1. Chaotianmen Bridge, 552-m main span, China.
2. Lupu Bridge, 550-m main span, China.
5. Bayonne Bridge, 510-m main span, New York-New Jersey.
A steel arch bridge, the Bayonne Bridge links Bayonne, N.J., with Staten Island, N.Y. It was designed by noted bridge designer Othmar Ammann and architect Cass Gilbert, and opened in 1931. It spans the Kill Van Kull, a tidal strait connecting Newark Bay with Upper New York Bay, which is the main entryway for container ships destined for Port Newark. In order to accommodate larger post-Panamax ships that will be using the newly expanded Panama Canal, the Port of New York and New Jersey, the bridge’s owner, is raising the bridge’s roadway by 64 ft. A joint venture of Skanska Koch and Kiewit Infrastructure Co. were awarded a $743 million contract, and work began in 2013. A new roadway will be built above the existing road within the current arch structure, after which the existing roadway will be demolished. The project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2016.
6. Sydney Harbour Bridge, 503-m main span, Australia.
A steel arch bridge designed and built by the British firm Dorman Long and Co. Ltd., it opened in 1932. It carries eight lanes of traffic, two rail tracks, a pedestrian path and a bike lane. Each end of the arch is flanked by 292-ft concrete pylons, faced with granite, which were designed by the Scottish architect Thomas Tait, a partner in the architectural firm John Burnet and Partners. Sixteen construction workers died during the building of the bridge. Tourists are allowed to ascend 200 steps to the top of the bridge’s southeast pylon. Paul Hogan worked as a rigger on the bridge’s maintenance staff for several years. He stumbled into show business when his workmates dared him to enter a TV talent contest in 1972. After stints as a comedian in clubs and TV, he boomed as Crocodile Dundee in 1986
7. Wushan Bridge, 460-m main span, China.
A concrete-filled-steel tubular arch bridge, it was completed in 2005. Upon completion, its bridge deck was 180 m above the surface of the Yangtze River, but that clearance was reduced following the filling of the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam, which is over 50 miles downstream of the bridge.
8. Mingzhou Bridge, 450-m main span, China.
A double-leg rib arch bridge, it was completed in 2011. It carries the Ningbo Eastern Outer Ring Road. Ningbo is a deepwater port city with a population of 3.5 million, separated from Shanghai by Hangzhou Bay.
9. Zhijinghe River Bridge, 430-m main span, China.
A concrete-filled-steel tubular arch bridge, it spans a dramatic gorge in Hubei Province. Its deck is 965 ft above the Zhijinghe River, distinguishing it as the highest arch bridge in the world. It carries the West Hurong highway directly into tunnels at each end of the bridge. It opened in 2009.
10. Xinguang Bridge, 428-m main span, China.
The Xinguang Bridge is a steel truss arch bridge spanning the Pearl River in Guangzhou. Three sections of the bridge’s main arch were raised and then joined, the first time this construction method was used in China. It was completed in 2008. Guangzhou, a major manufacturing and trading hub, has a population of 11 million and is located about 75 miles northwest of Hong Kong. It was formerly called Canton.
http://enr.construction.com/infrastructure/transportation/2015/0106-10-longest-arch-bridges-in-the-world.asp
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