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This is a list of inventory additions and modifications. Several individuals are credited with providing information for the inventory. Their names appear in bold. If you want to automatically receive email when the inventory is updated, please join my Suspension Bridge Inventory Updates mailing list.

4/24/2008

  • Added "1842 Pênsil Maria II" across the Douro River at Porto, Portugal. Thanks to David Sinclair for sending information.
  • Added "1905 (footbridge)" at Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
  • Added "1952 François Baud" at Morzine, France.
  • Added "1957 (footbridge)" across the Bella Coola River at Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada. Thanks to Peter Solhjell for sending information.
  • Added "1963 (suspension bridge)" across the Coquihalla River at Hope, British Columbia, Canada. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending information.
  • Added "2007 Masalani" at Tana River District, Kenya.
  • Added "2008 Tuti" across the Blue Nile River at Khartoum, Sudan. Thanks to Eric Sakowski for sending information.
  • Added "Acme Conveyor" across the Calumet River at Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Added "Kon Tum" across the Dakbla River at Kon Tum, Vietnam.
  • Added "Menzies Creek" across Menzies Creek near Bloedel, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Added "Needleton" across the Animas River near Needleton, Colorado, USA. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending information.
  • Added "Tamparuli" at Tamparuli, Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia.
  • Added "(footbridge)" across Jonathan Creek at East Fultonham, Ohio, USA. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending information.
  • Added "(footbridge)" across the North Fork Kentucky River at Barwick, Breathitt County, Kentucky, USA. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending photos and information.
  • Added "(footbridge)" across the North Fork Kentucky River at Haddix, Kentucky, USA. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending photos and information.
  • Added "(footbridge)" at Piscacucho, Peru. Thanks to Andrew Holbrook for sending information and a photo.
  • Added "(footbridge)" across Queen Creek at Superior, Arizona, USA.
  • Added "(footbridge)" across Quicksand Creek at Breathitt County, Ketucky, USA. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending photos and information.
  • Added "(footbridge)" across the Rio La Antigua at La Antigua, Mexico.
  • Added "(pipeline bridge)" across the South Boat Ditch near Curtis, Arkansas, USA. Thanks to Fred Garcia for sending photos and information.
  • Added "(suspension bridge)" at Aguas Calientes, Machu Picchu, Peru. Thanks to Andrew Holbrook for sending information and a photo.
  • Added "(suspension bridge)" across the Klondike River at Dawson, Yukon, Canada. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending information.
  • Relisted "La Roche-Guyon" across the Seine River at La Roche-Guyon, France as "1838 La Roche-Guyon." Thanks to Ann Saul for sending information.
  • Relisted "TVA Apalachia" across the Hiwassee River near Reliance, Tennessee, USA as "1945 TVA Apalachia." Thanks to Brian Lewis for sending information and photos.
  • Relisted "(footbridge)" across Pine Creek at Richland Center, Wisconsin, USA as "1953 (footbridge)." Thanks to Larry Beranek for sending information.
  • Relisted "(footbridge)" across the Whitewater River at Richmond, Indiana, USA as "1988 (footbridge)." Thanks to Stuart Brorson for sending photos.
  • Relisted "(suspension bridge)" across the Bella Coola River at Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada as "1932 (suspension bridge)." Thanks to Peter Solhjell for sending information.
  • Removed "(suspension bridge)" across the Bella Coola River at Hagensborg, British Columbia, Canada. This appears to have been a cable-stayed bridge.
  • Removed "(footbridge)" near Clifftop, West Virginia, USA in Babcock State Park. I had listed two bridges from this park, but there appears to only be one bridge that meets my inventory criteria. The other bridge is still listed. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending information.
  • Updated "1826 Conwy" across the River Conwy at Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom.
  • Updated "1885 (footbridge)" across the River Wharfe at Hebden, England, United Kingdom. Thanks to John Gardner for sending information and a photo.
  • Updated "1894 Occidente" across the Cauca River at Santa Fé de Antioquia, Colombia.
  • Updated "1906 Trellins" across the Isère River near Vinay, France.
  • Updated "1916 Dewey" across the Colorado River near Moab, Utah, USA.
  • Updated "1921 Kingston-Port Ewen" across Rondout Creek at Kingston, New York, USA.
  • Updated "1929 Kane's" across the Yarra River at Melbourne, Australia.
  • Updated "1960 Dunvegan" across the Peace River at Dunvegan, Alberta, Canada.
  • Updated "1984 (suspension bridge)" across the Coquihalla River at Hope, British Columbia, Canada. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending information.
  • Updated "2005 (footbridge)" across the Whitewater River at Cambridge City, Indiana, USA. Thanks to Stuart Brorson for sending photos.
  • Updated "14th Street" across the Animas River at Durango, Colorado, USA.
  • Updated "Catwalk Canyon" across the Whitewater Canyon at Glenwood, New Mexico, USA. Added coordinates.
  • Updated "Dinkytown" at Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Thanks to Jolene Vanhorn for sending information.
  • Updated "Livinhac" across the Lot River at Livinhac, France.
  • Updated "Swinging" across the Tidnish River near Tidnish, Nova Scotia, Canada. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending information.
  • Updated "(footbridge)" across Glade Creek near Clifftop, West Virginia, USA. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending information.
  • Updated "(footbridge)" across Sugar Creek at Parke County, Indiana, USA. Thanks to James Rader for sending information.
  • Updated "(pipeline bridge)" across the Red River at Fulton, Arkansas, USA. Thanks to Fred Garcia for sending photos.

3/30/2008

  • Added "1845 (footbridge)" across the River Blackwater at Caledon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
  • Added "1907 Romney" across the River Kent at Kendal, England, United Kingdom.
  • Added "1933 (footbridge)" at Palatka, Florida, USA.
  • Added "(snowmobile bridge)" across the Ouareau River at Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci, Quebec, Canada. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending information.
  • Relisted "(suspension bridge)" across Sandy Creek at Mackay, Australia as 1907 Sandy Creek." Thanks to Arthur Robinson for sending information.
  • Relisted "1938 (suspension bridge)" across the Queanbeyan River at Queanbeyan, Australia as "1938 Queanbeyan."
  • Updated "1933 (footbridge)" at Palatka, Florida, USA.
  • Updated "1964 (footbridge)" across the Tuckaseigee River near Wilmot and near Dillsboro, North Carolina, USA. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending photos and information.
  • Updated "Bill Perk Litteral Memorial" across Paint Creek at Paintsville, Kentucky, USA.
  • Updated "Swinging" across Carroll Creek at Frederick, Maryland, USA.

2/24/2008

  • Added "Horse" across the Los Angeles River at Burbank, California, USA. Thanks to Eric Sakowski for sending photos and information.
  • Added "(footbridge)" across Troublesome Creek at Perry County, Kentucky, USA. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending photos and information.
  • Added "(footbridge)" across Troublesome Creek at Perry County, Kentucky, USA. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending photos and information.
  • Added "(footbridge)" across Troublesome Creek at Perry County, Kentucky, USA. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending photos and information.
  • Updated "1840 Gotteron" across the Sarine River at Fribourg, Switzerland. Thanks to Eric Sakowski for sending a postcard image and information.

2/3/2008

  • Added "(suspension bridge)" across the Rio Peñas Blancas at San Isidro de Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica. Thanks to Richard Ehrenberg for sending photos and information.
  • Updated "1849 Wheeling" across the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia, USA. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending photos.
  • Updated "1914 Dresden" across the Muskingum River at Dresden, Ohio, USA. Thanks to Patrick S. O'Donnell for sending photos.
  • Updated "1921 Kingston-Port Ewen" across Rondout Creek at Kingston, New York, USA.
  • Updated "1927 General U.S. Grant" across the Ohio River between Portsmouth, Ohio and Fullerton, Kentucky, USA. Thanks to Wayne Grodkiewicz for sending photos.

1/9/2008

  • Added "2007 Waiotauru" near Otaki Forks, Otaki, New Zealand.
  • Added "(footbridge)" across the Right Fork Holly River near Marpleton, West Virginia, USA.
  • Updated "1816 (footbridge)" across the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Thanks to Al Zagofsky for sending information.
  • Updated "1862 Rattlesnake Bar" across the American River near Folsom, California, USA. Thanks to Jerry Van Lengen for sending photos of the remnants of this bridge.
  • Updated "1885 (footbridge)" across the River Wharfe at Hebden, England, United Kingdom. Thanks to Anthea Dacy for sending photos and information.
  • Updated "1889 Stapenhill" across the River Trent at Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. Thanks to Dave Cooper for sending information and a photo.
  • Updated "1910 Linn Creek" across the Osage River at Linn Creek, Missouri, USA. Thanks to Michael Gillespie for sending information.
  • Updated "1927 Shaky" across the River Lee at Cork, Ireland. Thanks to Johnny Ryan for sending information and a photo.
  • Updated "1940 Nolan Toll" across the Tug Fork River between Nolan, West Virginia and Pike County, Kentucky, USA. Thanks to Ron Thompson and Noble Harper for sending information about this bridge.

1/1/2008

  • Patrick S. O'Donnell sent coordinates for 127 bridges. The inventory now lists coordinates for 954 of 2,356 bridges.
  • Added "1832 Les Vans" across the Chassezac River at Les Vans, France.
  • Added "1880 Suspension Pier" at Seaview, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom.
  • Added "2004 Tajik-Afghan Friendship" across the Pyandzh "Pyanj" River between Darwaz, Tajikistan and Darwaz, Afghanistan.
  • Added "(footbridge)" at Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA.
  • Added "(footbridge)" at Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA.
  • Added "(footbridge)" across the Tongariro River at Turangi, New Zealand.
  • Added "(footbridge)" across the Trinity River near Burnt Ranch, California, USA.
  • Added "(suspension bridge)" at Glenwood, Minnesota, USA.
  • Relisted "(suspension bridge)" at Laugarás, Iceland as "Jökulsárlón."
  • Updated "1833 Longues" across the Allier River at Longues, France.
  • Updated "1913 (footbridge)" across Fall Creek Gorge at Ithaca, New York, USA. Added a postcard image.
  • Updated "1925 Wind River" across the Wind River at Carson, Washington, USA. Added a postcard image.
  • Updated "1932 Prairie du Chien I" across the Mississippi River between Praire du Chien, Wisconsin and Marquette, Iowa, USA.
  • Updated "1932 Prairie du Chien II" across the Mississippi River between Praire du Chien, Wisconsin and Marquette, Iowa, USA.
  • Updated "2002 Tem" across the Pyandzh "Pyanj" River between Tem, Tajikistan and Demogan, Afghanistan.
  • Updated "South Stack" at Holyhead, Wales, United Kingdom. Added a stereoview image.
  • Updated "(footbridge)" across Yellow Creek near Page Cutoff, Pineville, Kentucky, USA

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