This is a list of all 14 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory completed in the decade 1810-1819. Click the bridge name to isolate the bridge on its own page.
Note: 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 |
1810 | (suspension bridge) | Frankfort, Kentucky, USA | Kentucky River | | 50.9 | |
1810 | (suspension bridge) | Paulings Ford, Pennsylvania, USA | Schuylkill River | | | |
1810 | (suspension bridge) | Reading, Pennsylvania, USA | Schuykill River | | | |
1810 | (suspension bridge) | Wilmington, Delaware, USA | Brandywine Creek | | 44.2 | |
1810 | (suspension bridge) | Wrightstown, Pennsylvania, USA | Neshaminy River | | 30.48 | |
1810 | Chain (Essex-Merrimack) | Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA | Merrimack River - Deer Island | 42.833947 N 70.906811 W | 74.07 | Images |
1811 | (suspension bridge) | Juniata Crossing, Pennsylvania, USA | Juniata River | | | |
1811 | (suspension bridge) | Kentucky, USA | | | | |
1811 | (suspension bridge) | Kentucky, USA | | | | |
1811 | Third Street | Easton, Pennsylvania, USA | Lehigh River | | | |
1814 | Hamilton Street | Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA | Lehigh River | | | |
1816 | Galashiels | Galashiels, Scotland, United Kingdom | Gala Water | | 33.83 | |
1816 | Spider | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Schuylkill River | | 120.02 | |
1818 | Dryburgh Abbey | Dryburgh and St. Boswells, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Tweed | | 79.25 | Images |
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