Note: Completion year and longest suspended span length may not be known for all bridges listed below.
Also, span lengths are sometimes estimated based on satellite imagery.
Year Completed |
Bridge |
Location |
Crossing - Feature |
Coordinates |
Longest Suspended Span (meters) |
Images |
Year Completed |
Bridge |
Location |
Crossing - Feature |
Coordinates |
Longest Suspended Span (meters) |
Images |
1826 | Conwy (Conway) | Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom | River Conwy | 53.280476 N 3.823742 W | 99.67 | Images |
1826 | Menai Strait | Menai Bridge and Bangor vicinity, Wales, United Kingdom | Menai Strait | 53.221367 N 4.1646 W | 176.48 | Images |
1828 | South Stack | Holyhead, Wales, United Kingdom | Goleudy Ynys Lawd (Ynys Lawd Lighthouse) | 53.306972 N 4.696822 W | 37 | Images |
1829 | Chain | Kemeys Commander, Wales, United Kingdom | River Usk | 51.745000 N 2.948227 W | | Images |
1839 | Builth Wells | Builth Wells, Wales, United Kingdom | River Irfon | 52.153074 N 3.414589 W | | Images |
1854 | Caerhowel | Caerhowel, Wales, United Kingdom | River Severn | | | |
1867 | Doldowlod (Llanwrthyl, Ystrad) | Doldowlod, Llandrindod Wells, Wales, United Kingdom | River Wye | 52.244210 N 3.462324 W | | |
1903 | Pickhill (Pickhill Meadows) | Pickhill, Wales, United Kingdom | River Dee | 53.017265 N 2.884666 W | 41 | Images |
1904 | (footbridge) | Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom | River Conwy | 53.280346 N 3.823733 W | | Images |
1904 | Elan Village | Elan, Rhayader, Wales, United Kingdom | River Elan | 52.27099 N 3.56900 W | | Images |
1906 | Newport Transporter | Newport, Wales, United Kingdom | River Usk | 51.570642 N 2.985246 W | 196.6 | Images |
1911 | Swing (King's, Shaky) | Llandeilo, Wales, United Kingdom | Towy River | 51.884462 N 3.986061 W | | Images |
1922 | Llanstephan | Llanstephan, Wales, United Kingdom | River Wye | 52.06604 N 3.29614 W | | Images |
1926 | Fron | Fron, Llandyssil, Wales, United Kingdom | River Severn | 52.568132 N 3.207281 W | | |
1929 | Chainbridge (Chain) | Berwyn, Llangollen, Wales, United Kingdom | River Dee | 52.98025 N 3.1946 W | | Images |
1930 | Sappers' | Betws-y-Coed, Wales, United Kingdom | River Conwy | 53.09221 N 3.79928 W | | Images |
1951 | Festival | Aberhafesp, Wales, United Kingdom | River Severn | 52.521329 N 3.389172 W | | Images |
1958 | (footbridge) | Glanamman, Ammanford, Wales, United Kingdom | Amman River | 51.8007 N 3.95425 W | | Images |
1973 | (footbridge) | Newtown, Wales, United Kingdom | River Severn - Dolerw Park | 52.514964 N 3.319958 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Cwmcrawnon, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom | River Usk - Buckland Old Mill | 51.873303 N 3.257608 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Landetty, Talybont-on-Usk vicinity, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom | River Usk - Brecon Beacons National Park | 51.88075 N 3.26747 W | | Images |
| (footbridge) | Llanilar, Wales, United Kingdom | River Ystwyth | 52.35817 N 4.01410 W | | Images |
| (footbridge) | Merthyr Mawr, Wales, United Kingdom | Ogmore River | 51.48425 N 3.609 W | | Images |
| Gower (Gower Road) | Llanrwst and Trefriw, Wales, United Kingdom | River Conwy | 53.14310 N 3.80687 W | | Images |
| Swing | Pantyffynnon, Ammanford vicinity, Wales, United Kingdom | Amman River | 51.778483 N 3.994317 W | | Images |
| Taff Valley | Abercynon, Wales, United Kingdom | River Taff | | | |
| Trelewis | Treharris and Trelewis, Wales, United Kingdom | Bargod Taf | 51.667242 N 3.300125 W | | Images |
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