# List of bridges in the United States by height

This is a list of the highest bridges in the United States by height over land or water.

## Definitions

Height in this list refers to the distance from the bridge deck to the lowest point on the land, or the water surface, directly below. A bridge's deck height is greater than its clearance below, which is measured from the bottom of the deck structure, with the difference being equal to the thickness of the deck structure at the point with the greatest clearance below. Official figures for a bridge's height are often provided only for the clearance below, so those figures may be used instead of actual deck height measurements. For bridges that span tidal water, the clearance below is measured at the average high water level.
The minimum height for inclusion in this list is 130 ft (40 m), which may be either the deck height or the clearance below depending on available references. Note that the following types of bridges are not included in this list: demolished high bridges; historic high bridges such as those over reservoirs—regardless of current reservoir levels—that were filled after the bridge was complete, unless the dam has since been removed; and vertical-lift bridges, even those with raised span heights greater than this list's minimum height.

## List of bridges

Most of the bridges in this list derive their height from crossing between the rims of a deep canyon. Some others cross navigation channels and are designed with a deck clearance that can accommodate oceangoing vessels, such as container ships, ocean liners and cruise ships. The largest of these is around 220 feet (67 m), so there are often bridges with approximately that height located in coastal cities with bays or inlets, such as New York City's Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
| Height | Name | Spans | Completed | State(s) |
| 955 ft (291.1 m) | Royal Gorge Bridge | Arkansas River | 1929 | Colorado |
| 900 ft (274.3 m) | Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge | Colorado River | 2010 | Arizona / Nevada |
| 876 ft (267.0 m) | New River Gorge Bridge | New River | 1977 | West Virginia |
| 730 ft (222.5 m) | Foresthill Bridge | American River | 1973 | California |
| 700 ft (213.4 m) | Glen Canyon Dam Bridge | Colorado River | 1959 | Arizona |
| 700 ft (213.4 m) | Phil G. McDonald Bridge (Glade Creek Bridge) | Glade Creek | 1988 | West Virginia |
| 565 ft (172.2 m) | Rio Grande Gorge Bridge | Rio Grande | 1965 | New Mexico |
| 486 ft (148.1 m) | Perrine Bridge | Snake River | 1976 | Idaho |
| 470 ft (143.3 m) | Navajo Bridge (dual spans; the 1929 span is 467 ft high) | Colorado River | 1929 / 1995 | Arizona |
| 464 ft (141.4 m) | Moyie River Canyon Bridge | Moyie River | 1965 | Idaho |
| 450 ft (137.2 m) | Pine Valley Creek Bridge | Pine Valley Creek | 1974 | California |
| 400 ft (121.9 m) | Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge | Cold Spring Canyon | 1964 | California |
| 388 ft (118.3 m) | Burro Creek Bridge (dual spans) | Burro Creek | 1966 / 2005 | Arizona |
| 375 ft (114.3 m) | High Steel Bridge | Skokomish River | 1929 | Washington |
| 370 ft (112.8 m) | Hoffstadt Creek Bridge | Hoffstadt Creek | 1994 | Washington |
| 370 ft (112.8 m) | Lewiston–Queenston Bridge | Niagara River | 1962 | New York / Ontario (Canada) |
| 350 ft (106.7 m) | Hansen Bridge | Snake River | 1966 | Idaho |
| 347 ft (105.8 m) | Vance Creek Bridge | Vance Creek | 1929 | Washington |
| 345 ft (105.2 m) | Thomas Creek Bridge | Thomas Creek | 1961 | Oregon |
| 325 ft (99.1 m) | Fred G. Redmon Bridge | Selah Creek | 1971 | Washington |
| 320 ft (97.5 m) | Crooked River Railroad Bridge | Crooked River | 1911 | Oregon |
| 300 ft (91.4 m) | Rex T. Barber Veterans Memorial Bridge | Crooked River | 2000 | Oregon |
| 300 ft (91.4 m) | Veterans Memorial Centennial Bridge | Bennett Bay | 1991 | Idaho |
| 296 ft (90.2 m) | Hurricane Gulch Bridge | Hurricane Gulch | 1921 | Alaska |
| 295 ft (89.9 m) | Crooked River High Bridge | Crooked River | 1926 | Oregon |
| 295 ft (89.9 m) | Galena Creek Bridge | Galena Creek | 2012 | Nevada |
| 285 ft (86.9 m) | Sunlight Creek Bridge | Sunlight Creek | 1985 | Wyoming |
| 283 ft (86.3 m) | Young's High Bridge | Kentucky River | 1889 | Kentucky |
| 275 ft (83.8 m) | High Bridge of Kentucky | Kentucky River | 1877 | Kentucky |
| 275 ft (83.8 m) | Pecos River High Bridge | Pecos River | 1944 | Texas |
| 273 ft (83.2 m) | Pecos River Highway Bridge | Pecos River | 1957 | Texas |
| 270 ft (82.3 m) | Emlenton Bridge | Allegheny River | 1968 | Pennsylvania |
| 265 ft (80.8 m) | Grassy Creek Bridge | Grassy Creek | 2016 | Kentucky / Virginia |
| 260 ft (79.2 m) | Bixby Creek Bridge | Bixby Creek | 1932 | California |
| 260 ft (79.2 m) | Conrad Lundy Jr. Bridge | Wind River | 1957 | Washington |
| 255 ft (77.7 m) | Confusion Hill Bridges (south span) | South Fork Eel River | 2009 | California |
| 250 ft (76.2 m) | Fairfax Bridge | Carbon River | 1921 | Washington |
| 250 ft (76.2 m) | Mingo Creek Viaduct | Mingo Creek | 2002 | Pennsylvania |
| 245 ft (74.7 m) | Clays Ferry Bridge | Kentucky River | 1946 / 1963 / 1998 | Kentucky |
| 240 ft (73.2 m) | Genesee Arch Bridge | Genesee River | 2017 | New York |
| 240 ft (73.2 m) | George Westinghouse Bridge | Turtle Creek | 1932 | Pennsylvania |
| 239 ft (72.8 m) | Jeremiah Morrow Bridge | Little Miami River | 2016 | Ohio |
| 238 ft (72.5 m) | Kuskulana River Bridge | Kuskulana River | 1910 | Alaska |
| 228 ft (69.5 m) | Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge | The Narrows | 1964 | New York |
| 225 ft (68.6 m) | Peter Guice Memorial Bridge | Green River | 1972 | North Carolina |
| 225 ft (68.6 m) | Whirlpool Rapids Bridge | Niagara River | 1897 | New York / Ontario (Canada) |
| 220 ft (67.1 m) | Golden Gate Bridge | Golden Gate | 1937 | California |
| 220 ft (67.1 m) | Laurel Creek Gorge Bridge | Laurel Creek | 2002 | North Carolina |
| 220 ft (67.1 m) | San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (western span) | San Francisco Bay | 1936 | California |
| 215 ft (65.5 m) | Bayonne Bridge | Kill Van Kull | 1931 | New York / New Jersey |
| 212 ft (64.6 m) | George Washington Bridge | Hudson River | 1931 | New York / New Jersey |
| 212 ft (64.6 m) | Valley View Bridge | Cuyahoga Valley | 1977 | Ohio |
| 212 ft (64.6 m) | Walkway over the Hudson | Hudson River | 1889 | New York |
| 210 ft (64.0 m) | Lewis and Clark Bridge | Columbia River | 1930 | Oregon / Washington |
| 206 ft (62.8 m) | Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge | Narragansett Bay | 1969 | Rhode Island |
| 205 ft (62.5 m) | Long Beach International Gateway Bridge | Back Channel, Port of Long Beach | 2020 | California |
| 205 ft (62.5 m) | St. Johns Bridge | Willamette River | 1931 | Oregon |
| 204 ft (62.2 m) | Thomas Rukavina Memorial Bridge | Rouchleau Mine Pit | 2017 | Minnesota |
| 203 ft (61.9 m) | Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge | Fox River | 1981 | Wisconsin |
| 202 ft (61.6 m) | Rainbow Bridge | Niagara River | 1941 | New York / Ontario (Canada) |
| 200 ft (61.0 m) | Hite Crossing Bridge | Colorado River | 1966 | Utah |
| 200 ft (61.0 m) | Mackinac Bridge | Straits of Mackinac | 1957 | Michigan |
| 200 ft (61.0 m) | Mon–Fayette Expressway Bridge | Monongahela River | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
| 200 ft (61.0 m) | Red Cliff Bridge | Eagle River | 1940 | Colorado |
| 200 ft (61.0 m) | San Diego–Coronado Bridge | San Diego Bay | 1969 | California |
| 200 ft (61.0 m) | Tacoma Narrows Bridge (dual spans) | Tacoma Narrows | 1950 / 2007 | Washington |
| 196 ft (59.7 m) | Astoria–Megler Bridge | Columbia River | 1966 | Oregon / Washington |
| 192 ft (58.5 m) | Commodore Barry Bridge | Delaware River | 1974 | Pennsylvania / New Jersey |
| 191 ft (58.2 m) | San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (eastern span) | San Francisco Bay | 2013 | California |
| 190 ft (57.9 m) | Hawk Falls Bridge | Mud Run | 1957 | Pennsylvania |
| 190 ft (57.9 m) | Union Pacific Kate Shelley Bridge | Des Moines River | 2009 | Iowa |
| 186 ft (56.7 m) | Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge | Cooper River | 2005 | South Carolina |
| 186 ft (56.7 m) | Chesapeake Bay Bridge (dual spans) | Chesapeake Bay | 1952 / 1973 | Maryland |
| 186 ft (56.7 m) | Goat Canyon Trestle | Goat Canyon | 1933 | California |
| 185 ft (56.4 m) | Francis Scott Key Bridge | Patapsco River | 1977 | Maryland |
| 185 ft (56.4 m) | Kate Shelley High Bridge (Boone Viaduct) | Des Moines River | 1901 | Iowa |
| 185 ft (56.4 m) | Richmond–San Rafael Bridge | San Francisco Bay | 1956 | California |
| 185 ft (56.4 m) | Sidney Lanier Bridge | Brunswick River | 2003 | Georgia |
| 185 ft (56.4 m) | Talmadge Memorial Bridge | Savannah River | 1991 | Georgia |
| 185 ft (56.4 m) | Vincent Thomas Bridge | Los Angeles Harbor | 1963 | California |
| 184 ft (56.1 m) | Soo Line High Bridge | St. Croix River | 1911 | Minnesota / Wisconsin |
| 182 ft (55.5 m) | Ship Canal Bridge | Lake Washington Ship Canal | 1961 | Washington |
| 181 ft (55.2 m) | Sunshine Skyway Bridge | Tampa Bay | 1987 | Florida |
| 180 ft (54.9 m) | Deception Pass Bridge | Puget Sound | 1935 | Washington |
| 178 ft (54.3 m) | Fred Hartman Bridge | Houston Ship Channel | 1995 | Texas |
| 177 ft (53.9 m) | Rainbow Bridge | Neches River | 1936 | Texas |
| 175 ft (53.3 m) | Dames Point Bridge | St. Johns River | 1989 | Florida |
| 175 ft (53.3 m) | Fremont Bridge | Willamette River | 1973 | Oregon |
| 175 ft (53.3 m) | Horace Wilkinson Bridge | Mississippi River | 1968 | Louisiana |
| 175 ft (53.3 m) | Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge | Houston Ship Channel | 1982 | Texas |
| 175 ft (53.3 m) | Wilson Creek Bridge | Wilson Creek | 2001 | Virginia |
| 174 ft (53.0 m) | Delaware Memorial Bridge (dual spans) | Delaware River | 1951 / 1968 | Delaware / New Jersey |
| 172 ft (52.4 m) | Clio Trestle | Willow Creek | 1909 | California |
| 170 ft (51.8 m) | Beaver River Bridge | Beaver River | 1952 | Pennsylvania |
| 170 ft (51.8 m) | Crescent City Connection (dual spans) | Mississippi River | 1958 / 1988 | Louisiana |
| 170 ft (51.8 m) | E. H. Swindell Bridge | East Street Valley | 1930 | Pennsylvania |
| 170 ft (51.8 m) | Sunshine Bridge | Mississippi River | 1964 | Louisiana |
| 170 ft (51.8 m) | Wissahickon Memorial Bridge | Wissahickon Creek | 1932 | Pennsylvania |
| 167 ft (50.9 m) | Aurora Bridge | Lake Union | 1932 | Washington |
| 166 ft (50.6 m) | Massachusetts Turnpike's Westfield River Bridge | Westfield River | 1957 | Massachusetts |
| 165 ft (50.3 m) | Veterans Memorial Bridge | Mississippi River | 1995 | Louisiana |
| 163 ft (49.7 m) | Quechee Gorge Bridge | Ottauquechee River | 1911 | Vermont |
| 162 ft (49.4 m) | Hi-Line Railroad Bridge | Sheyenne River | 1908 | North Dakota |
| 160 ft (48.8 m) | High Bridge | Mississippi River | 1987 | Minnesota |
| 158 ft (48.2 m) | Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge | Mississippi River | 1983 | Louisiana |
| 157 ft (47.9 m) | Tulip Trestle | Richland Creek | 1906 | Indiana |
| 155 ft (47.2 m) | Bear Mountain Bridge | Hudson River | 1924 | New York |
| 155 ft (47.2 m) | Blue Water Bridge (dual spans) | St. Clair River | 1938 / 1997 | Michigan / Ontario (Canada) |
| 155 ft (47.2 m) | Gerald Desmond Bridge | Back Channel, Port of Long Beach | 1968 | California |
| 155 ft (47.2 m) | Green River Gorge Bridge | Green River | 1915 | Washington |
| 153 ft (46.6 m) | Huey P. Long Bridge (Jefferson Parish) | Mississippi River | 1935 | Louisiana |
| 153 ft (46.6 m) | Walt Whitman Bridge | Delaware River | 1957 | Pennsylvania / New Jersey |
| 152 ft (46.3 m) | Ambassador Bridge | Detroit River | 1929 | Michigan / Ontario (Canada) |
| 152 ft (46.3 m) | Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge | Hudson River | 1957 | New York |
| 152 ft (46.3 m) | Mathews Bridge | St. Johns River | 1953 | Florida |
| 150 ft (45.7 m) | Conde McCullough Memorial Bridge | Coos Bay | 1936 | Oregon |
| 150 ft (45.7 m) | John E. Fitzgerald Bridge (Clarks Summit Bridge) | U.S. Routes 6 and 11 | 1955 | Pennsylvania |
| 150 ft (45.7 m) | Paul Bryant Bridge | Black Warrior River | 2004 | Alabama |
| 150 ft (45.7 m) | Rosendale Trestle | Rondout Creek | 1872 | New York |
| 150 ft (45.7 m) | Thousand Islands Bridge | Saint Lawrence River | 1937 | New York / Ontario (Canada) |
| 150 ft (45.7 m) | Varina-Enon Bridge | James River | 1990 | Virginia |
| 148 ft (45.1 m) | Carquinez Bridge (dual spans) | Carquinez Strait | 1958 / 2003 | California |
| 147 ft (44.8 m) | Cut River Bridge | Cut River | 1947 | Michigan |
| 147 ft (44.8 m) | Walnut Lane Bridge | Wissahickon Creek | 1908 | Pennsylvania |
| 145 ft (44.2 m) | Jordan Bridge | Southern Branch Elizabeth River | 2012 | Virginia |
| 145 ft (44.2 m) | Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge | State Route 96 | 1994 | Tennessee |
| 145 ft (44.2 m) | Rip Van Winkle Bridge | Hudson River | 1935 | New York |
| 145 ft (44.2 m) | Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge | James River | 2002 | Virginia |
| 144 ft (43.9 m) | Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge | Columbia River | 1982 | Oregon / Washington |
| 143 ft (43.6 m) | Henry Hudson Bridge | Spuyten Duyvil Creek | 1936 | New York |
| 143 ft (43.6 m) | Outerbridge Crossing | Arthur Kill | 1928 | New York / New Jersey |
| 143 ft (43.6 m) | Triborough Bridge (Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) | East River | 1936 | New York |
| 142 ft (43.3 m) | Throgs Neck Bridge | East River | 1961 | New York |
| 141 ft (43.0 m) | Hart Bridge | St. Johns River | 1967 | Florida |
| 140 ft (42.7 m) | Bridge of the Gods | Columbia River | 1926 | Oregon / Washington |
| 140 ft (42.7 m) | Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge | Mobile River | 1991 | Alabama |
| 140 ft (42.7 m) | Confusion Hill Bridges (north span) | South Fork Eel River | 2008 | California |
| 140 ft (42.7 m) | Goethals Bridge | Arthur Kill | 1928 | New York / New Jersey |
| 140 ft (42.7 m) | Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge | Patuxent River | 1977 | Maryland |
| 140 ft (42.7 m) | High Bridge (Aqueduct Bridge) | Harlem River | 1848 / 1927 | New York |
| 140 ft (42.7 m) | Israel LaFleur Bridge | Calcasieu River | 1962 | Louisiana |
| 140 ft (42.7 m) | West Seattle Bridge | Duwamish Waterway | 1984 | Washington |
| 139 ft (42.4 m) | New Tappan Zee Bridge (Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge) | Hudson River | 2017 | New York |
| 138 ft (42.1 m) | Albertus L. Meyers Bridge | Little Lehigh Creek | 1913 | Pennsylvania |
| 138 ft (42.1 m) | Benicia–Martinez Bridge (dual roadway spans) | Carquinez Strait | 1962 / 2007 | California |
| 138 ft (42.1 m) | Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge | Port of Corpus Christi | 1959 | Texas |
| 138 ft (42.1 m) | Tappan Zee Bridge | Hudson River | 1955 | New York |
| 137 ft (41.8 m) | Cascade Creek Trestle | Cascade Creek | 1889 | Colorado |
| 137 ft (41.8 m) | U.S. Route 20 Iowa River Bridge | Iowa River | 2003 | Iowa |
| 136 ft (41.5 m) | Monroe Street Bridge | Spokane River | 1911 | Washington |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Antioch Bridge | San Joaquin River | 1978 | California |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Benicia–Martinez Bridge (railway span) | Carquinez Strait | 1928 | California |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Benjamin Franklin Bridge | Delaware River | 1926 | Pennsylvania / New Jersey |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Betsy Ross Bridge | Delaware River | 1976 | Pennsylvania / New Jersey |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Bourne Bridge, Sagamore Bridge | Cape Cod Canal | 1935 | Massachusetts |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Bronx–Whitestone Bridge | East River | 1939 | New York |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Brooklyn Bridge | East River | 1883 | New York |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Calcasieu River Bridge | Calcasieu River | 1952 | Louisiana |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Castleton Bridge | Hudson River | 1959 | New York |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge | Taunton River | 1965 | Massachusetts |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge | Delaware River | 1956 | Pennsylvania / New Jersey |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Girard Point Bridge | Schuylkill River | 1985 | Pennsylvania |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Gold Star Memorial Bridge (dual spans) | Thames River | 1943 / 1973 | Connecticut |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge | Potomac River | 1940 | Maryland / Virginia |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Hell Gate Bridge | East River | 1916 | New York |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge | Narragansett Bay | 1992 | Rhode Island |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Manhattan Bridge | East River | 1909 | New York |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Mid-Hudson Bridge | Hudson River | 1930 | New York |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Mount Hope Bridge | Mount Hope Bay | 1929 | Rhode Island |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Newburgh–Beacon Bridge (dual spans) | Hudson River | 1963 / 1980 | New York |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory | Penobscot River | 2006 | Maine |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Piscataqua River Bridge | Piscataqua River | 1972 | Maine / New Hampshire |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | San Mateo–Hayward Bridge | San Francisco Bay | 1967 | California |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Sidney Sherman Bridge | Houston Ship Channel | 1973 | Texas |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Tobin Bridge | Mystic River | 1950 | Massachusetts |
| 135 ft (41.1 m) | Williamsburg Bridge | East River | 1903 | New York |
| 134 ft (40.8 m) | All-America Bridge | Little Cuyahoga River | 1982 | Ohio |
| 134 ft (40.8 m) | Washington Bridge | Harlem River | 1888 | New York |
| 132 ft (40.2 m) | Henderson County Bridge | Green River | 1927 | North Carolina |
| 130 ft (39.6 m) | Queensboro Bridge (59th Street Bridge) | East River | 1909 | New York |

## Gallery

The ten highest bridges in the United States:
* Royal Gorge Bridge—955'
* Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge—900'
* New River Gorge Bridge—876'
* Foresthill Bridge—730'
* Glen Canyon Dam Bridge—700'
* Phil G. McDonald Bridge—700'
* Rio Grande Gorge Bridge—565'
* Perrine Bridge—486'
* Navajo Bridge—470'
* Moyie River Canyon Bridge—464'