List of bridge types

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This is a list of different types of bridges.

Type Sub-type Length range Image
Longest span
Arch bridge
575 meters (Ping'nan Third Bridge, Guangxi, Southern China)
Through arch bridge
Beam bridge (Integral beam bridge)[1]
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Viaduct File:Glenfinnan Viaduct.jpg
Cavity wall viaduct File:Canton Viaduct.jpg
Bowstring arch File:FortPittBridge.jpg
Box girder bridge File:Concrete box girder bridge.JPG
Cable-stayed bridge
File:CableStayedBridge-diagram.svg
1,104 m (Russky Bridge, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russian Far East) 10,100 m (Jiashao Bridge, Zhejiang, China) File:ThreeTwrBrCenter.jpg
Cable-stayed suspension bridge hybrid Cable-stayed bridge and Suspension bridge 1,408 m (4,619 ft) Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge,[2] Istanbul File:Yoros Castle Remote view of Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in 2024 5336.jpg
Cantilever bridge
File:CantileverBridge-diagram.svg
549 m (Quebec bridge) 1042.6 m (Forth Bridge) File:ForthBridgeEdinburgh.jpg
Cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge File:Puente del Alamillo.jpg
Clapper bridge File:Tarr Steps 01.jpg
Covered bridge File:Guilford vermont covered bridge 20040820.jpg
Girder bridge File:GirderBridge2.jpg
Continuous span girder bridge File:Camden Bridge.jpg
Integral bridge
Extradosed bridge 1,920 m Arrah–Chhapra Bridge File:Twinkle Kisogawa bridge02.jpg
Moon bridge File:SFTGMoonBridge.jpg
Movable bridge File:SalmonBayBridge-SeattleUSA.jpg
Pigtail bridge File:Pigtail Bridge on US 16A.jpg
Plate girder bridge File:PlateGirderUnderTracks.jpg
Pontoon bridge File:Pontoon bridge Rhine River 1945.jpg
Rigid-frame bridge File:Bridge MerrittPkwy.jpg
Roving bridge File:Bridge 29 Macclesfield Canal.jpg
Segmental bridge File:SegmentalBridgeFtLauderdale.jpg
Self-anchored suspension bridge File:Eastern span of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge at night dllu.jpg
Side-spar cable-stayed bridge File:WinnepegBridge.jpg
Simple suspension bridge (Inca rope bridge) File:IRBSideViewClip.jpg
Step-stone bridge File:StepStoneBridge.jpg
Stressed ribbon bridge File:Holzbrücke bei Essing 1.jpg
Suspension bridge
File:SuspensionBridge-diagram.svg
File:Suspension.bridge.bristol.arp.750pix.jpg
Transporter bridge File:Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge.jpg
Trestle bridge File:AlhambraTrestle.jpg
Truss arch bridge File:Eastbound over SCB.jpg
Truss bridge
File:TrussBridge-diagram.svg
File:LittleManateeRiver.jpg
Vierendeel bridge File:Grammene-vierendeelbridge 20030618.jpg
Brown truss File:BrownTrussDiagram.png
Covered bridge Burr Arch Truss File:Baumgardener's Covered Bridge Inside Center 3008px.jpg
Lattice truss bridge
(Town lattice truss)
File:IMG 3819-Norwottuck-Rail-Trail-bridge.jpg
Tubular bridge File:Conwy Castle and Railway Bridge.jpg
Vlotbrug File:FloatingBridgeKoedijk.jpg

Naturally occurring bridges

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Type Sub-type Length range Image
Longest span Longest total
Ant bridge File:Ant bridge.jpg
Root bridge File:Living root bridges, Nongriat village, Meghalaya2.jpg
Natural bridge File:Delicate Arch LaSalle.jpg

See also

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References

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