This is a list of all 63 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory completed in the decade 1860-1869. 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 |
| 1860 | Allegheny River (Sixth Street, St. Clair) | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Allegheny River | | 104.85 | Images |
| 1860 | Auburn-Coloma | Auburn and Coloma, California, USA | North Fork American River | | | Images |
| 1860 | Grand Falls | Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada | St. John River | | 63.93 | Images |
| 1860 | Lascellas | Lascellas, Huesca, Spain | Rio Alcanadre | 42.096776 N 0.107794 W | | |
| 1860 | Ponte delle Catene (Catena, Bridge of Chains) | Fornoli, Bagni di Lucca and Chifenti, Italy | Lima River | 44.006048 N 10.562356 E | | Images |
| 1860 | Port Gibson | Grindstone Ford, Port Gibson vicinity, Mississippi, USA | Bayou Pierre | | | |
| 1861 | Connellsville | Connellsville and New Haven, Pennsylvania, USA | Youghiogheny River | | | Images |
| 1861 | Gauley River | Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, USA | Gauley River | | | |
| 1861 | Gray | Gray, Haute-Saône, France | Saône River | | | Images |
| 1861 | Portsmouth | Portsmouth, Ohio, USA | Scioto River | | | |
| 1861 | Weitchpec | Weitchpec, California, USA | Klamath River | | | |
| 1862 | (footbridge) | Greystead, England, United Kingdom | River North Tyne | 55.169017 N 2.353408 W | | |
| 1862 | (suspension bridge) | California, USA | Trinity River | | | |
| 1862 | (suspension bridge) | California, USA | Stanislaus River | | | |
| 1862 | (suspension bridge) | California, USA | Tuolumne River | | | |
| 1862 | (suspension bridge) | McCourtney's Crossing, California, USA | Bear River | | | |
| 1862 | Bessan | Bessan, Hérault, France | Hérault River | | | Images |
| 1862 | Chatham | Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA | Rappahannock River | 38.304981 N 77.456280 W | | |
| 1862 | Gloucester Street | Christchurch, New Zealand | Avon River | | | |
| 1862 | Lambeth | London, England, United Kingdom | River Thames | | 81.69 | Images |
| 1862 | Pine Street | Nevada City, California, USA | Deer Creek | | | Images |
| 1862 | Rattlesnake Bar | Folsom vicinity, California, USA | American River - Rattlesnake Bar | 38.814397 N 121.091726 W | | Images |
| 1863 | Alexandra (Trutch's) | Spuzzum, British Columbia, Canada | Fraser River | | 81.99 | Images |
| 1863 | Confolent (Lignon) | Confolent, Beauzac vicinity and Saint-Marice-de-Lignon, Haute-Loire, France | Loire River | 45.258031 N 4.144228 E | | Images |
| 1863 | Lamb's | Latrobe vicinity and Plymouth vicinity, California, USA | Cosumnes River | 38.52222 N 120.95587 W | | Images |
| 1863 | Ponsonnas | Ponsonnas, Isère, France | Drac River | | 123 | Images |
| 1863 | Rousset | Rousset, Curbans vicinity, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes, France | Durance River | | | Images |
| 1864 | (suspension bridge) | Porta Westfalica, Germany | Weser River | | | Images |
| 1864 | Archidiacre (Venterol) | Venterol, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Valserres, Hautes-Alpes, France | Durance River | 44.475805 N 6.111924 E | | |
| 1864 | Aspern | Vienna, Austria | | 48.211858 N 16.383001 E | | Images |
| 1864 | Clifton | Bristol, England, United Kingdom | River Avon | 51.45496 N 2.62781 W | 213.97 | Images |
| 1864 | Franklin | Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA | Allegheny River | | | |
| 1864 | Taieri River (West Taieri) | Outram, New Zealand | Taieri River | | | |
| 1865 | Market Street | Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA | Susquehanna River | | 60.96 | Images |
| 1865 | Moulin | Vernosc-lès-Annonay, Ardèche, France | Cance River | 45.210908 N 4.703327 E | | |
| 1866 | (suspension bridge) | Nashville and Edgefield, Tennessee, USA | Cumberland River | | | |
| 1866 | Cessenon-sur-Orb | Cessenon-sur-Orb, Hérault, France | Orb River | 43.451360 N 3.046595 E | | Images |
| 1867 | (suspension bridge) | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA | Rio Grande | | | |
| 1867 | (suspension bridge) | Mataura, New Zealand | | | | |
| 1867 | Corrieshalloch | Braemore, Scotland, United Kingdom | Corrieshalloch Gorge - Falls of Measach | 57.755753 N 5.021048 W | 25.15 | Images |
| 1867 | Doldowlod (Llanwrthyl, Ystrad) | Doldowlod, Llandrindod Wells, Wales, United Kingdom | River Wye | 52.244210 N 3.462324 W | | |
| 1867 | John A. Roebling (Cincinnati, Cincinnati and Covington) | Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky, USA | Ohio River | 39.09167 N 84.50833 W | 322.17 | Images |
| 1867 | Mosquito Road | Placerville, California, USA | South Fork American River | 38.775791 N 120.748441 W | | |
| 1867 | Parc des Buttes-Chaumont | Paris, France | Parc des Buttes-Chaumont | 48.880933 N 2.381533 E | 60.96 | Images |
| 1867 | Public Garden | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Public Garden lagoon | 42.354119 N 71.069920 W | | Images |
| 1868 | (suspension bridge) | Afton, New York, USA | Susquehanna River | | 110.34 | Images |
| 1868 | Blue Lick Springs | Kentucky, USA | Licking River | 38.422314 N 83.999076 W | | |
| 1868 | Calloway's Ford (Whitewater, Harrison's) | Elizabethtown vicinity, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA | Whitewater River | 39.183116 N 84.792638 W | 144.78 | Images |
| 1868 | Carpenter's Point | Port Jervis, New Jersey, USA | Neversink River | | | |
| 1868 | Eiserner Steg (Eiserne Steg) | Frankfurt, Germany | Main River | 50.108108 N 8.682128 E | | Images |
| 1868 | High Street (Hamilton) | Hamilton, Ohio, USA | Great Miami River | | | |
| 1868 | Skippers Canyon | Maori Point vicinity, New Zealand | Shotover River - Skippers Canyon | | | |
| 1868 | Wire | New Portland, Maine, USA | Carrabasset River | 44.890783 N 70.0925 W | 60.47 | Images |
| 1869 | (footbridge) | Salado, Texas, USA | Salado Creek - Salado College | | | |
| 1869 | Chavanay | Chavanay, Loire and Isère, France | Rhône River | 45.417327 N 4.740458 E | | |
| 1869 | Clifton (Niagara-Clifton, Falls View, First Falls View) | Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | Niagara River | | 386.58 | Images |
| 1869 | Drahtsteg | Passau, Bavaria, Germany | Danube River | 48.575501 N 13.472755 E | | Images |
| 1869 | Lordville | Lordville, New York and Equinunk, Pennsylvania, USA | Delaware River | 41.867938 N 75.213785 W | | Images |
| 1869 | Rudolfova Lávka (Rudolfsteg, Kettensteg, Železna Lávka) | Prague, Czechia | Vltava River | 50.090185 N 14.412677 E | | Images |
| 1869 | San Francisco (Fueros) | Bilbao, Spain | | | | |
| 1869 | Stadspark (City Park) | Antwerp, Belgium | | 51.211054 N 4.414975 E | 27.5 | Images |
| 1869 | Swinging | Warren and Glade, Pennsylvania, USA | Conewango Creek | 41.847389 N 79.141000 W | | Images |
| 1869 | Waco | Waco, Texas, USA | Brazos River | 31.561314 N 97.127063 W | 144.78 | Images |
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