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List of different types of bridges
This article is about the structure. For the card game variants, see
Contract bridge
.
Here are all types of
bridges
.
Type
Sub-type
Length range
Image
Longest span
Arch bridge
575 meters (Ping'nan Third Bridge)
Through arch bridge
Beam bridge
(Integral beam bridge)
[1]
Log bridge
(beam bridge)
Viaduct
Cavity wall
viaduct
Bowstring arch
Box girder bridge
Cable-stayed bridge
1104 m (
Russky Bridge
)
10100 m (
Jiashao Bridge
)
Cable-stayed suspension bridge
hybrid
Cable-stayed bridge
and
Suspension bridge
1,408 m (4,619 ft)
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
[2]
Cantilever bridge
549 m (
Quebec bridge
)
1042.6 m (
Forth Bridge
)
Cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge
Clapper bridge
Covered bridge
Girder bridge
Continuous span
girder bridge
Integral bridge
Extradosed bridge
1,920m
Arrah–Chhapra Bridge
Moon bridge
Movable bridge
Pigtail bridge
Plate girder bridge
Pontoon bridge
Rigid-frame bridge
Roving bridge
Segmental bridge
Self-anchored suspension bridge
Side-spar cable-stayed bridge
Simple suspension bridge
(
Inca rope bridge
)
Step-stone bridge
Stressed ribbon bridge
Suspension bridge
Transporter bridge
Trestle bridge
Truss arch bridge
Truss bridge
Vierendeel bridge
Brown truss
Covered bridge
Burr Arch Truss
Lattice truss bridge
(Town lattice truss)
Tubular bridge
Vlotbrug
Natural occurring bridges
Type
Sub-type
Length range
Image
Longest span
Longest total
Ant bridge
Root bridge
Natural bridge
See also
Cable-stayed suspension bridge
References
^
"The five main bridge designs"
.
ECL Civil Engineering
. 21 March 2022.
^
"Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey - Verdict Traffic"
.
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