<P> This list ranks the world's cable - stayed bridges by the length of main span, i.e., the distance between the suspension towers . The length of the main span is the most common way to rank cable - stayed bridges . If one bridge has a longer span than another, it does not mean that the bridge is the longer from shore to shore, or from anchorage to anchorage . However, the size of the main span does often correlate with the height of the towers, and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge . </P> <P> Cable - stayed bridges with more than three spans are generally more complex, and bridges of this type generally represent a more notable engineering achievement, even where their spans are shorter . </P> <P> Cable - stayed bridges have the second - longest spans, after suspension bridges, of bridge types . They are practical for spans up to around 1 kilometre (0.6 mi). The Russky Bridge over the eastern Bosphorus in Vladivostok, Russia, with its 1,104 metres (3,622 ft) span has the largest span of any cable - stayed bridge, displacing the former record holder, the Sutong Bridge over the Yangtze River in the People's Republic of China 1,088 metres (3,570 ft) on 12 April 2012 . </P>

Who built the world's longest cable stayed bridge