List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans
Timeline of world record lengths
Many early suspension bridges were cable-stayed construction, including the 1817 footbridge Dryburgh Abbey Bridge, James Dredge's patented Victoria Bridge, Bath (1836), and the later Albert Bridge, London (1872), and Brooklyn Bridge (1883).

List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans

Section Title: Timeline of world record lengths
Table Section Text: Many early suspension bridges were cable-stayed construction, including the 1817 footbridge Dryburgh Abbey Bridge, James Dredge's patented Victoria Bridge, Bath (1836), and the later Albert Bridge, London (1872), and Brooklyn Bridge (1883).

Record	Name	Location	Main span: metres (feet)	Crosses	Notes

1871 – 1885	Old Redheugh Bridge	United Kingdom Newcastle upon Tyne	73 m (240 ft)	River Tyne	destroyed in 1885

1885 – 1891	Järnbron [sv]	Sweden Uppsala	35 m (115 ft)	Fyris River

1891 – 1914	Bluff Dale Bridge	United States Bluff Dale, TX	43 m (141 ft)	Paluxy River

1914 – 1922	Kaihihi Stream Bridge	New Zealand Okato	52 m (171 ft)	footbridge

1922 – 1926	Tauranga Bridge	New Zealand Opotiki	58 m (190 ft)	Waioeka River

1926 – 1952	Tempul Aqueduct	Spain Jerez de la Frontera	60 m (200 ft)	Guadalete River

1952 – 1956	Donzère-Mondragon Bridge	France Pierrelatte	81 m (266 ft)	Donzère-Mondragon Canal

1956 – 1957	Strömsund Bridge	Sweden Strömsund	182 m (597 ft)	Ströms vattudal

1957 – 1959	Theodor Heuss Bridge	Germany Düsseldorf	260 m (850 ft)	Rhine

1959 – 1969	Severin Bridge [de]	Germany Cologne	302 m (991 ft)	Rhine

1969 – 1971	Kniebrücke [de]	Germany Düsseldorf	319 m (1,047 ft)	Rhine

1971 – 1974	Duisburg-Neuenkamp Bridge [de]	Germany Duisburg	350 m (1,150 ft)	Rhine

1974 – 1983	Saint-Nazaire Bridge	France Saint-Nazaire	404 m (1,325 ft)	Loire River

1983 – 1986	Engineer Carlos Fernández Casado Bridge	Spain León	440 m (1,440 ft)	Barrios de Luna

1986 – 1991	Alex Fraser Bridge	Canada Vancouver	465 m (1,526 ft)	Fraser River

1991 – 1993	Skarnsund Bridge	Norway Inderøy	530 m (1,740 ft)	Skarnsundet

1993 – 1995	Yangpu Bridge	China Shanghai	602 m (1,975 ft)	Huangpu River

1995 – 1999	Pont de Normandie	France Le Havre	856 m (2,808 ft)	Seine River

1999 – 2008	Tatara Bridge	Japan Imabari	890 m (2,920 ft)	Inland Sea

2008 – 2012	Sutong Bridge	China Nantong - Changsu	1,088 m (3,570 ft)	Yangtze River

2012 –	Russky Bridge	Russia Vladivostok	1,104 m (3,622 ft)	Eastern Bosphorus

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The Alex Fraser Bridge was the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world when it opened in 1986.

final_sentence: The Alex Fraser Bridge was the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world when it opened in 1986.