A counterweight pylon cable-stayed bridge is a variation of the asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge, in which the pylon acts as a counterweight to the bridge. The bridge stays coming out of the platform go to the pylon, and instead of continuing to a counterweight, they are attached to the pylon itself. The pylon compensates for the traction of the cables by its own weight and the anchoring of the ground, instead of having a cable or other pylon attached to the back to transmit the force to the ground counterweight. This bridge design was initiated by Santiago Calatrava.[1]​.

These bridges are more expensive than a normal asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge, and their choice is mainly for artistic reasons.

Examples of this type of bridges:

• - Puente del Alamillo "Puente del Alamillo (Seville)") (1992) Seville, Spain (rear counterweight).

• - Trinity Bridge (1995), Manchester, United Kingdom (rear counterweight).

• - Puente de los Tirantes (1995), Pontevedra, Spain (sliding front counterweight).

• - Puente de la Mujer (2002) Buenos Aires, Argentina (sliding front counterweight).

• - Puente de la Unidad "Puente de la Unidad (Monterrey)") (2003) Monterrey, Mexico (rear counterweight).

• - Sundial Bridge (2004) in Turtle Bay Redding, California, United States (rear counterweight with glass deck).

• - Jerusalem Cable-stayed Bridge (2008), Jerusalem, Israel.

• - Puente de l'Assut de l'Or (2008), Valencia, Spain (rear curved pylon).

• - Samuel Beckett Bridge (2009), in Dublin, Ireland (evoking a harp).

• - Women's Bridge (2002), Puerto Madero (ARG).

• - Puente de l'Assut de l'Or (2008) Valencia (ESP).

• - Samuel Beckett Bridge (2009), in Dublin (IRL).

• - Puente de la Unidad (Monterrey) "Puente de la Unidad (Monterrey)") (2003), in Monterrey (MEX).

• - Bridge.

• - Cable-stayed bridge.