List of longest suspension bridge spans
History of longest suspension spans
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List of longest suspension bridge spans

Section Title: History of longest suspension spans
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Bridge	Location	length m (ft)	Year(s) of longest span	Notes

Maya Bridge at Yaxchilan	Mexico	62 m (203 ft)	600–1430	Hemp-rope simple suspension footbridge. Existence unproven.

-	Chakzam Bridge	Tibet	137 m (449 ft)	1430–1820	Chain suspension footbridge south of Lhasa, built by Thangtong Gyalpo. Reported by British spies to still be in use in 1878.

-	Union Bridge	Scotland - England, UK	137 m (449 ft)	1820–1826	The oldest in the world still in use today.

-	Menai Suspension Bridge	Wales, UK	176 m (577 ft)	1826–1834

-	Great Suspension Bridge	Fribourg, Switzerland	271 m (889 ft)	1834–1849	The bridge was replaced by the Zähringen Bridge [de] in the 1920s.

-	Wheeling Suspension Bridge	West Virginia, US	308 m (1,010 ft)	1849–1866	The longest deck span from 1849 until 1866, and the oldest vehicular suspension bridge in use in the United States.

-	Queenston-Lewiston Bridge	US and Canada	317 m (1,040 ft)	1851–1866	The longest cable span from 1851 until it was destroyed by wind in 1864. However, the road deck span was only 258 meters long.

-	John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge	Kentucky - Ohio, US	322 m (1,056 ft)	1866–1869

-	Niagara Clifton Bridge	US and Canada	384 m (1,260 ft)	1869–1883	Replaced in 1899.

-	Brooklyn Bridge	New York City, US	486 m (1,594 ft)	1883–1903

-	Williamsburg Bridge	New York City, US	488 m (1,601 ft)	1903–1926	It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges. The Forth Railway Bridge, completed in 1890, a cantilever bridge with two spans of 521 m was longer until surpassed by the Quebec Bridge in 1917.

-	Bear Mountain Bridge	New York, US	497 m (1,631 ft)	1924–1926	It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges. The Quebec Bridge completed in 1917, a cantilever bridge with a span of 549 m was longer until surpassed in 1929 by the Ambassador Bridge.

-	Benjamin Franklin Bridge	Pennsylvania - New Jersey, US	533 m (1,749 ft)	1926–1929	It was the longest suspension span but not the longest span of all bridges.

-	Ambassador Bridge	US and Canada	564 m (1,850 ft)	1929–1931	Since this bridge was built, the record for longest bridge span has only been held by suspension bridges.

-	George Washington Bridge	New York - New Jersey, US	1,067 m (3,501 ft)	1931–1937	The first span longer than 1 km.

Golden Gate Bridge Clear.JPG	Golden Gate Bridge	California, US	1,280 m (4,200 ft)	1937–1964	Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1937 to 1964

-	Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge	New York City, US	1,298 m (4,259 ft)	1964–1981	Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1964 to 1981

-	Humber Bridge	Yorkshire, United Kingdom	1,410 m (4,630 ft)	1981–1998	Also the longest bridge span in the world from 1981 to 1998

-	Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge	Japan	1,991 m (6,532 ft)	1998–Present	The longest bridge span in the world since 1998

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The Williamsburg Bridge is one of the longest suspension bridge span in the world.

final_sentence: The Williamsburg Bridge is one of the longest suspension bridge span in the world.