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The definition of cable-stayed bridge deck length used here is: A continuous part of the bridge deck that is supported only by stay-cables and pylons, or are free spans. This means that columns supporting the side span as for example found in Pont de Normandie , excludes most of the side span decks from the cable-stayed deck length.
The Sutong Yangtze River Bridge was designed by Dr. Robin Sham, CBE, FICE, a Hong Kong-born and British-based structural engineer who specializes in bridges. [1] With a span of 1,088 metres (3,570 ft), it was the cable-stayed bridge with the longest main span in the world from 2008 to 2012.
Vidyasagar Setu is a cable-stayed bridge, with 121 cables in a fan arrangement, built using steel pylons 127.62 metres (418.7 ft) high. [14] [5] With a total length of 823 metres (2,700 ft), [8] Vidyasagar Setu is the longest cable-stayed bridge in India (the longer 3rd Narmada Bridge in Gujarat is an extradosed bridge).
Øresund Bridge from Malmö to Copenhagen in Sweden and Denmark. A cable-stayed bridge has one or more towers (or pylons), from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, normally forming a fan-like pattern or a series of parallel lines.
The Russky Bridge (Russian: Русский мост 'Russian Bridge') is a cable-stayed bridge in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia.The bridge connects the Russky Island and the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula sections of the city across the Eastern Bosphorus strait, and with a central span of 1,104 metres (3,622 feet), it is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world.
The cable on the northern span has four extra strands. Each cable can take a load of 19,400 t (19,100 long tons). The deck is of box girder form, the box sections around 140 t (140 long tons) each. The first box sections were assembled in June 1975 and put into the main span on 9 November 1979.
The bridge has a total length of 1,124 m (3,688 ft), [2] with a central cable-stayed span of 520 m (1,710 ft). [3] With the road deck at 403 m (1,322 ft) [2] above the valley below, the Baluarte Bridge is the third-highest cable-stayed bridge in the world, the eighth-highest bridge overall, and the highest bridge in the Americas. [4]
Longest tyrolean with caving ropes from May 2013. Crossing residential zones, main road, 20 kV powerline. Near to Viaduc de Millau: Tyrolean: Bulgaria: N/A: N/A: 1 594 m: 1 550 m: N/A m: 2008: Longest tyrolean with caving ropes from October 2008. Tyrolienne Pierre Rias: France: Vercors: N/A: 1 122 m: 1 096 m: Mini 35 m: 2008