Pylons
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhoushan Island Overhead Powerline Tie | 2009 | China | Damao Island | 370m | Tallest pylons in the world |
| Yangtze River Crossing | 2003 | China | Jiangyin | 346.5m | |
| Pylons of Pearl River Crossing | 1987 | China | Pearl River | 253 m + 240 m | |
| Orinoco River Crossing | ? | Venezuela | Caroní | 240 m | Tallest electricity pylons in South America |
| HVDC Yangtze River Crossing Wuhu | 2003 | China | ? | 229 m | Tallest electricity pylons used for HVDC |
| Elbe Crossing 2 | 1976–1978 | Germany | Stade | 227 m | |
| Chūshi Powerline Crossing | 1962 | Japan | Takehara | 226 m | Tallest electricity pylons in Japan |
| Daqi-Channel-Crossing | 1997 | Japan | Takehara | 223 m | |
| Overhead line crossing Suez Canal | 1998 | Egypt | 221 m | ||
| Pylons of Messina | 1957 | Italy | Messina | 232 m ( 224 m without basement) | not used as pylons any more |
| Balakovo 500 kV Wolga Crossing, Tower East | ? | Russia | Balakovo | 197 m | |
| LingBei-Channel-Crossing | 1993 | Japan | Reihoku | 195 m | |
| 380kV Thames Crossing | 1965 | UK | West Thurrock | 190 m | |
| Elbe Crossing 1 | 1958–1962 | Germany | Stade | 189 m | |
| Tracy Saint Lawrence River Powerline Crossing | ? | Canada | Tracy | 174.6 m | tallest electricity pylon in Canada |
| Bosporus overhead line crossing III | 1999 | Turkey | Istanbul | 160 m | |
| Balakovo 500 kV Wolga Crossing, Tower West | ? | Russia | Balakovo | 159 m | |
| Pylons of Cadiz | ? | Spain | Cadiz | 158 m | |
| Aust Severn Powerline Crossing | ? | UK | Aust | 148.75 m | |
| 132kV Thames Crossing | 1932 | UK | West Thurrock | 148.4 m | demolished in 1987 |
| Karmsundet Powerline Crossing | ? | Norway | Karmsundet | 143.5 m | |
| Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 2 | ? | Denmark | Raerup | 141.7 m | |
| Saint Lawrence River HVDC Quebec-New England Overhead Powerline Crossing | 1989 | Canada | Deschambault-Grondines | 140 m | dismantled in 1992 |
| Pylons of Voerde | 1926 | Germany | Voerde | 138 m | |
| Köhlbrand Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Hamburg | 138 m | |
| Bremen-Farge Weser Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Bremen | 135 m | |
| Pylons of Ghesm Crossing | 1984 | Iran | Strait of Ghesm | 130 m | One pylon standing on a caisson in the sea |
| Shukhov tower on the Oka River | 1929 | Russia | Dzerzhinsk | 128 m | Hyperboloid structure, 2 towers, one of them demolished |
| Tarchomin pylon of Tarchomin-Lomianki Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Tarchomin | 127 m | |
| Skolwin pylon of Skolwin-Inoujście Odra Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Skolwin | 126 m | |
| Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing 2 | 1977 | Ukraine | Enerhodar | 126 m | |
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 2 | ? | Denmark | Middelfart | 125.3 m | |
| Inoujście pylon of Skolwin-Inoujście Odra Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Inoujście | 125 m | |
| Bosporus overhead line crossing II | 1983 | Turkey | Istanbul | 124 m | |
| Duisburg-Wanheim Powerline Rhine Crossing | ? | Germany | Duisburg | 122 m | |
| Lomianki pylon of Tarchomin-Lomianki Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Lomianki | 121 m | |
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 1 | ? | Denmark | Middelfart | 119.5 m | |
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 2 | ? | Denmark | Middelfart | 119.2 m | |
| Pylons of Duisburg-Rheinhausen | 1926 | Germany | Duisburg-Rheinhausen | 118.8 m | |
| Bullenhausen Elbe Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Bullenhausen | 117 m | |
| Lubaniew-Bobrowniki Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Lubaniew/Bobrowniki | 117 m | |
| Świeże Górne-Rybakow Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Świeże Górne/Rybaków | 116 m | |
| Ostrówek-Tursko Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Ostrówek/Tursko | 115 m | |
| Bosporus overhead line crossing I | 1957 | Turkey | Istanbul | 113 m | |
| Bremen-Industriehafen Weser Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Bremen | 111 m | two parallel running powerlines |
| Probostwo Dolne pylon of Nowy Bógpomóż-Probostwo Dolne Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Nowy Bógpomóż/Probostwo Dolne | 111 m | |
| Daugava Powerline Crossing | 1975 | Latvia | Riga | 110 m | |
| Nowy Bógpomóż pylon of Nowy Bógpomóż-Probostwo Dolne Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Nowy Bógpomóż | 109 m | |
| Regów Gołąb Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Regów/Gołąb | 108 m | |
| Orsoy Rhine Crossing | ? | Germany | Orsoy | 105 m | |
| Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 1 | ? | Denmark | Raerup | 101.2 m | |
| Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing 2 | 1977 | Ukraine | Enerhodar | 100 m | |
| Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing | 1917 | Germany | Düsseldorf | ? | Under the legs of the pylon on the east shore of Rhine there runs the rail to nearby Holthausen substation |
| Strelasund Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Sundhagen | 85 m | |
| 380kV-Ems-Overhead Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Mark (south of Weener) | 84 m | |
| Pylon in the artificial lake of Santa Maria | 1959 | Switzerland | Lake of Santa Maria | 75 m | Pylon in an artificial lake |
| Zaporizhzhia Pylon Triple | ? | Ukraine | Zaporizhzhia | 74.5 m | Two triple pylns used for a powerline crossing from Khortytsia Island to the east shore of Dneipr |
| Aggersund Crossing of Cross-Skagerak | 1977 | Denmark | Aggersund | 70 m | |
| Carquinez Strait Powerline Crossing | 1901 | United States | Benicia | 68 m + 20 m | World's first powerline crossing of a larger waterway |
| Anlage 2610, Mast 69 | ? | Germany | Bochum | 47 m | Pylon of 220kV-powerline decorated with balls in Ruhr-Park mall. |
| Colossus of Eislingen | 1980 | Germany | Eislingen/Fils | 47 m | |
| Pink Pylon | ? | UK | Ashworth Valley | ? | demounted in 2003 |
| Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon | ? | UK | Stalybridge, Greater Manchester | ? |
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