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List of toll bridges § United States; Category:Lists of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record; Category:Lists of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places; Category:Lists of river crossings in the United States; Other topics. Transport in the United States; Rail transportation in the United States
The clearance below required under bridges for the largest ships—container ships, ocean liners and cruise ships—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. [1]
Huey P. Long Bridge, Jefferson Parish – one of the longest railroad bridges in the US: 7 km (4.3 mi) I-10 Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge , St. Charles Parish – carries Interstate 10 over the Bonnet Carré Spillway , Lake Pontchartrain and LaBranche Wetlands
Measuring 2,375 feet (724 m) long and towering 240 feet (73.15 m) when measured from the creek bed (300 feet (91.44 m) from bedrock), it was the largest concrete structure in the world when completed in 1915 [3] and still merited "the title of largest concrete bridge in America, if not the world" 50 years later. [4]
Janberg, Nicolas, Suspension bridges, Structurae.de (an extensive database of structures including many suspension bridges) Durkee, Jackson, "World's Longest Bridge Spans" , National Steel Bridge Alliance, 24 May 1999 (out of date)
This category includes articles on individual bridges found within the United States, subcategorized by the state in which it is located. Bridges that connect states are found in several subcategories.
Lists of river crossings in the United States (9 C, 49 P) Pages in category "Lists of bridges in the United States" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
This record was held until 1971 with the opening of the Fred G. Redmon Bridge near Selah, Washington. The Emlenton Bridge remains the highest road bridge in Pennsylvania; with an overall span of 1,668 feet (508 m) it was the largest bridge constructed as part of the Keystone Shortway project.