List of pontoon bridges explained

These pontoon bridges are semi-permanent floating bridges located throughout the world. Four of the five longest floating bridges in the world are in Washington state.

Longest

Bridge Location Length Year
1 Washington state, US 7710feet 2016
2 Lacey V. Murrow Memorial BridgeWashington state, US 6620feet 1940
1993 (rebuilt)
3 Hood Canal BridgeWashington state, US 6521feet 1961
1982 (rebuilt)
4 Demerara Harbour BridgeGuyana6074feet 1978
5 Homer M. Hadley Memorial BridgeWashington state, US 5811feet 1989
6 Berbice BridgeGuyana 5153feet 2008
7 Nordhordland BridgeNorway4086feet
(the floating bridge part)
1994
The former Albert D. Rosellini Evergreen Point Bridge, at 7,578 feet (2,310 m), built in 1963, was the longest floating bridge in the world until the replacement bridge opened in 2016.

List

Australia

Belarus

Canada

China

Curaçao

Egypt

Guyana

India

Norway

Spain

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

United States

Notes and References

  1. Web site: album - Pontoon Bridge, Willemstad . boldts.net . 2010-09-02.
  2. Web site: Martyr Ahmed El-Mansy Floating Bridge in Suez Canal . .presidency.eg . 2021-08-29.
  3. Book: Troyano, Leonardo Fernández. Bridge Engineering. 2003. Thomas Telford. 978-0-7277-3215-6. 145. there have been pontoon bridges which lasted many centuries due to successive repairs and rebuilds. A good example is [...] Triana bridge, which was a pontoon bridge for almost 700 years, from the twelfth century, when the Moors built it.
  4. News: The Famous Pontoon Bridge at Dardanelle . 1 March 2023 . The Arkansas Gazette . Gazette Publishing Company . July 30, 1922 . Little Rock, Arkansas . 26 . Although it has been rebuilt a number of times, its general plan remains essentially the same as the day it was completed. Its pontoons have disintegrated when the receding of the river has left them high and dry and they have sunk in periods of high water. They have broken loose in flood and drifted out of the memory of men; they have gone down under the weight of snow and ice. Yet always they have been salvaged or rebuilt or replaced or recovered and the highway thrown again across the river....
  5. Web site: SR 520 Floating Bridge and Landings Project . 8 . July 19, 2022.