This is a list of all 61 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory completed in the decade 1880-1889. 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 |
| 1880 | Birkhall | Birkhall, Ballater, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Muick | 57.028215 N 3.072693 W | 18.29 | |
| 1880 | Burnhervie | Burnhervie, Inverurie vicinity, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Don | 57.261024 N 2.440063 W | 30.48 | Images |
| 1880 | Daniel O'Connell | Ophir, New Zealand | Manuherikia River | 45.110783 S 169.590268 E | 65.5 | |
| 1880 | Fitzroy | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | Fitzroy River | | 70.7 | Images |
| 1880 | Kawarau Gorge | Kawarau Gorge, Central Otago, New Zealand | Kawarau River Gorge | 45.008882 S 168.899938 E | 91.44 | Images |
| 1880 | Rosentalbrücke | Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany | Westlicher Umflutgraben, Oker River - Inselwall | 52.2686 N 10.5143 E | 36 | Images |
| 1880 | Suspension Pier | Seaview, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom | | | | |
| 1881 | Clyde | Clyde, New Zealand | Clutha River | 45.190387 S 169.315977 E | | Images |
| 1881 | Cromdale | Cromdale, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Spey | 57.341944 N 3.553111 W | 59.44 | Images |
| 1881 | Greig Street (Wobbly) | Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Ness | 57.479111 N 4.229796 W | | Images |
| 1881 | Jánovas | Boltaña vicinity, Jánovas, Spain | Rio Ara | 42.465717 N 0.001747 E | | |
| 1881 | Kettenbrücke | Leipzig, Germany | Scheibenholzpark | 51.326236 N 12.356297 E | | Images |
| 1881 | Vicq-sur-Gartempe | Vicq-sur-Gartempe, Vienne, France | Gartempe River | | | Images |
| 1882 | Alexandra | Alexandra, New Zealand | Clutha River | 45.258245 S 169.391270 E | 79.9 | Images |
| 1882 | Fitch's (Fitches, Fisches, Lumbermens) | Elmira, New York, USA | Chemung River | 42.082409 N 76.866470 W | | Images |
| 1882 | Long Creek | Melvern vicinity, Kansas, USA | Long Creek - Francis Crossing | | | |
| 1883 | Brooklyn (Great East River) | New York and Brooklyn, New York, USA | East River | 40.706 N 73.99667 W | 486.31 | Images |
| 1883 | Chilhac | Chilhac, Haute-Loire, France | Allier River | 45.154731 N 3.437122 E | | |
| 1883 | Swinging | Skowhegan, Maine, USA | Kennebec River | | | |
| 1883 | Turrian | Château-d'Oex, Switzerland | Sarine River | 46.468703 N 7.135172 E | | Images |
| 1883 | Yenne | Yenne, Savoie and Ain, France | Rhône River | 45.706294 N 5.751086 E | | Images |
| 1884 | (suspension bridge) | Charleston, West Virginia, USA | Elk River | | 83.21 | |
| 1884 | Lamothe | Lamothe and Brioude, Haute-Loire, France | Allier River | 45.302968 N 3.406201 E | | Images |
| 1884 | McKeesport-Reynoldton (Third Avenue) | McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA | Youghiogheny River | 40.352359 N 79.870561 W | 97.54 | |
| 1884 | North Side (Seventh Street) | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Allegheny River | | 97.54 | |
| 1884 | Real (Royal) | Girardot, Colombia | Magdalena River | 4.288316 N 74.808793 W | | Images |
| 1884 | Tonnay-Charente | Tonnay-Charente, Charente-Maritime, France | Charente River | 45.940048 N 0.886059 W | 90 | Images |
| 1885 | Abergeldie Castle | Balmoral vicinity, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Dee | 57.043806 N 3.176197 W | | Images |
| 1885 | Argenbrücke Achberg | Flunau, Achberg vicinity and Blumegg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Argen River | 47.632307 N 9.710757 E | 48.6 | |
| 1885 | Hebden | Hebden, England, United Kingdom | River Wharfe | 54.057126 N 1.962584 W | | Images |
| 1885 | Hope River Stock | Glynn Wye, North Canterbury, New Zealand | Hope River | 42.588804 S 172.510846 E | 75.3 | |
| 1885 | Sutton | Sutton vicinity and Middlemarch vicinity, New Zealand | Taieri River | 45.575599 S 170.131762 E | 44 | |
| 1886 | (footbridge) | Huttons Ambo, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom | River Derwent | 54.09975 N 0.8311 W | 28.96 | Images |
| 1886 | (suspension bridge) | Windsor Locks and Warehouse Point, Connecticut, USA | Connecticut River | | 167.64 | Images |
| 1886 | Blairgowrie | Blairgowrie, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Ericht - Craighall Castle | | 27.4 | |
| 1886 | Lower | Easton, Pennsylvania, USA | Lehigh River | | | Images |
| 1886 | Pescadero Ituango | Ituango, Antioquia, Colombia | Cauca River | 7.088510 N 75.694706 W | | |
| 1887 | (footbridge) | Offord, England, United Kingdom | Great Northern Railway track | | | |
| 1887 | de l'Abîme | Cusy and Gruffy, Haute-Savoie, France | Chéran River | 45.764583 N 6.057117 E | 64 | Images |
| 1887 | Hammersmith | London, England, United Kingdom | River Thames | 51.48845 N 0.23019 W | | Images |
| 1887 | Jubilee | Nairn, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Nairn | | 30.48 | Images |
| 1887 | Roxburgh | Roxburgh, New Zealand | Clutha River | 45.542731 S 169.320220 E | | Images |
| 1887 | Swinging | Reading, Pennsylvania, USA | Philadelphia and Reading Railroad tracks | 40.3405 N 75.923638 W | | Images |
| 1888 | (suspension bridge) | Keeseville, New York, USA | Ausable River | 44.503653 N 73.482490 W | 73.15 | |
| 1888 | (suspension bridge) | Sheldon Springs, Vermont, USA | Missisquoi River | | | Images |
| 1888 | Évieu | Évieu, Ain and Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin, Isère, France | Rhône River | | | |
| 1888 | Crathorne | Carthorne, England, United Kingdom | River Leven | | 16.76 | |
| 1888 | Oregon City | Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon, USA | Willamette River | | | Images |
| 1888 | Swinging | Skowhegan, Maine, USA | Kennebec River | | | |
| 1888 | Tidewater Pipeline | Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USA | Lehigh River | 40.90714 N 75.748544 W | 109.73 | Images |
| 1889 | (suspension bridge) | Chesterfield vicinity, New Hampshire and Brattleboro, Vermont, USA | Connecticut River | | | Images |
| 1889 | Fiorentini (Ferro, Soldo, Soldino) | Rome, Italy | Tiber River | 41.898801 N 12.463689 E | | Images |
| 1889 | La Voulte-sur-Rhône | La Voulte-sur-Rhône, Rhône, France | Rhône River | 44.800217 N 4.784367 E | | Images |
| 1889 | Market Street | Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA | Susquehanna River | | 60.96 | Images |
| 1889 | Rivière de l'Est (River of the East) | Sainte Rose, Réunion, France | Rivière de l'Est | 21.125067 S 55.7484896 E | | Images |
| 1889 | Second Falls View | Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | Niagara River | | | |
| 1889 | Stapenhill (Ferry) | Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom | River Trent | 52.79455 N 1.62607 W | 36.58 | Images |
| 1889 | Swing | Milford, New Hampshire, USA | Souhegan River | 42.8366 N 71.645533 W | | Images |
| 1889 | Teddington | Teddington, England, United Kingdom | River Thames | 51.42981 N 0.322517 W | | Images |
| | (footbridge) | Zelzate, East Flanders, Belgium | | 51.198797 N 3.814564 E | 8.25 | |
| | San Isidro de Picará (Pintado) | El Pintado, Filadelfia, Caldas, Colombia | Cauca River | 5.331773 N 75.636210 W | | |
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