The Roman bridge of Alcántara, Spain, built over the Tagus River, completed 103 AD, is constructed from bossage granite ashlars - large granite blocks with the exposed side uncut.

The Faroe-Falster cable-stayed bridge, Denmark, completed 1984, designed by Erik Villefrance, features a steel box girder superstructure with piers and pylons in reinforced concrete, and high-tensile steel wire cable

The road suspension section of the Storebæltsbroen (the Great Belt bridge), Denmark, by Dissing+Weitling, completed 1998, is one of the largest examples of this type of bridge in the world. The pylons are 254 m tall and were cast on-site, 4 m at a time using climbing formwork (jumpform). All except the foundations, which were prefabricated and then brought on site. The suspended road, 2.7 km long between concrete anchor blocks, is made up of steel sections, held with high tensile cables.

The Fehmarn Sound Bridge, Germany, completed 1963, features steel arches, from which the central span is suspended by cables, braced with steel beams.