This is a list of all 44 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory for the country Brazil. Click the bridge name to isolate the bridge on its own page.
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 |
1911 | Affonso Penna (Afonso Pena) | Itumbiara, Goiás and Araporã, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Paranaíba River | 18.426530 S 49.206316 W | 124 | |
1914 | Pênsil (Pensil) | São Vicente, Brazil | | 23.974960 S 46.388756 W | 180 | Images |
1915 | Alexandrino de Alencar | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | | | | Images |
1920 | Alves Lima (Pênsil) | Irapé, Chavantes, São Paulo and Ribeirão Claro, Paraná, Brazil | Paranapanema River | 23.098928 S 49.742944 W | | |
1926 | Hercilio Luz (Florianopolis) | Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | | 27.59393 S 48.56619 W | 339.47 | Images |
1970 | Jacob Alfredo Emmendöerfer | Vila Baependi, Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itapocu | 26.487872 S 49.073418 W | | |
1972 | Pênsil | Bairro Trezidela, Grajaú, Maranhão, Brazil | Rio Grajaú | 5.818106 S 46.144946 W | | |
2014 | (suspension bridge) | Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí-Açu | 27.195455 S 49.618779 W | | |
2018 | Germano Poffo | Progresso, Ibirama and Ponto Chic, Ibirama, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Hercílio | 27.043222 S 49.546776 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Aurora, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí do Sul | 27.302514 S 49.640170 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Aurora, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí do Sul | 27.302807 S 49.640347 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Barra do Itapocu, Araquari, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Lagoa da Cruz | 26.552829 S 48.654915 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Barra Velha, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Lagoa de Barra Velha | 26.599758 S 48.674018 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Benedito Novo, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Benedito | 26.783978 S 49.365241 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Guamiranga, Guaramirim, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itapocu | 26.484450 S 48.924291 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Monte Alverne, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | | 29.551872 S 52.332043 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí-Açu | 27.148355 S 49.532031 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Santa Cruz da Figueira, Águas Mornas, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Cubatão | 27.720997 S 48.887940 W | | |
| (footbridge) | São Paulo, Brazil | | 23.207771 S 47.296369 W | | |
| (footbridge) | São Paulo, Brazil | Tietê River | 23.207963 S 47.297981 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Albertina, Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí do Sul | 27.270439 S 49.654627 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Apiúna, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí-Açu | 27.034213 S 49.392710 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Cobras Sul, Aurora, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí do Sul | 27.334124 S 49.619754 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Dalbérgia, Ibirama, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Hercílio | 27.031193 S 49.594520 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | José Boiteux, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Hercílio | 26.918199 S 49.655147 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | José Boiteux, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Hercílio | 26.970192 S 49.612469 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Nova Stettin, Ibirama, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Hercílio | 27.038647 S 49.562770 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí do Oeste | 27.234664 S 49.706080 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí do Oeste | 27.248191 S 49.687275 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí-Açu | 27.148250 S 49.532584 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí-Açu | 27.191368 S 49.603366 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí-Açu | 27.208039 S 49.643735 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí-Açu | 27.216024 S 49.648286 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí do Oeste | 27.233592 S 49.672632 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Rio dos Cedros, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio dos Cedros | 26.764115 S 49.266995 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Salto Grande, Ituporanga, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí do Sul | 27.396064 S 49.603750 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Santa Teresa, Aurora, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí do Sul | 27.352168 S 49.615510 W | | |
| Emílio Méier | Jaraguá Esquerdo, Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | | 26.503567 S 49.092458 W | | |
| Emilio Meier | Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | | 26.510215 S 49.113843 W | | |
| Galo | Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí-Açu | 27.207318 S 49.635855 W | | |
| Pênsil | Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil | Piracicaba River | 22.718293 S 47.654655 W | 75 | |
| Tôrres | Tôrres, Brazil | Mampituba River | 29.326247 S 49.721681 W | | |
| Trabach | Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Rio Pardinho | | | |
| Warnow | Warnow, Indaial, Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rio Itajaí-Açu | 26.941401 S 49.290371 W | | |
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