The following is a list of remarkable spans, either used for powerline crossings of rivers, sea straits or valleys, as antenna or for aerial tramways.

Powerline spans in flat areas with high pylons

At these spans the sag of the conductors is less than the height of the pylons

Crossing	Country	City	Height of pylons	Span width [meter]	Height of conductors over ground	Year of inauguration	Remarks
Yangtze River Crossing Yangtze River Crossing The Yangtze River Power Line Crossings refer to overhead power lines that cross the Yangtze River in China. There are at least three power line crossings on the Yangtze River at Jiangyin, Nanjing, and Wuhu. The one at Jiangyin has the tallest electrical pylons in the world.-Jiangyin:One exists...	China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	Jiangyin	346.5m	2303	56 m	2004	Tallest pylons Electricity pylon A transmission tower is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line. They are used in high-voltage AC and DC systems, and come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes...  in the world
Yangtze River Crossing Nanjing	China	Nanjing	257 m	2053	?	1992	Tallest pylons Electricity pylon A transmission tower is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line. They are used in high-voltage AC and DC systems, and come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes...  in the world built of reinforced concrete
Pylons of Pearl River Crossing	China		253 m + 240 m	2537		1987
Pylons of Pearl River Crossing	China		253 m + 240 m	2161		1987
Orinoco River Crossing Orinoco River Crossing thumb|alt|On the left, the three pylons are pointed by a drawn red arrow. On the right the Orinoquia bridge.| A view of the three pylons over the Orinoco river...	Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...	Caroní Caroni The name Caroni may refer to:*Caroni River , one of the biggest rivers of the Orinoco basin*Caroni River, Trinidad and Tobago, the major river on the island of Trinidad and Tobago...	240 m	2537		1990	Tallest electricity pylons in South America
Orinoco River Crossing Orinoco River Crossing thumb|alt|On the left, the three pylons are pointed by a drawn red arrow. On the right the Orinoquia bridge.| A view of the three pylons over the Orinoco river...	Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...	Caroní Caroni The name Caroni may refer to:*Caroni River , one of the biggest rivers of the Orinoco basin*Caroni River, Trinidad and Tobago, the major river on the island of Trinidad and Tobago...	240 m	2161		1990	Tallest electricity pylons in South America
500kV-Yangtze River Crossing Wuhu	China	Wuhu	? m	1960	?	?
HVDC Yangtze River Crossing Wuhu	China	Wuhu, Anhui Province Anhui Anhui is a province in the People's Republic of China. Located in eastern China across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, it borders Jiangsu to the east, Zhejiang to the southeast, Jiangxi to the south, Hubei to the southwest, Henan to the northwest, and Shandong for a tiny...	229 m	1910	?	2003	Tallest electricity pylons used for HVDC HVDC Three Gorges-Changzhou The HVDC Three Gorges – Changzhou is an long bipolar HVDC transmission line in China for the transmission of electric power from the Three Gorges power plant to the area of Changzhou....
Elbe Crossing 2 Elbe crossing 2 Elbe Crossing 2 is a group of pylons providing overhead lines for four 380 kV three-phase alternating current circuits across the German river Elbe...	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	Stade Stade Stade is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region . It is the seat of the district named after it...	227 m	1200	76 m	1978	tallest electricity pylons in Europe
Chusi Powerline Crossing Chusi Powerline Crossing The Chūshi Powerline Crossing is a part of the , a 220 kV powerline in Japan. It has two circuits running over the Inland Sea from Takehara. It was built in 1962 and consists of two towers, each 226 metres tall, one situated in Takehara, Honshū at , the other on the island of Ōkunoshima at...	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	Chusi	226 m	2357	?	1962	Tallest electricity pylons in Japan
Osaki Channel Crossing Osaki Channel Crossing Osaki Channel Crossing is a powerline crossing of Inland Sea south of Yoshina, Japan, which was built in 1997 and runs to Ozaki Generating Plant Power, which is owned by Chugoku Electric Power Corp and situated on an island on Inland Sea. It has a span width of 2145 metres...	Japan	Yoshina	223 m	2145	?	1997
Overhead line crossing Suez Canal	Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...		221 m	600	150 m	1998
Yangzi River Crossing of HVDC Xianjiaba - Shanghai	China	?	204.4 m	2718	?	2009
Luohe-Crossing	China	?	202.5 m	1478	?	1989	pylons of reinforced concrete
Pylons of Messina Pylons of Messina The Pylons of Messina were once used to carry a 220 kilovolt powerline across the Strait of Messina, between the Rizziconi substation in Calabria on the Italian mainland and the Sorgente substation in Sicily.-Design:...	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Messina	200 m	3646	70 m	1957	no longer used as pylons Electricity pylon A transmission tower is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line. They are used in high-voltage AC and DC systems, and come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes...
Volga Crossing at Saratov Hydroelectric Station	Russia	Balakovo	197 m / 159 m	1600	?	?
Reihoku Crossing	Japan	Iwajima Island	195 m	1463	?	1993
380kV Thames Crossing 380kV Thames Crossing There are a number of substantial overhead powerline river crossings in the United Kingdom.The tallest electricity pylons in the UK are those of the 380kV Thames Crossing, at West Thurrock, which are 190 m high. These were constructed by BICC in 1965...	UK	West Thurrock West Thurrock West Thurrock is a traditional Church of England parish and town in Thurrock, Essex, England, located 17.5 miles east south-east of Charing Cross, London.-Location:...	190 m	1372	76 m	1965
Elbe Crossing 1 Elbe crossing 1 Elbe Crossing 1 is a group of masts providing an overhead crossing of a 220 kV three-phase alternating current electric powerline across the River Elbe. Constructed between 1959 and 1962 as part of the line from Stade to Hamburg north, it consists of four masts:* Each of the two portal masts...	Germany	Stade Stade Stade is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region . It is the seat of the district named after it...	189 m	1140	72 m	1962
Cruce Aereo canal de Chacao	Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...	Chiloe	180 m	2680		1990
Tracy Saint Lawrence River Powerline Crossing	Canada	Tracy	174.6 m				tallest electricity pylon in Canada
Doel Schelde Powerline Crossing	Belgium	Antwerpen	170 m	1200 + 1000
Churchill River crossing Churchill Falls Churchill Falls are waterfalls named after former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. They are high, located on the Churchill River in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada....	Canada	Labrador Labrador Labrador is the distinct, northerly region of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It comprises the mainland portion of the province, separated from the island of Newfoundland by the Strait of Belle Isle...	?	1463	?	1971
Bosporus overhead line crossing I Bosporus overhead line crossing I Bosporus overhead line crossings refers to the three transmission line crossings of the Bosporus, the strait in Istanbul, Turkey.- 154 kV Vaniköy-Etiler :...	Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...	Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...	?	1782	59 m	1957
Bosporus overhead line crossing II	Turkey	Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...	?	1906	?	1983
Bosporus overhead line crossing III	Turkey	Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...	160 m	1884	?	1999
Cadiz Bay Crossing Pylons of Cádiz The Pylons of Cádiz, also known as the Towers of Cádiz, are two tall pylons supporting a double-circuit 132 kV three-phase AC powerline over the bay of Cádiz, Spain starting at Puerto Real Substation at to the substation of the former Cadiz Thermal Power Station situated on the peninsula upon...	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Cadiz Cádiz Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....	158 m	1635	?	1960
110kV-Yangtze River Crossing Wuhu	China	Wuhu	? m	1410	?	?
Aust Severn Powerline Crossing Aust Severn Powerline Crossing Aust Severn Powerline Crossing is the longest powerline span in the United Kingdom with a span width of 1,618 m .The crossing, which spans the River Severn between Aust and Beachley, is part of the National Grid. It was built by J L Eve & Co and is situated south of Severn Bridge. It is...	UK	Aust	148.75 m	1618	40 m	?
132kV Thames Crossing 380kV Thames Crossing There are a number of substantial overhead powerline river crossings in the United Kingdom.The tallest electricity pylons in the UK are those of the 380kV Thames Crossing, at West Thurrock, which are 190 m high. These were constructed by BICC in 1965...	UK	West Thurrock West Thurrock West Thurrock is a traditional Church of England parish and town in Thurrock, Essex, England, located 17.5 miles east south-east of Charing Cross, London.-Location:...	148.4 m		76 m	1932	demolished in 1987
Karmsundet Powerline Crossing	Norway	Karmsundet	143.5 m		?	?
Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 2	Denmark	Raerup	141.7 m	797	?	?
Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 2	Denmark	Raerup	141.7 m	797	?	?
Saint Lawrence River HVDC Quebec-New England Overhead Powerline Crossing Saint Lawrence River HVDC Powerline Crossing The Saint Lawrence River HVDC Powerline Crossing is the crossing of Hydro-Québec's Quebec-New England HVDC transmission line over the Saint Lawrence River between Grondines and Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada...	Canada	Deschambault-Grondines	140 m			1989	dismantled in 1992
Rhine Crossing Voerde	Germany	Voerde Voerde Voerde is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km south-east of Wesel, and 20 km north of Duisburg.-City structure:According to art...	138 m	516	?	1926
Köhlbrand Powerline Crossing	Germany	Hamburg	138 m	597	?	?
Bremen-Farge Weser Powerline Crossing	Germany	Bremen Bremen The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...	135 m	648	?	?
Ghesm Crossing	Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...	Strait of Ghesm	130 m	1585	20 m	1984	One pylon standing on a caisson in the sea
Ghesm Crossing	Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...	Strait of Ghesm	130 m	1015	20 m	1984	One pylon standing on a caisson in the sea
Oka River Crossing Dzerzhinsk Shukhov tower on the Oka River The Shukhov Tower on the Oka River is the world’s only hyperboloid electricity pylon. It is located in Russia, in the western suburbs of Nizhny Novgorod, on the left bank of the Oka River near Dzerzhinsk...	Russia	Dzerzhinsk Dzerzhinsk, Russia Dzerzhinsk is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, situated along the Oka River, about east of Moscow. Population: The city is named after Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, a Polish Bolshevik leader who was the first head of the Cheka ....	128 m, 70 m		?	1929	Hyperboloid structure Hyperboloid structure Hyperboloid structures are architectural structures designed with hyperboloid geometry. Often these are tall structures such as towers where the hyperboloid geometry's structural strength is used to support an object high off the ground, but hyperboloid geometry is also often used for decorative... , abandoned
Tarchomin-Lomianki Vistula Powerline Crossing	Poland	Tarchomin/Lomianki Lomianki Łomianki is a town in Warsaw West County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 16,374 inhabitants .Near Łomianki, there is a remarkale Vistula powerline crossing.-External links:*...	127 m (Tarchomin), 121 m (Lomianki)	963	?	?
Skolwin-Inoujście Odra Powerline Crossing	Poland	Skolwin/Inoujście Inoujscie Inoujście is a former village in the administrative district of Gmina Goleniów, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Goleniów and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...	126 m ( Skolwin), 125 m ( Inoujście )	664	?	?
Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 2	Denmark	Middelfart	125.3 m + 119.2 m	927	?	?
Duisburg-Wanheim Powerline Rhine Crossing	Germany	Duisburg Duisburg - History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...	122 m	635	?	?
Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 1 Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 1 The Little Belt Overhead powerline crossings in Denmark are a pair of single-circuit 380 kV powerlines crossing Little Belt, each with one circuit. They each cross the straight near Middelfart on two electricity pylons built as Delta pylons....	Denmark	Middelfart	119.5 m + 113.1 m	927	?	?
Rhine Crossing Duisburg-Rheinhausen	Germany	Duisburg-Rheinhausen	118.8 m	570	?	1926
Bullenhausen Elbe Powerline Crossing	Germany	Bullenhausen	117 m	666	?	?
Lubaniew-Bobrowniki Vistula Powerline Crossing	Poland	Lubaniew/Bobrowniki Bobrowniki Bobrowniki is a village in Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Bobrowniki. It lies approximately south-west of Lipno and south-east of Toruń...	117 m	960	?	?
Świeże Górne-Rybakow Vistula Powerline Crossing	Poland	Świeże Górne/Rybaków	116 m	1025	?	?
Ostrówek-Tursko Vistula Powerline Crossing	Poland	Ostrówek Ostrówek Ostrówek may refer to the following places in Poland:In Greater Poland Voivodeship :*Ostrówek, Kalisz County*Ostrówek, Piła County*Ostrówek, Słupca County*Ostrówek, Turek County*Ostrówek, Gmina Sompolno*Ostrówek, Gmina Wierzbinek... /Tursko Tursko Tursko may refer to the following places in Poland:*Tursko, Greater Poland Voivodeship *Tursko, Pomeranian Voivodeship *Tursko, Lesser Poland Voivodeship...	115 m	880	?	?
Bremen-Industriehafen Weser Powerline Crossing	Germany	Bremen	111 m	506	64 m	1972–1974	three phase AC current
Bremen-Industriehafen Weser Powerline Crossing	Germany	Bremen	111 m	550	64 m	?	single phase AC current. Tallest pylons for single phase AC
Nowy Bógpomóż-Probostwo Dolne Vistula Powerline Crossing	Poland	Nowy Bógpomóż/Probostwo Dolne Probostwo Dolne Probostwo Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubanie, within Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...	111 m ( Probostwo Dolne), 109 m ( Nowy Bógpomóż )	1248	?	?
Daugava Powerline Crossing	Latvia	Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...	110 m		?	1975
Regów Gołąb Vistula Powerline Crossing	Poland	Regów Regów Regów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Baranów, within Grodzisk Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Grodzisk Mazowiecki and west of Warsaw.... /Gołąb	108 m	960	?	?
Orsoy Rhine Crossing	Germany	Orsoy	105 m	545	?	?
Emmerich Rhine Crossing	Germany	Emmerich Emmerich Emmerich am Rhein; , meaning Emmerich at the Rhine is a city on the lower part of the River Rhine in the northwest of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia...	102 m	460	?	?
Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 1	Denmark	Raerup	101.2 m	723	?	?
Powerline Crossing Wittower Fähre	Germany	Wittower Fähre	95 m	840	?	?
Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing is a powerline crossing of Rhine River in Düsseldorf south of Holthausen substation, which was built in 1917 and originally part of the 110 kV-line between Reisholz Power Station and Goldenberg Power Station. This line was the first 110 kV-powerline of RWE...	Germany	Düsseldorf	88 m	375	?	1917
Rhine Crossing Düsseldorf/Neuss	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the... /Neuss Neuss Neuss is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district and owes its prosperity to its location at the crossing of historic and modern trade routes. It is primarily known...	80 m	699	?	?	Powerline for traction current (single phase AC, 16.67 Hz, 110 kV)
Sacramento	USA	Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento is the capital of the state of California, in the United States of America.Sacramento may also refer to:- United States :*Sacramento County, California*Sacramento, Kentucky*Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta...	?	1180	43 m	?
Mississippi Crossing	USA	? ? or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and some alphabets based on the African reference...	?	1190	?	?
Dordogne Crossing	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	? ? or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and some alphabets based on the African reference...	?	1095	32 m	?
380kV-Ems-Overhead Powerline Crossing	Germany	Mark (south of Weener Weener Weener is a town in the district of Leer, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Ems, approx. 10 km southwest of Leer, and 25 km southeast of Emden... )	84 m	405	?	?
Khortytsia Island-Zaporizhzhia Dnepr East Shore Zaporizhzhia Pylon Triple The Zaporizhia Pylon Triple is a set of two triples of 74.5 metre tall electricity pylons in Zaporizhia, Ukraine. They are used for the transport of electricity generated at the Dnieper Power Station over a span of 900 metres from Khortytsia Island to the east bank of Dnieper River...	Ukraine	Zaporizhzhia	74.5 m	900	?	?
Aggersund Crossing of Cross-Skagerak Cross-Skagerak Cross-Skagerrak is the name of an high-voltage direct current transmission facility between Tjele and Kristiansand . It is owned and operated by Statnett in Norway, and Energinet.dk in Denmark.-Technical features:...	Denmark	Aggersund Aggersund Aggersund is a town and harbour with a population of 354 in the Himmerland region of the Jutland peninsula of Denmark.At Aggersund HVDC Cross-Skagerak crosses the strait of same name on 70 metres tall pylons....	70 m	470	?	1977	HVDC-powerline
Galiano Island - Parker Island HVDC Powerline Span	Canada	Montague Harbour Montague Harbour Marine Provincial Park Montague Harbour Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on Galiano Island, one of the Gulf Islands off BC's South Coast in Canada. It is accessible by BC ferries from Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island or Tsawwassen on the Mainland...	? m	880	?	1968	Part of HVDC Vancouver-Island
Peene Crossing Karlshagen	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	Karlshagen Karlshagen Karlshagen is a Baltic Sea resort in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the north of the island Usedom. Karlshagen has 3400 inhabitants and lies between Zinnowitz and Peenemuende....	75 m	306 m	50 m	?

Powerline spans in mountainous areas requiring shorter pylons

At these spans, the pylons are situated on the tops of mountains, so the topography determines the height of the lines. Because of this it is possible that the span pylons can be lower than the height of the line at point of largest sag.

Crossing	Country	City	Height of pylons	Span width, leaning straight line [meter]	Span width, horizontal measurement [meter]	Height of conductors over ground	Year of inauguration	Remarks
Ameralik Span Ameralik Span The Ameralik Span is the longest span of an electrical overhead powerline in the world. It is situated near Nuuk on Greenland and crosses Ameralik fjord with a span width of 5,376 metres at...	Greenland Greenland Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...	Ameralik Fjord	?	5376	?	?	1992
Sognefjord Span Sognefjord Span The Sognefjord Spans are the second, third, and fourth longest spans in the world situated east of Hermansverk and are part of different powerlines. As Sognefjord Span is a deep valley the pylons of these spans are not taller than ordinary pylons...  1	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	Sognefjord Sognefjord The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world. Located in Sogn og Fjordane county, it stretches inland to the small village of Skjolden...	17 m	4850	?	68 m	1956
Sognefjord Span Sognefjord Span The Sognefjord Spans are the second, third, and fourth longest spans in the world situated east of Hermansverk and are part of different powerlines. As Sognefjord Span is a deep valley the pylons of these spans are not taller than ordinary pylons...  2	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	Sognefjord Sognefjord The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world. Located in Sogn og Fjordane county, it stretches inland to the small village of Skjolden...	17 m	4520	?	68 m	?
Sognefjord Span Sognefjord Span The Sognefjord Spans are the second, third, and fourth longest spans in the world situated east of Hermansverk and are part of different powerlines. As Sognefjord Span is a deep valley the pylons of these spans are not taller than ordinary pylons...  3	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	Sognefjord Sognefjord The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world. Located in Sogn og Fjordane county, it stretches inland to the small village of Skjolden...	? m	4500	?	68 m?	?
Kootenay Lake Crossing Kootenay Lake Crossing Kootenay Lake Crossing was a powerline crossing of Kootenay Lake, British Columbia, Canada. The idea was to move electricity from the Hydro dam on the Kootenay River...	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	Kootenay Lake Kootenay Lake Kootenay Lake is a lake located in British Columbia, Canada and is part of theKootenay River. The lake has been raised by the Corra Linn Dam and has a dike system at the southern end, which, along with industry in the 1950s-70s, has changed the ecosystem in and around the water...	90 m	3248	?	37 m	1958	dynamited in 1962
Saltery Bay Span	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	Powell River, British Columbia Powell River, British Columbia Powell River is a city on the northern Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Most of its population lives near the eastern shores of Malaspina Strait, that part of the larger Georgia Strait between Texada Island and the Mainland...	? m	3100	?	? m	?
Sansum Narrows HVDC Powerline Crossing	Canada	Sansum Narrows Sansum Narrows Sansum Narrows is a strait or channel between Vancouver Island and Saltspring Island in the Southern Gulf Islands region of British Columbia, Canada. It is crossed by a BC Ferries route from Crofton to Vesuvius Bay on the northwestern shore of Saltspring...	? m	1900	?	?	1968	Part of HVDC Vancouver Island HVDC Vancouver Island The HVDC Vancouver Island is the name for HVDC interconnection between the Vancouver Island Terminal near North Cowichan, British Columbia on Vancouver Island at and the Arnott Substation near Delta, British Columbia at on the Canadian mainland, which went into operation in 1968 and was...
Eyachtal Span Eyachtal Span The Eyachtal Span is the crossing of the Eyachtal with a 110 kV-line near Höfen in the Black Forest in Germany. The Eyachtal Span was built in 1992. With a span of 1444 metres, it is the greatest span of a power line in Germany. The pylons on which the Eyach Span is fixed are 70 metres high and...	Germany	Höfen	70 m	1444	?	?	1992	Longest span of Germany
Enztal Crossing Calmbach	Germany	Calmbach	?	1372	?	?	1992
Carquinez Strait Powerline Crossing Carquinez Strait Powerline Crossing Carquinez Strait Powerline Crossing was the world's first powerline crossing of a large river. It was built in 1901 for a 60 kV powerline operated by Bay Counties Power Companyto deliver electric power to Oakland, California. For this a crossing of Carquinez Strait was required, which has at its...	United States	Benicia	68 m + 20 m	1350	?	?	1901
Nagold Valley Span	Germany	Bad Liebenzell Bad Liebenzell Bad Liebenzell is a spa town in the Nagold River valley, the northern part of the Black Forest. It was first mentioned in 1090 and is the heart of the Liebenzeller Mission ....	?	941	?	?	?
Neckar Crossing Sulz	Germany	Sulz Sulz Sulz is the name of a number of places in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Ukraine:*Soulce in the canton of Jura, Switzerland was formerly known as Sulz*Sulz place in the Steiermark, Austria*Sulz in the Steiermark, Austria...	61 m	891	?	?	1976	Powerline for traction current (single phase AC, 16.67 Hz, 110 kV)
Neckar Crossing Weitingen	Germany	Weitingen	61 m	864	?	?	1976	Powerline for traction current (single phase AC, 16.67 Hz, 110 kV)
Rhine Powerline Crossing Hirzenach-Oberkestert	Germany	Hirzenach/Oberkestert	? m	734	?	?	?

Antenna spans across valleys

Crossing	Country	City	Height of pylons	Span width, leaning straight line	Span width, horizontal measurement	Height of conductors over ground	Year of inauguration	Remarks
Herzogstand Radio Station Herzogstand Radio Station Herzogstand Radio Station was a radio communication station, which was built and operated from 1920 to 1946 at Herzogstand in the proximity of Kochel/Lake in Bavaria. The plant was conceived of C Lorenz AG as independent operational funds for radio traffic on very long waves between Germany and the...	Germany	Kochel am See Kochel Kochel am See is a municipality in the district of Bad Tolz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria on the shores of Kochelsee.Apart from the idyllic scenery, it is known for The Smith of Kochel "Schmied von Kochel," who according to legend, lead a Bavarian farmer rebellion against Austro-Hungarian occupiers at...	?	2700 m	2580 m	?	1920	dismantled in 1934
Jim Creek Naval Radio Station Jim Creek Naval Radio Station Jim Creek Naval Radio Station is a United States Navy facility at Jim Creek near Oso, Washington.-VLF radio facility:The primary mission of this radio site is to provide VLF radio transmitting capabilities for the Pacific submarine fleet...	U.S.	Oso, Washington Oso, Washington Oso is a census-designated place in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 180 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Oso is located at ....	61 m	?	2500 m	?	1953
Omega transmitter Bratland	Norway	Bratland	?	3500 m	?	?	?	dismantled
Omega transmitter Trinidad	Trinidad Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...	?	?	?	?	?	?
JXN	Norway	Gildeskål Gildeskål Gildeskål is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Inndyr. Gildeskål was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Beiarn was separated from Gildeskål in 1853...	?	?	?	?	?	VLF-transmitter
ICV-transmitter on Tavolara, Span 1	Italy	Tavolara	133 m/114 m	?	1000 m	?	1962	VLF-transmitter
ICV-transmitter on Tavolara, Span 2	Italy	Tavolara	133 m/114 m	?	1100 m	?	1962	VLF-transmitter
ICV-transmitter on Tavolara, Span 3	Italy	Tavolara	133 m /<100 m	?	1100 m	?	1962	VLF-transmitter
ICV-transmitter on Tavolara, Span 4	Italy	Tavolara	133 m /<100 m	?	1100 m	?	1962	VLF-transmitter
Portofino transmitter Portofino transmitter Portofino transmitter is a facility for FM-/AM-/TV-broadcasting near Portofino in Italy.Portofino transmitter uses for the mediumwave transmitter, which works on 1575 kHz with 50 kW...	Italy	Portofino Portofino Portofino is a small Italian fishing village, comune and tourist resort located in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. The town is crowded round its small harbour, is closely associated with Paraggi Beach, which is a few minutes up the coast...	130 m / 5 m	?	590 m	?	?	Mediumwave broadcasting antenna fixed on span

Aerial tramways

Tramway	Country	City	Height of pylons	Span width, leaning straight line	Span width, horizontal measurement	Height of cable over ground	Year of inauguration	Remarks
Peak 2 Peak Gondola Peak 2 Peak Gondola The Peak 2 Peak Gondola is a tri-cable gondola lift located in Whistler, British Columbia that links Whistler Mountain's Roundhouse Lodge with Blackcomb Mountain's Rendezvous Restaurant. It is the first lift to join the two side-by-side mountains...	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	Whistler Whistler, British Columbia Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...	65m	3024 m	3019 m	436 m	2008	3S Aerial Tramway 3S Aerial Tramway The 3S Aerial Tramway or 3S Cable Car is an cabin aerial tramway which was developed by the Swiss company Roll transport systems in Thun to unite the advantages of a pendulum aerial tramway with their one normal, coupleable single rope cabin aerial tramway.-Technical description of first...  constructed by Doppelmayr Doppelmayr The Doppelmayr Garaventa Group is an Austrian-Swiss company that manufactures chairlifts, cable cars, gondolas, surface tows for ski and amusement parks as well as urban people movers and material handling systems. To date, Doppelmayr and Garaventa have produced over 13,700 installations in 78...
Hut of Regensburg Material Transport Aerial Railway	Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	Falbeson	?	?	?	430 m	?
Vanoise Express Vanoise Express The Vanoise Express is a double-decker cable car that links La Plagne with Les Arcs ski resorts in the Alps, acting as a vital link in the Paradiski area....	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Vanoise Vanoise Vanoise may refer to:# Vanoise National Park in France# Vanoise Express, a cable car line# Vanoise Massif, a sub-group of the Graian Alps in France...	none	1850 m	1800 m	380 m	2003
Aiguille du Midi Aiguille du Midi The Aiguille du Midi is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.The cable car to the summit, the Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi, was built in 1955 and held the title of the world's highest cable car for about two decades. It still holds the record as the highest vertical ascent...	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Chamonix Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the 1924 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics...	none	2867 m	2500 m	?	1955	2nd Section
Vallee Blanche Aerial Tramway Vallee Blanche Aerial Tramway The Vallée Blanche Aerial Tramway or Funivia dei Ghiacciai or Télécabine Panoramic Mont-Blanc, is a passenger aerial tramway between Courmayeur and Chamonix by passing over the Mont Blanc Massif, in the Alps. The project was by Vittorio Zignoli of Polytechnic University of Turin...	France	Mont Blanc Mont Blanc Mont Blanc or Monte Bianco , meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe and the European Union. It rises above sea level and is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence...	none	2831 m, 1684 m	span is almost horizontal	appr. 300 m	1958	Rock anchored support structure
3S Aerial Tramway 3S Aerial Tramway The 3S Aerial Tramway or 3S Cable Car is an cabin aerial tramway which was developed by the Swiss company Roll transport systems in Thun to unite the advantages of a pendulum aerial tramway with their one normal, coupleable single rope cabin aerial tramway.-Technical description of first...	Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	Kitzbühel Kitzbühel -Demographic evolution:-Personalities:*Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre , entomologist and botanist*Alfons Walde , expressionist painter and architect*Peter Aufschnaiter , mountaineer and geographer...	0 m, 80m	2507 m	?	400 m	2004
Sandia Peak Tramway Sandia Peak Tramway The Sandia Peak Tramway is located adjacent to Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. It stretches from the northeast edge of the city to the crestline of the Sandia Mountains and has the world's third longest single span.-History:...	USA	Albuquerque	70.7 m, 21.33 m	2353 m	?	274 m	1966
Feldmoos-Chli-Titlis Aerial Tramway Feldmoos-Chli-Titlis Aerial Tramway Feldmoos-Chli-Titlis Aerial Tramway was an aerial tramway in Switzerland. It was built in 1979 by the Swiss company Habegger between Feldmoos and Chli Titlis for the erection of a communication facility on Chli Titlis. The aerial tramway was used for transporting goods with a weight up to 3.8 tons...	Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	Titlis Titlis The Titlis is a mountain in the Urner Alps of Switzerland. It is located on the border between the cantons of Obwalden and Berne in Switzerland, overlooking Engelberg and is famous as the site of the world's first revolving cable car...	37.6 m	3476,2 m	?	?	1979	Temp. site tramway, demolished in 1986

Rope Tyroleans

Tyrolean	Country	City	Height of pylons	Span width, leaning straight line	Span width, horizontal measurement	Height of cable over ground	Year of inauguration	Remarks
Tyrolean	Bulgaria	N/A	N/A	1 594 m	1 550 m	N/A m	2008	Actual Longest tyrolean with caving ropes from October 2008.
Tyrolienne Pierre Rias	France	Vercors Vercors Vercors is an upland district in the south-east of France:* Vercors Caves, a set of long caves* Vercors Plateau, a range of mountains and plateaus in the department of Isère, French Alps* Vercors Regional Natural Park, a protected area of southeastern France...	N/A	1 122 m	1 096 m	Mini 35 m	2008	Longest tyrolean with caving ropes before October 2008, calculated and built by Speleo Secours Français
Velky Traversz	Slovakia Slovakia The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...	Zadiel Gorge	N/A	850 m	847 m	320 m	1996	Previous longest tyrolean with caving ropes
Tyrolienne MJC Rodez	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Rodez Rodez Rodez is a town and commune in southern France, in the Aveyron department, of which it is the capital. Its inhabitants are called Ruthénois.-History:Existing from at least the 5th century BC, Rodez was founded by the Celts... http://picasaweb.google.fr/nath.volcan/Tyrolienne900mARodez	N/A	800 m	795 m	around 80 m	2010	Longest tyrolean in urban site with caving ropes

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• Architectural structure
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• Overhead line crossing
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• Electricity pylon
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• Aerial tramway
  Aerial tramway
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• Timeline of three longest spans
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  This is the timeline of the 3 longest man-made spans in the world, all categories, that at least have the strength to carry some persons. It can be the span of any type of bridge, aerial tramway, powerline, structural ceiling or dome etc.- Overview :...