge (Turkey) is 1.4× larger than Runyang Yangtze River Bridge (China).
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia, List of longest suspension bridge spans
- Coverage
- 12 entities · 2026 · 12 observations
- Measure
- Main Span (m)
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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