List of 100 Highest Railway Bridges

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Highest Railway Bridges

A Brief History of High Railway Bridges

Rank

Name
Height
(meters /
feet)
Main
Span
Length
(meters /
feet)
Completed

Location
Country


1
Chenab River
Railway
Bridge
1,053 feet
321 meter
s
1,509 feet
460 meter
s
2015
Katra, Jammu-
Kashmir
India

2
High Chinese
Railway
Bridge

100 feet
30 meters
100 feet
30 meters
2015
Town, Western
China
China

3
High Chinese
Railway
Bridge

100 feet
30 meters
100 feet
30 meters
2015
Town, Western
China
China

4
Beipanjiang
River Railway
Bridge

902 feet
275 meter
s
771 feet
235 meter
s
2001
Faer Bouyei,
Guizhou
China

5
High Chinese
Railway
Bridge

100 feet
30 meters
100 feet
30 meters
2015
Town, Western
China
China

6
High Chinese
Railway
Bridge

100 feet
30 meters
100 feet
30 meters
2015
Town, Western
China
China

7
High Chinese
Railway
Bridge

100 feet
30 meters
100 feet
30 meters
2015
Town, Western
China
China

8
High Chinese
Railway
Bridge

100 feet
30 meters
100 feet
30 meters
2015
Town, Western
China
China

9
High Chinese
Railway
Bridge

100 feet
30 meters
100 feet
30 meters
2015
Town, Western
China
China

10
High Chinese
Railway
Bridge

100 feet
30 meters
100 feet
30 meters
2015
Town, Western
China
China

11
High Chinese
Railway
Bridge

100 feet
30 meters
100 feet
30 meters
2015
Town, Western
China
China

12
High Chinese
Railway
Bridge

100 feet
30 meters
100 feet
30 meters
2015
Town, Western
China
China

13
Mala Rijeka
Viaduct
650 feet
198 meter
s
495 feet
151 meter
s
1973
Podgorica,
Montenegro
Montenegro

14
Anjikhad
Railway
Bridge
610 feet
186 meter
s
869 feet
265 meter
s
2015
Katra, Jammu-
Kashmir
India

15
Qingshuihe
River Railway
Bridge

600 feet
183 meter
s
420 feet
128 meter
s
2000
Qingshuihezhen,
Guizhou
China

16
Pit River
Bridge
Veterans of
Foreign Wars
Memorial
Bridge
500 feet
152 meter
s
630 feet
192 meter
s
1942
Shasta Lake,
California
United
States

17
Caijiagou
Railway
Viaduct

495 feet
151 meter
s
(394) feet
120 meter
s
2012
Liduzhen,
Chongqing
China

18
Santa
Giustina
Railway 1959
Bridge
Ponte Santa
Giustina 1959
Ferrovia
475 feet
145 meter
s
256 feet
78 meters
????
Dermulo,
Trentino-Alto-
Adige
Italy

19
Viaduct 13
Viaduto 13
Exrcito
Viaduct
Viaduto Do
Exrcito
469 feet
143 meter
s
(98) feet
30 meters
1978
Muum, Rio
Grande do Sul
Brazil

20
Santa
Giustina
Railway 1890
Bridge
Ponte Santa
Giustina 1890
Ferrovia
460 feet
140 meter
s
197 feet
60 meters
1890-????
Dermulo,
Trentino-Alto-
Adige
Italy

21
Yesanhe
River Railway
Bridge

459 feet
140 meter
s
(407) feet
124 meter
s
2010
Gaopingzhen,
Hubei
China

22
Dukouhe
Railway
Bridge

459 feet
140 meter
s
420 feet
128 meter
s
2010
Tunbaoxiang,
Enshi
China

23
West Branch
Feather River
Bridge
450 feet
137 meter
s
576 feet
176 meter
s
1962
Cherokee,
California
United
States

24
Viaduct of
Fades
Viaduc des
Fades
435 feet
133 meter
s
473 feet
144 meter
s
1909 Sauret-Besserve France

25
Metlac
Railway
Bridge
Puente Metlac
Ferrocarril
430 feet
131 meter
s
295 feet
90 meters
1984
Fortin de las
Flores, Veracruz
Mexico

26
Victoria Falls
Bridge
420 feet
128 meter
s
513 feet
156 meter
s
1905 Victoria Falls Zimbabwe

27
Qinghegou
Railway
Bridge

413 feet
126 meter
s
472 feet
144 meter
s
2010 Wubu, Shaanxi China

28
Mashuihe
River Railway
Bridge

410 feet
125 meter
s
383 feet
117 meter
s
2010 Enshi, Hubei China

29
Garabit
Viaduct
Viaduc de
Garabit
407 feet
124 meter
s
540 feet
165 meter
s
1884
St. Flour,
Auvergne
France

30
Big Nurnus
Bridge
Hrazdan
River Bridge
397 feet
121 meter
s
525 feet
160 meter
s
1981 Yerevan Armenia

31
Pfaffenberg-
Zwenberg
Bridge
Pfaffenberg-
Zwenberg-
Brcke
394 feet
120 meter
s
656 feet
200 meter
s
1971
Pfaffenberg,
Krnten
Austria

32
Longwangmia
o Railway
Bridge

(394) feet
120 meter
s
381 feet
116 meter
s
2010
Sanlixiang,
Hubei
China

33
Huatupo
Bridge

(394) feet
120 meter
s
341 feet
104 meter
s
2001
Zhaotong,
Yunnan
China

34
Luobuxi
Railway
Bridge

(394) feet
120 meter
s
584 feet
178 meter
s
2010
Tuchengxiang,
Hubei
China

35
Lizigou
Railway
Bridge

(394) feet
120 meter
s
420 feet
128 meter
s
2002
Guanfenghaizhe
n, Guizhou
China

36
Ghotour
Bridge
390 feet
119 meter
s
732 feet
223 meter
s
1970
Khoy, West
Azarbaijian
Iran

37
Ulla Viaduct
Viaducto Ulla
384 feet
117 meter
s
551 feet
168 meter
s
2012
Ponte Ulla,
Galicia
Spain

38
Viaur
Railway
Bridge
Viaduc du
Viaur
383 feet
117 meter
s
721 feet
220 meter
s
1902 Tanus, Tarn France

39
High Steel
Bridge
South Fork
Skokomish
River
365 feet
111 meter
s
366 feet
112 meter
s
1929
Shelton,
Washington
United
States

40
Niujiaoping
Railway
Bridge

364 feet
111 meter
s
630 feet
192 meter
s
2009 Ziyang, Shaanxi China

41
Wujiaping
Railway No. 1
Bridge
1

361 feet
110 meter
s
289 feet
88 meters
2001
Liupanshui,
Guizhou
China

42
Roizonne
Viaduct
Viaduc de la
Roizonne
Mure
Viaduct
Pont de la
Mure
361 feet
110 meter
s
244 feet
74 meters
1916
La Mure,
Rhne-Alpes
France

43 Veresk Bridge
360 feet
110 meter
s
216 feet
66 meters
1936
Savad Kooh,
Mazandaran
Iran

44
Mngstener
Bridge
Mngstener
Brcke
Kaiser-
Wilhelm
Bridge
Kaiser-
Wilhelm
Brcke
351 feet
107 meter
s
558 feet
170 meter
s
1897
Remscheid,
North Rhine-
Westphalia
Germany

45
Vance Creek
Bridge
347 feet
106 meter
s
422 feet
129 meter
s
1929
Shelton,
Washington
United
States

46
Takachiho
Railway
Bridge

344 feet
105 meter
s
385 feet
117 meter
s
1971
Takachiho,
Miyazaki
Japan

47
Nanpanjiang
Badu Railway
Bridge

341 feet
104 meter
s
(394) feet
120 meter
s
2001
Baduzhen,
Guanxi
China

48
Rio Grande
Bridge
Puente Rio
Grande
340 feet
104 meter
s
448 feet
137 meter
s
1902 San Jose Costa Rica

49
Loa Viaduct
Viaducto de
Loa
Conchi
Viaduct
Viaducto de
Conchi
336 feet
102 meter
s
80 feet
24 meters
1888
Conchi,
Antofagasta
Chile

50
Gokteik
Viaduct
335 feet
102 meter
s
120 feet
37 meters
1901
Nawnghkio,
Shan
Myanmar

51
Nami-Ti
Railway
Bridge
Faux-Nam-Ti

335 feet
102 meter
s
180 feet
55 meters
1909
Wantangxiang,
Yunnan
China

52
Asopos 1908
Viaduct
330 feet
101 meter
s
262 feet
80 meters
1908-1943
Eleftherochori,
Central Greece
Greece

53
Asopos 1943
Viaduct
330 feet
101 meter
s
(400) feet
122 meter
s
1943
Eleftherochori,
Central Greece
Greece

54
Contreras
Railway
Viaduct
Viaducto
Ferrocarril
Contreras
(328) feet
100 meter
s
856 feet
261 meter
s
2009
Cuestas de
Contreras,
Castilla-La
Mancha
Spain

55
Barbantio
Railway
Viaduct
Viaducto
Ferrocarril
Barbantio
(328) feet
100 meter
s
220 feet
67 meters
2012 Fontao, Galicia Spain

56
Malleco
Viaduct
Viaducto del
Malleco
328 feet
100 meter
s
228 feet
69 meters
1890
Collipulli,
Araucana
Chile
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Serbia
Railway Truss
Bridge
(328) feet
100 meter
s
(500) feet
152 meter
s
???? Prijepolje Serbia

45-86
Bridges 90 to
100 meters
295 feet
90 meters
(3) feet
1 meters
Various
Years
Worldwide Worldwide
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