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. 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.

Royal Gorge Bridge, highest bridge in the United States

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.

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 Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.[1]

List of bridges

Name	Height (ft)	Spans	Completed	State(s)
Royal Gorge Bridge	955	Arkansas River	1929	Colorado
Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge	900	Colorado River	2010	Arizona / Nevada
New River Gorge Bridge	876	New River	1977	West Virginia
Foresthill Bridge	730	American River	1973	California
Glen Canyon Dam Bridge	700	Colorado River	1959	Arizona
Phil G. McDonald Bridge (Glade Creek Bridge)	700	Glade Creek	1988	West Virginia
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge	565	Rio Grande	1965	New Mexico
Perrine Bridge	486	Snake River	1976	Idaho
Navajo Bridge (dual spans; the 1929 span is 467 ft high)	470	Colorado River	1929 / 1995	Arizona
Moyie River Canyon Bridge	464	Moyie River	1965	Idaho
Pine Valley Creek Bridge	450	Pine Valley Creek	1974	California
Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge	400	Cold Spring Canyon	1964	California
Burro Creek Bridge (dual spans)[2][3][4][note 1]	388	Burro Creek	1966 / 2005	Arizona
High Steel Bridge	375	Skokomish River	1929	Washington
Hoffstadt Creek Bridge[5][6]	370	Hoffstadt Creek	1994	Washington
Lewiston–Queenston Bridge	370	Niagara River	1962	New York / Ontario (Canada)
Hansen Bridge	350	Snake River	1966	Idaho
Vance Creek Bridge	347	Vance Creek	1929	Washington
Thomas Creek Bridge	345	Thomas Creek	1961	Oregon
Fred G. Redmon Bridge	325	Selah Creek	1971	Washington
Crooked River Railroad Bridge	320	Crooked River	1911	Oregon
Rex T. Barber Veterans Memorial Bridge	300	Crooked River	2000	Oregon
Hurricane Gulch Bridge	296	Hurricane Gulch	1921	Alaska
Crooked River High Bridge	295	Crooked River	1926	Oregon
Galena Creek Bridge	295	Galena Creek	2012	Nevada
Sunlight Creek Bridge[7]	285	Sunlight Creek	1985	Wyoming
Young's High Bridge	283	Kentucky River	1889	Kentucky
High Bridge of Kentucky	275	Kentucky River	1877	Kentucky
Pecos River High Bridge	275	Pecos River	1944	Texas
Pecos River Highway Bridge[8]	273	Pecos River	1957	Texas
Emlenton Bridge	270	Allegheny River	1968	Pennsylvania
U.S. Route 460 Connector Bridge[9][10]	265	Grassy Creek	2016	Kentucky / Virginia
Bixby Creek Bridge	260	Bixby Creek	1932	California
Confusion Hill Bridges (south span)	255	South Fork Eel River	2009	California
Fairfax Bridge	250	Carbon River	1921	Washington
Mingo Creek Viaduct	250	Mingo Creek	2002	Pennsylvania
Clays Ferry Bridge[11]	245	Kentucky River	1946 / 1963 / 1998	Kentucky
George Westinghouse Bridge	240	Turtle Creek	1932	Pennsylvania
Jeremiah Morrow Bridge	239	Little Miami River	2016	Ohio
Kuskulana River Bridge[12]	238	Kuskulana River	1910	Alaska
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge	228	The Narrows	1964	New York
Peter Guice Memorial Bridge	225	Green River	1972	North Carolina
Whirlpool Rapids Bridge	225	Niagara River	1897	New York / Ontario (Canada)
Golden Gate Bridge	220	Golden Gate	1937	California
Laurel Creek Gorge Bridge	220	Laurel Creek	2002	North Carolina
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (western span)	220	San Francisco Bay	1936	California
George Washington Bridge	212	Hudson River	1931	New York / New Jersey
Valley View Bridge	212	Cuyahoga Valley	1977	Ohio
Walkway over the Hudson	212	Hudson River	1889	New York
Lewis and Clark Bridge	210	Columbia River	1930	Oregon / Washington
Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge	206	Narragansett Bay	1969	Rhode Island
Gerald Desmond Bridge	205	Back Channel, Port of Long Beach	2020	California
St. Johns Bridge	205	Willamette River	1931	Oregon
U.S. Route 53 Bridge[13][14]	204	Rouchleau Mine Pit	2017	Minnesota
Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge	203	Fox River	1981	Wisconsin
Rainbow Bridge	202	Niagara River	1941	New York / Ontario (Canada)
Hite Crossing Bridge	200	Colorado River	1966	Utah
Mackinac Bridge	200	Straits of Mackinac	1957	Michigan
Mon–Fayette Expressway Bridge	200	Monongahela River	2013	Pennsylvania
Red Cliff Bridge	200	Eagle River	1940	Colorado
San Diego–Coronado Bridge	200	San Diego Bay	1969	California
Tacoma Narrows Bridge (dual spans)	200	Tacoma Narrows	1950 / 2007	Washington
Astoria–Megler Bridge	196	Columbia River	1966	Oregon / Washington
Commodore Barry Bridge	192	Delaware River	1974	Pennsylvania / New Jersey
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (eastern span)	191	San Francisco Bay	2013	California
Hawk Falls Bridge[15]	190	Mud Run	1957	Pennsylvania
Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge	186	Cooper River	2005	South Carolina
Chesapeake Bay Bridge (dual spans)	186	Chesapeake Bay	1952 / 1973	Maryland
Francis Scott Key Bridge	185	Patapsco River	1977	Maryland
Richmond–San Rafael Bridge	185	San Francisco Bay	1956	California
Sidney Lanier Bridge	185	Brunswick River	2003	Georgia
Talmadge Memorial Bridge	185	Savannah River	1991	Georgia
Vincent Thomas Bridge	185	Los Angeles Harbor	1963	California
Soo Line High Bridge	184	St. Croix River	1911	Minnesota / Wisconsin
Sunshine Skyway Bridge	181	Tampa Bay	1987	Florida
Deception Pass Bridge	180	Puget Sound	1935	Washington
Fred Hartman Bridge	178	Houston Ship Channel	1995	Texas
Rainbow Bridge	177	Neches River	1936	Texas
Dames Point Bridge	175	St. Johns River	1989	Florida
Fremont Bridge	175	Willamette River	1973	Oregon
Horace Wilkinson Bridge	175	Mississippi River	1968	Louisiana
Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge	175	Houston Ship Channel	1982	Texas
Wilson Creek Bridge	175	Wilson Creek	2001	Virginia
Delaware Memorial Bridge (dual spans)	174	Delaware River	1951 / 1968	Delaware / New Jersey
Beaver River Bridge	170	Beaver River	1952	Pennsylvania
Crescent City Connection (dual spans)	170	Mississippi River	1958 / 1988	Louisiana
E. H. Swindell Bridge[16]	170	East Street Valley	1930	Pennsylvania
Sunshine Bridge	170	Mississippi River	1964	Louisiana
Wissahickon Memorial Bridge	170	Wissahickon Creek	1932	Pennsylvania
Massachusetts Turnpike's Westfield River Bridge[17]	166	Westfield River	1957	Massachusetts
Veterans Memorial Bridge	165	Mississippi River	1995	Louisiana
Quechee Gorge Bridge	163	Ottauquechee River	1911	Vermont
Hi-Line Railroad Bridge	162	Sheyenne River	1908	North Dakota
High Bridge	160	Mississippi River	1987	Minnesota
Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge	158	Mississippi River	1983	Louisiana
Tulip Trestle	157	Richland Creek	1906	Indiana
Bear Mountain Bridge	155	Hudson River	1924	New York
Blue Water Bridge (dual spans)	155	St. Clair River	1938 / 1997	Michigan / Ontario (Canada)
Gerald Desmond Bridge	155	Back Channel, Port of Long Beach	1968	California
Huey P. Long Bridge (Jefferson Parish)	153	Mississippi River	1935	Louisiana
Walt Whitman Bridge	153	Delaware River	1957	Pennsylvania / New Jersey
Ambassador Bridge	152	Detroit River	1929	Michigan / Ontario (Canada)
Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge	152	Hudson River	1957	New York
Mathews Bridge	152	St. Johns River	1953	Florida
Bayonne Bridge	151	Kill Van Kull	1931	New York / New Jersey
Conde McCullough Memorial Bridge	150	Coos Bay	1936	Oregon
John E. Fitzgerald Bridge (Clarks Summit Bridge)[18][19][20]	150	U.S. Routes 6 and 11	1955	Pennsylvania
Paul Bryant Bridge	150	Black Warrior River	2004	Alabama
Rosendale Trestle	150	Rondout Creek	1872	New York
Thousand Islands Bridge	150	Saint Lawrence River	1937	New York / Ontario (Canada)
Varina-Enon Bridge	150	James River	1990	Virginia
Carquinez Bridge (dual spans)	148	Carquinez Strait	1958 / 2003	California
Cut River Bridge	147	Cut River	1947	Michigan
Walnut Lane Bridge	147	Wissahickon Creek	1908	Pennsylvania
Jordan Bridge	145	Southern Branch Elizabeth River	2012	Virginia
Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge	145	State Route 96	1994	Tennessee
Rip Van Winkle Bridge	145	Hudson River	1935	New York
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge[21]	145	James River	2002	Virginia
Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge	144	Columbia River	1982	Oregon / Washington
Henry Hudson Bridge	143	Spuyten Duyvil Creek	1936	New York
Outerbridge Crossing	143	Arthur Kill	1928	New York / New Jersey
Triborough Bridge (Robert F. Kennedy Bridge)	143	East River	1936	New York
Throgs Neck Bridge	142	East River	1961	New York
Hart Bridge	141	St. Johns River	1967	Florida
Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge	140	Mobile River	1991	Alabama
Confusion Hill Bridges (north span)	140	South Fork Eel River	2008	California
Goethals Bridge	140	Arthur Kill	1928	New York / New Jersey
Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge	140	Patuxent River	1977	Maryland
High Bridge (Aqueduct Bridge)	140	Harlem River	1848 / 1927	New York
Israel LaFleur Bridge	140	Calcasieu River	1962	Louisiana
New Tappan Zee Bridge (Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge)	139	Hudson River	2017	New York
Albertus L. Meyers Bridge	138	Little Lehigh Creek	1913	Pennsylvania
Benicia–Martinez Bridge (dual spans)	138	Carquinez Strait	1962 / 2007	California
Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge	138	Port of Corpus Christi	1959	Texas
Tappan Zee Bridge	138	Hudson River	1955	New York
Cascade Creek Trestle[22][23]	137	Cascade Creek	1889	Colorado
U.S. Route 20 Iowa River Bridge[24][25]	137	Iowa River	2003	Iowa
Antioch Bridge	135	San Joaquin River	1978	California
Benjamin Franklin Bridge	135	Delaware River	1926	Pennsylvania / New Jersey
Betsy Ross Bridge	135	Delaware River	1976	Pennsylvania / New Jersey
Bourne Bridge, Sagamore Bridge	135	Cape Cod Canal	1935	Massachusetts
Bronx–Whitestone Bridge	135	East River	1939	New York
Brooklyn Bridge	135	East River	1883	New York
Calcasieu River Bridge	135	Calcasieu River	1952	Louisiana
Castleton Bridge	135	Hudson River	1959	New York
Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge	135	Taunton River	1965	Massachusetts
Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge	135	Delaware River	1956	Pennsylvania / New Jersey
Girard Point Bridge[26]	135	Schuylkill River	1985	Pennsylvania
Gold Star Memorial Bridge (dual spans)	135	Thames River	1943 / 1973	Connecticut
Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge	135	Potomac River	1940	Maryland / Virginia
Hell Gate Bridge	135	East River	1916	New York
Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge	135	Narragansett Bay	1992	Rhode Island
Manhattan Bridge	135	East River	1909	New York
Mid-Hudson Bridge	135	Hudson River	1930	New York
Mount Hope Bridge	135	Mount Hope Bay	1929	Rhode Island
Newburgh–Beacon Bridge (dual spans)	135	Hudson River	1963 / 1980	New York
Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory	135	Penobscot River	2006	Maine
San Mateo–Hayward Bridge	135	San Francisco Bay	1967	California
Sidney Sherman Bridge	135	Houston Ship Channel	1973	Texas
Tobin Bridge	135	Mystic River	1950	Massachusetts
Williamsburg Bridge	135	East River	1903	New York
All-America Bridge	134	Little Cuyahoga River	1982	Ohio
Washington Bridge	134	Harlem River	1888	New York
Henderson County Bridge[27][28]	132	Green River	1927	North Carolina
Queensboro Bridge (59th Street Bridge)	130	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'

See also

•  Transport portal
•  Engineering portal
•  United States portal
• List of highest bridges
• List of longest bridges
• List of tallest bridges

Notes

1. The americanbridge.net reference for Burro Creek Bridge provides a vertical clearance figure of 370 ft (113 m) which is 18 ft (5 m) lower than the deck heights for the two spans of this bridge as provided by highestbridges.com, the difference being due to the deck truss height.

References

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External links

• HighestBridges.com
• Structurae.net