— How Do The Greenville Bridges Rank? —

The main span of the new US 82 Greenville Bridge will be 1378 feet / 420 meters long. This will be the longest cable stayed bridge span in the United States, the third longest cable stayed span in North America, and one of the longest bridge spans on the lower Mississippi River.

COMPARE WITH OTHER NORTH AMERICAN
CABLE STAYED BRIDGES
NAME
LOCATION
YEAR COMPLETED
MAIN SPAN LENGTH
feet / meters
Cooper River Bridge Charleston, SC
2006
1546 / 471
Annacis (Alex Fraser) Vancouver, BC
1986
1526 / 465
Quetzapala Bridge Quetzapala, Mexico
1993
1391 / 424
US 82 Bridge Greenville, MS
2006
1378 / 420
Dame Point Jacksonville, Florida
1988
1300 / 396
Sidney Lanier Bridge Brunswick, GA
2003
1250 / 381
Houston Ship Channel Baytown, Texas
1995
1250 / 381
Hale Boggs Memorial Luling, Louisiana
1983
1222 / 372
Sunshine Skyway Tampa Bay, Florida
1987
1200 / 366
Tampico/Panuco River Mexico
1988
1181 / 360
Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge

Cape Girardeau, MO
2003
1150 / 350

ALRT Fraser River Bridge

 Vancouver, BC
1988
1115 / 340
Talmadge Memorial Savannah, Georgia
1990
1100 / 335
Mezcala Mexico City
1993
1024 / 312
Source: 2001 World Almanac; Federal Highway Administration, Bridge Division


COMPARE WITH SELECTED MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGES
BRIDGE
TYPE
NAME
LOCATION
YEAR COMPLETED
MAIN SPAN LENGTH
feet / meters
Cantilever Truss Greater New Orleans Bridge New Orleans, LA 1988 1575 / 480
Cantilever Truss Gramercy Bridge Gramercy, LA 1995 1460 / 445
Cable Stayed US 82 Bridge Greenville, MS 2006 1378 / 420
Cantilever Truss Baton Rouge Bridge Baton Rouge, LA 1968 1235 / 376
Cable Stayed Emerson Memorial Bridge Cape Girardeau, MO 2003 1150 / 350
Cantilever Truss I-155 Bridge Caruthersville, MO 1975 920 / 280
Steel Arch I-40 Bridge Memphis, TN 1972 900 / 274
Cantilever Truss US 65 Bridge Natchez, MS 1988 875 / 267
Cantilever Truss I-20 Bridge Vicksburg, MS 1972 870 / 257
Cantilever Truss Dubuque Bridge Dubuque, IA 1943 845 / 256
Cantilever Truss US 82 (Benjamin G. Humphreys) Bridge Greenville, MS 1940 840 / 256
Cantilever Truss US 49 Bridge Helena, AR 1961 840 / 256
Cantilever Truss Vicksburg Bridge (US 80) Vicksburg, MS 1930 825 / 251
Steel Arch I-57 Bridge Cairo, IL 1978 821 / 250
Source: 2001 World Almanac; Federal Highway Administration, Bridge Division
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