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In the North America, the USA and Mexico evenly split the share of the tallest bridges at three apiece.
The Mezcala Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge, stands tallest at 311m in North America and spans the Mezcala River in Mexico. Yet, the world-renowned Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco stood out as the poster boy of bridges, and is described in Frommer's travel guide as "possibly the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed, bridge in the world." In 1937, the suspension bridge was both the longest and tallest bridge in the world with a main span of 1.28km and a height of 227m.
Compare the Mezcala Bridge of Mexico with the Golden Gate Bridge of USA
Top 7 ranks, by structural height in descending order ( rank and segment full dataset - 110 items )
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Longest Bridges Datasets
Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge (164.8km) and the longest bridges in Asia and the world
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge (38.62km) and the longest bridges in North America
Crimean Bridge (18.1km) and the longest bridges in Europe
Lima Metro Line 1 (33km) and the longest bridges in South America
Tallest Bridges Datasets
Millau viaduct (343m) and the tallest bridges in Europe
Pingtang bridge (332m) and the tallest bridges in Asia
Mezcala Bridge (236m) and the tallest bridges in North America
Highest Bridges Datasets
Difference between the "tallness" and "highness" of bridges
Duge Bridge (565m) and the highest bridges in Asia and the World
Millau Viaduct (277m) and the highest bridges in Europe
Baluarte Bridge (390m) and the highest bridges in North America
Highest road bridges in the world
Highest railway bridges in the world
Highest arch bridges in the world
Highest beam bridges in the world
Highest suspension bridges in the world
Highest cable-stayed bridges in the world