List of bridge types

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Here are all types of bridges.

Type Sub-type Length range Image
Longest span Longest total
Arch bridge 575 m (Ping'nan Third Bridge) Nagasaki Meganebashi M5257.jpg
Through arch bridge SydneyHarbourBridgeandOperaHouse IB.jpg
Beam bridge Small footbridge.jpg
Log bridge (beam bridge) Crossing Nisqually River near Cougar Rock 01.jpg
Viaduct Glenfinnan Viaduct.jpg
Cavity wall viaduct Canton Viaduct.jpg
Bowstring arch FortPittBridge.jpg
Box girder bridge Concrete box girder bridge.JPG
Cable-stayed bridge 1104 m (Russky Bridge) 10100 m (Jiashao Bridge) ThreeTwrBrCenter.jpg
Cantilever bridge 549 m (Quebec bridge) 1042.6 m (Forth Bridge) ForthBridgeEdinburgh.jpg
Cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge Puente del Alamillo.jpg
Clapper bridge Tarr Steps 01.jpg
Covered bridge Guilford vermont covered bridge 20040820.jpg
Girder bridge GirderBridge2.jpg
Continuous span girder bridge Camden Bridge.jpg
Integral bridge
Extradosed bridge 1,920m Arrah–Chhapra Bridge Twinkle Kisogawa bridge02.jpg
Moon bridge SFTGMoonBridge.jpg
Movable bridge SalmonBayBridge-SeatleUSA.jpg
Pigtail bridge Pigtail Bridge on US 16A.jpg
Plate girder bridge PlateGirderUnderTracks.jpg
Pontoon bridge Pontoon bridge Rhine River 1945.jpg
Rigid-frame bridge Bridge MerrittPkwy.jpg
Roving bridge Bridge 29 Macclesfield Canal.jpg
Segmental bridge SegmentalBridgeFtLauderdale.jpg
Self-anchored suspension bridge ProposedSFOBBEasternSpan.jpg
Side-spar cable-stayed bridge WinnepegBridge.jpg
Simple suspension bridge (Inca rope bridge) IRBSideViewClip.jpg
Step-stone bridge StepStoneBridge.jpg
Stressed ribbon bridge Holzbrücke bei Essing 1.jpg
Suspension bridge Suspension.bridge.bristol.arp.750pix.jpg
Transporter bridge Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge.jpg
Trestle bridge AlhambraTrestle.jpg
Truss arch bridge Eastbound over SCB.jpg
Truss bridge LittleManateeRiver.jpg
Vierendeel bridge Grammene-vierendeelbridge 20030618.jpg
Brown truss BrownTrussDiagram.png
Covered bridge Burr Arch Truss Baumgardener's Covered Bridge Inside Center 3008px.jpg
Lattice truss bridge
(Town lattice truss)
IMG 3819-Norwottuck-Rail-Trail-bridge.jpg
Tubular bridge Conwy Castle and Railway Bridge.jpg
Vlotbrug FloatingBridgeKoedijk.jpg

Bridges in Nature[]

Type Sub-type Length range Image
Longest span Longest total
Ant bridge Ant bridge.jpg
Root bridge
Natural bridge Delicate Arch LaSalle.jpg
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