List of spans
Encyclopedia
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 ?
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? 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...

 
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? 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...

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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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  • Electricity pylon
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  • Aerial tramway
    Aerial tramway
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  • Timeline of three longest spans
    Timeline of three longest spans
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