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  1. A cable-stayed bridge has one or more towers (or pylons), from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, normally forming a fan-like pattern or a series of parallel lines.

  2. This list of largest cable-stayed bridges includes all bridges with a main span of at least 500 metres (1,640 ft) in length. This list only includes bridges that carry vehicular traffic, such as automobiles or trains. It does not include suspension bridges, footbridges or pipeline bridges .

    Rank
    Name
    Main Span Metres (feet)
    Number Of Pylons
    1
    1,104 m (3,622.0 ft)
    2
    2
    1,092 m (3,582.7 ft)
    2
    3
    1,088 m (3,569.6 ft)
    2
    4
    1,018 m (3,339.9 ft)
    2
  3. The Millau Viaduct (French: Viaduc de Millau, IPA: [vja.dyk də mi.jo]) is a multispan cable-stayed bridge completed in 2004 across the gorge valley of the Tarn near (west of) Millau in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie Region, in Southern France. The design team was led by engineer Michel Virlogeux and English architect Norman ...

  4. Its five-span four-pylon cable-stayed portion of length 2,252 m (7,388 ft) is the world's third longest cable-stayed deck; only the decks of the Jiaxing-Shaoxing Sea Bridge in Shaoxing, China and the Millau Viaduct in southern France are longer at 2,680 m (8,790 ft) and 2,460 m (8,071 ft), respectively.

  5. Cable-stayed bridge, bridge form in which the weight of the deck is supported by a number of nearly straight, diagonal cables in tension running directly to one or more vertical towers. The towers transfer the cable forces to the foundations through vertical compression.