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The Millau Viaduct is (as of 8 February 2020) the tallest bridge, but only the thirtieth highest bridge in the world. The ranking of the highest bridges in the world, currently open for use. Only bridges with a height of 200 metres (660 ft) or greater are included.
For example, (as of 1 July 2020) the Duge Bridge is the highest bridge in the world, but only the fifteenth tallest. This bridge spans a deep river gorge. The bridge's two towers, built on either rim of the gorge, are 269 m (883 ft) tall, but due to the depth of the river gorge, the deck height of the Duge Bridge is 565 m (1,854 ft).
With a height of 1,104 feet, the Millau Viaduct is the tallest bridge in the world. The Millau Viaduct, which is located in Creissels, France, is such a marvel of engineering that many were skeptical that the bridge could even be built.
The Duge Bridge (), also called the Beipanjiang Bridge, is a four-lane cable-stayed bridge on the border between the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan in China. [1] [2] As of 2021, the bridge is the highest in the world, with the road deck sitting over 565 metres (1,854 ft) above the Beipan River.
Standing at an amazing 496 meters, the highest bridge in the world is the Sidu River Bridge in the Hubei province of central China. The Sidu River Bridge is a suspensions bridge that is 900 meters long that crosses a large gorge formed by the Sidu River as it meanders its way through the mountains.
Chenab Bridge is the tallest bridge in the world by hieght at an elevation of 359 meters (1,178 ft). It is also the world’s highest rail bridge and the arch was completed and it will open to rail traffic by December 2024.
Upon its completion in December 2016, the Duge Beipanjiang Bridge became the highest bridge in the world. Not the tallest, but highest—as it crosses above the Beipanjiang Grand Valley, its...
A European bridge is the tallest in the world, dwarfing the Effiel Tower. It is located just across the channel, and the bridge has retained this major title.. At its highest point, the Millau ...
The Eiffel Tower is 1063 feet tall—antennae included—making the Millau Viaduct the tallest structure in France. It’s also the tallest bridge in the world. The viaduct from a distance.
Sutong Bridge, located about 60 miles northwest of Shanghai, crosses the Yangtze River to connect the cities of Suzhou and Nantong. The cable-stayed bridge’s two iconic towers measure 1,004 feet high, making this the seventh-tallest bridge in the world.