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It is a tremendous engineering feat to build the longest bridges or the tallest bridges. Among the tallest bridges, the Millau Viaduct currently stand the tallest with a structural height of 343 metres. The Millau Viaduct was designed by the English architect Lord Norman Foster and French structual engineer Michel Virlogeux with a design life of 120 years and is considered one of the great engineering achievements of all time.
At second, is the Pingtang bridge of Guizhou, China, standing tall at 332m. The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge ranks at 3rd with a structural height of 322m. It is also one of the world's widest suspension bridges at 58.4m wide to accomodate both rail and motor vehicles.
Compare the Millau Viaduct of France with the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge of Turkey
Top 30 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