This is a list of all 20 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory for the country South Africa. 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 |
1897 | Newey | Grahamstown and Qonce (King William's Town), South Africa | Keiskamma River | | 60.96 | |
1898 | Levey | Tsomo, South Africa | | | | |
1914 | Swing | Oudtshoorn, South Africa | Grobbelaarsriver | 33.588007 S 22.200611 E | | Images |
1919 | Parys | Parys, South Africa | Vaal River | 26.894181 S 27.457217 E | | Images |
2017 | (footbridge) | Johannesburg, South Africa | N17 highway | 26.236267 S 28.070071 E | | |
| (footbridge) | Cathedral Peak vicinity, South Africa | Mlambonja | 28.945999 S 29.208995 E | | |
| (footbridge) | Centurion, South Africa | Hennops River - Centurion Mall | 25.856017 S 28.18965 E | | |
| (footbridge) | Johannesburg, South Africa | | 26.231317 S 28.003033 E | | |
| (footbridge) | Pretoria vicinity, South Africa | Hennops River | 25.80067 S 27.98992 E | | |
| (footbridge) | Pretoria, South Africa | Lynwood Road - University of Pretoria | 25.75645 S 28.22835 E | | |
| (footbridge) | Pretoria, South Africa | Pretoria Zoological Gardens | 25.7349 S 28.188967 E | | |
| (footbridge) | Stellenbosch, South Africa | Eerste River | 33.940517 S 18.889798 E | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Kroonstad, South Africa | Vals River | | | Images |
| (suspension bridge) | Port Shepstone, South Africa | Umzimkulu River | | | Images |
| Hibberdene | Hibberdene, South Africa | Mzimayi River | 30.583848 S 30.568249 E | 77 | Images |
| Jubileum (Sir Frederic) | Nieu-Bethesda, South Africa | Gats River | 31.870186 S 24.552747 E | | |
| Mazeppa Bay Island | Mazeppa Bay, South Africa | | 32.476801 S 28.655778 E | | |
| Storms River | Tsitsikamma National Park, Pretoria, South Africa | Storms River | 34.019532 S 23.903529 E | | |
| Storms River | Tsitsikamma National Park, Pretoria, South Africa | Storms River | 34.019545 S 23.902928 E | | |
| Storms River | Tsitsikamma National Park, Pretoria, South Africa | Storms River | 34.019803 S 23.902611 E | | |
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