Quebec Bridge over the Saint Lawrence River between Quebec and Levis (Canada)

 The bridge question has again been revived after many years of slumber, and business men in Quebec seem hopeful that something will come of it, though the placing of a subsidy on the statute book is but a small part of the work to be accomplished, as some of its enthusiastic promoters will, ere long, discover.

Quebec Morning Chronicle, 1897

LONGEST CANTILEVER BRIDGE IN THE WORLD

Menai Bridge over the Menai Strait between Anglesey Island and mainland in Wales (United Kingdom)

"The opening up of the internal communications of a country is undoubtedly the first and most important element of its growth in commerce and civilization."

By Thomas Telford, 

designer of this bridge

LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1826 TO 1834

La Caille Bridge over the river Les Usses between Cruseilles and Allonzier, Haute Savoie (France)

 
HIGHEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1839 TO 1912

Verrazano-Narrows Bridge over The Narrows strait in New York (United States)

“Would Giovanni da Verrazano think being eaten by cannibals a reasonable price to pay for having his name attached to a toll bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island? I suspect not.”

Bill Bryson

LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1964 TO 1981

Ambassador Bridge over the Detroit River between Detroit, Michigan (United States) and Windsor, Ontario (Canada)

The Ambassador Bridge
In the light of a silver moon
Detroit smiles back at me
As I'm making my way to you
The Ambassador Bridge
And the pale yellow-orange dawn
On my way back to Canada
Sure as anything you're the one

From the song Ambassador Bridge

by Dan Campbell

LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1931 TO 1937

Brooklyn Bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York (United States)

“In childhood the daylight always fails too soon - except when there are going to be fireworks.”

Jan Struther

LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1883 TO 1903

Golden Gate Bridge over the Oakland Bay in San Francisco, California (United States)

 

Lantern chases the dusk. Hot air balloon chases the dawn. But both touch the sky.

 Fathima Shamla

LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1937 TO 1964

Bridge crossing the Loire River between Saint Nazaire and Saint Brevin, Loire Atlantique (France)

À St Nazaire y'a t'une brune
Elle voudrait bien faire sa fortune
     Elle voudrait bien s'y marier
     Avec un garçon marinier
Là s'en va chez madame l'hôtesse
Là s'en va chez madame l'hôtesse
     Bonjour l'hôtesse du logis
     Y a-t-il un marin par ici
Oh oui, Oh oui répondit-elle
Il est là haut dans sa chambrette

Traditional song

LONGEST CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1974 TO 1983

Sidi M'Cid Bridge spanning the Rhumel River in Constantine (Algeria)

"This is the only place in the world where the man is higher than the eagle"

Constantine Emperor 

about this place.

HIGHEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1912 TO 1922

New River Gorge Bridge over the River New near Fayetteville, West Virginia (United States)

“The breathtaking steel stunner looks as much a natural part of the area as the trees over which it hovers.”

VirtualTourist.com

LONGEST ARCH BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1977 TO 2003

Russky Bridge crossing the Eastern Bosporus Strait in Vladivostok (Russia)

LONGEST CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 2012 TO 2025

Golden Gate Bridge over the Oakland Bay in San Francisco, California (United States)

"When you build a bridge, you build something for all time."

Joseph Strauss

TALLEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1937 TO 1993

Adolphe Bridge over the Petrusse River in Luxembourg

The Old City of Luxembourg is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse Rivers, on a very steep rocky outcrop which is somewhat of a natural fortification that only needed to be completed on the west side. Due to its exceptional strategic position, the City of Luxembourg was one of the largest fortresses of modern Europe which was constantly strengthened and reinforced as it passed successively into the hands of the great European power.

City of Luxembourg as

UNESCO World Heritage Site

LONGEST MASONRY BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1904 TO 1905

Railway Forth Bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland (United Kingdom)

"Engineers ... are not mere technicians and should not approve or lend their name to any project that does not promise to be beneficent to man and the advancement of civilization."

                                                               

Sir John Fowler, 

designer of the bridge

LONGEST CANTILEVER BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1890 TO 1917

Sutong Bridge across the Yangtze River between Nantong and Changshu, Jiangsu (China)

"The bridge is a good demonstration of China's scientific achievements in bridge construction over the past years,"

Wu Shouchang, chief engineer

LONGEST CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 2008 TO 2012

Benjamin Franklin Bridge over the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one. 

David Lynch

LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1926 TO 1929

Pont de Normandie over the Seine River between Le Havre and Honfleur (France)

J'ai vu les champs de l'Helvétie,
Et ses chalets et ses glaciers ;
J'ai vu le ciel de l'Italie,
Et Venise et ses gondoliers.
En saluant chaque patrie,
Je me disais : aucun séjour
N'est plus beau que ma Normandie !
C'est le pays qui m'a donné le jour.

From Ma Normandie

Song by Fredéric Bérat

LONGEST CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1995 TO 1999

Garabit Viaduct spanning the Truyére River near Ruynes-en-Margeride, Cantal (France)

"Can one think that because we are engineers, beauty does not preoccupy us or that we do not try to build beautiful, as well as solid and long lasting structures? Aren't the genuine functions of strength always in keeping with unwritten conditions of harmony? Besides, there is an attraction, a special charm in the colossal to which ordinary theories of art do not apply."

Gustave Eiffel, designer of the bridge

LONGEST ARCH BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1884 TO 1886

Royal Gorge Bridge over the Arkansas River in Fremont County, Colorado (United States)

“What I didn’t expect to discover, within a few short years, is that there were several bridges that were unknown to the outside world that were being constructed, mostly in China, that were actually higher than the Royal Gorge Bridge”

Erik Sakowsky,
bridge "measurer"

HIGHEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1929 TO 2003

Anji Bridge or Zhaozhou Bridge over the Xiaohe River in Zhao County, Hebei (China)

Anji Bridge,
a gray rainbow drinking
from a mountain brook

Tsang Tsuoshuo

VII century

LONGEST ARCH BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 665 TO 1147