List of bridge types

This article is about the structure. For the card game variants, see Contract bridge.

This is a list of different types of bridges.

Type	Sub-type	Length range		Image
		Longest span
Arch bridge			575 meters (Ping'nan Third Bridge, Guangxi, Southern China)
Through arch bridge
Beam bridge (Integral beam bridge) [1]
Log bridge (beam bridge)
Viaduct
	Cavity wall viaduct
Bowstring arch
Box girder bridge
Cable-stayed bridge		1,104 m (Russky Bridge, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russian Far East)	10,100 m (Jiashao Bridge, Zhejiang, China)
Cable-stayed suspension bridge hybrid	Cable-stayed bridge and Suspension bridge	1,408 m (4,619 ft)	Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, [2] Istanbul
Cantilever bridge		549 m (Quebec bridge)	1042.6 m (Forth Bridge)
Cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge
Clapper bridge
Covered bridge
Girder bridge
Continuous span girder bridge
Integral bridge
Extradosed bridge			1,920 m Arrah–Chhapra Bridge
Moon bridge
Movable bridge
Pigtail bridge
Plate girder bridge
Pontoon bridge
Rigid-frame bridge
Roving bridge
Segmental bridge
Self-anchored suspension bridge
Side-spar cable-stayed bridge
Simple suspension bridge (Inca rope bridge)
Step-stone bridge
Stressed ribbon bridge
Suspension bridge
Transporter bridge
Trestle bridge
Truss arch bridge
Truss bridge
	Vierendeel bridge
	Brown truss
Covered bridge	Burr Arch Truss
	Lattice truss bridge (Town lattice truss)
Tubular bridge
Vlotbrug

Naturally occurring bridges

Type	Sub-type	Length range		Image
		Longest span	Longest total
Ant bridge
Root bridge
Natural bridge

See also

• Cable-stayed suspension bridge

References

1. "The five main bridge designs". ECL Civil Engineering. 21 March 2022.
2. "Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey - Verdict Traffic".