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This list of tallest bridges includes bridges with a structural height of at least 200 metres (660 ft). The structural height of a bridge is the maximum vertical distance from the uppermost part of a bridge, such as the top of a bridge tower, to the lowermost exposed part of the bridge, where its piers, towers, or mast pylons emerge from the surface of the ground or water.
Texas: Tobin Bridge: Mystic River: 1950: Massachusetts: Williamsburg Bridge: East River: 1903: New York: 134 ft (40.8 m) All-America Bridge: Little Cuyahoga River: 1982: Ohio: Washington Bridge: Harlem River: 1888: New York: 132 ft (40.2 m) Henderson County Bridge [28] [29] Green River: 1927: North Carolina: 130 ft (39.6 m) Queensboro Bridge ...
County Type Allen Water Station: 1910 2009-12-03 Allen ... Included in Historic Bridges of Texas MPS Hill Street Bridge over Buffalo Bayou: 1938 2007-10-31 Houston
Harris County, Texas 29°44′10.1″N 95°08′48″W / 29.736139°N 95.14667°W / 29.736139; -95.14667 ( Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge Replacement Texas
Texas Suspension Bridges Cable-stayed and Suspension: 2000 Austin: Travis: TX-98-A: Texas Suspension Bridges, Dr. Flinn's Model and Builders Plate Suspension: 2000 Austin: Travis: TX-99: South Presa Street Bridge Extant Lenticular truss: 2001 South Presa Street San Antonio River: San Antonio: Bexar
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania; List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania; List of covered bridges in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; List of covered bridges of Bradford, Sullivan and Lycoming Counties; Pittsburgh bridges
For example, (as of 8 February 2020) the Duge Bridge is the highest bridge in the world, but only the tenth tallest. This bridge spans a deep river gorge. The bridge's two towers, built on the rims of the gorge, are 269 m (883 ft) tall, but due to the depth of the river gorge between the towers, the deck height of the Duge Bridge is 565 m ...
Construction on the Rainbow bridge, a cantilever truss bridge, began in 1936.It was contracted under the guidance of the Texas State Highway Department.Due to concerns by the upstream city of Beaumont about the bridge posing a threat to ship navigation, the Rainbow Bridge was built with a 680-foot (210 m) main span.