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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'.
The Rainbow Bridge and Veterans Memorial Bridge are two bridges that cross the Neches River in Southeast Texas just upstream from Sabine Lake. It allows State Highway 87 and State Highway 73 to connect Port Arthur in Jefferson County on the southwest bank of the river. Bridge City in Orange County is on the northeast bank.
Notes. ^ The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge held the record of the longest bridge span in the world from 1964 to 1981.[1] ^ At the time of its opening in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was the longest and the tallest suspension bridge in the world,[4] titles it held until 1964 and 1998 respectively.
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.
Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. Bridges in Austin, Texas (13 P) Bridges in Dallas (4 P) Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas (2 C, 4 P)
The Fred Hartman Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge [2] in the U.S. state of Texas spanning the Houston Ship Channel. The bridge carries 2.6 miles (4.2 km) of State Highway 146 (SH 146), between the cities of Baytown and La Porte [3] (east of Houston). The bridge is also expected to carry State Highway 99 (SH 99) (Grand Parkway) when it is ...
Laughery Creek Bridge, Dearborn County; only known example of a Triple Whipple Truss bridge in the world. Lincoln Memorial Bridge, downtown Vincennes to Illinois (old US 50) Parke County Covered Bridges. Sherman Minton Bridge, New Albany to Louisville, Kentucky. William H. Natcher Bridge, Rockport to Owensboro, Kentucky.
The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that is both tall (in structural height) and high (in deck height). The tallest Millau Viaduct tower is situated near the valley floor, which gives the viaduct a structural height of 343 m (1,125 ft), and a deck height of 270 m (890 ft) above the valley floor. The Millau Viaduct is (as of 8 February ...