This is a list of all 136 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory completed in the decade 1950-1959. 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 |
| 1950 | (footbridge) | Ellamore, West Virginia, USA | Middle Fork River - Boy Scout Camp Mahonegon | 38.950796 N 80.073675 W | | Images |
| 1950 | (footbridge) | New Hamburg vicinity, Ontario, Canada | Nith River | 43.398709 N 80.707671 W | | |
| 1950 | (pipeline bridge) | Clanton vicinity, Alabama, USA | Coosa River | 32.794583 N 86.429267 W | 213.36 | Images |
| 1950 | (suspension bridge) | Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or, Métropole de Lyon, France | | 45.898758 N 4.794597 E | | |
| 1950 | Burgate | Burgate, Fordingbridge vicinity, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom | River Avon | 50.938883 N 1.781117 W | | Images |
| 1950 | Dumarsais Estimé | Jérémie, Haiti | Grande-Anse River | 18.630483 N 74.112004 W | 83 | Images |
| 1950 | El Jobo | Las Chinamas, Ahuachapán, El Salvador and Las Pilas, Guatemala | Rio Paz | 14.017589 N 89.906447 W | 64 | |
| 1950 | Elvenes | Elvenes, Kirkenes, Sør-Varanger, Troms og Finnmark, Norway | Pasvikelva | 69.679308 N 30.111960 E | | |
| 1950 | Glomstadfoss | Åsta, Åmot, Innlandet, Norway | Glomma | 61.07884 N 11.36695 E | 100 | |
| 1950 | Hyde Park (Walking) | Hyde Park and Leechburg, Pennsylvania, USA | Kiskiminetas River | 40.627633 N 79.59835 W | 48.77 | Images |
| 1950 | Ospina Perez | Girardot, Colombia | Magdalena River | 4.288280 N 74.809032 W | | |
| 1950 | Rognonas | Rognonas, Bouches-du-Rhône and Avignon, Vaucluse, France | Durance River | 43.914624 N 4.808279 E | 255 | Images |
| 1950 | Tacoma Narrows (Sturdy Gertie, Second Tacoma Narrows) | Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA | Puget Sound | 47.270540 N 122.552895 W | 853.44 | Images |
| 1950 | Takayama (高山橋, Koyama) | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | Toyohira River | 42.968122 N 141.166456 E | 47 | |
| 1950 | Tournus | Tournus, Saône-et-Loire, France | Saône River | 46.564335 N 4.913185 E | | Images |
| 1950 | Warragamba Dam | Warragamba, New South Wales, Australia | Warragamba River | 33.882494 S 150.598102 E | | |
| 1951 | (suspension bridge) | Røyknes, Vennesla and Skisland, Iveland, Agder, Norway | Otra - west channel between Røyknesfjorden and Nedrefjorden | 58.3437653 N 7.901795 E | 80 | |
| 1951 | (suspension bridge) | Røyknes, Vennesla and Skisland, Iveland, Agder, Norway | Otra - east channel between Røyknesfjorden and Nedrefjorden | 58.345079 N 7.906170 E | 75 | |
| 1951 | Bonny-sur-Loire | Bonny-sur-Loire and Beaulieu-sur-Loire, Loiret, France | Loire River | 47.5505 N 2.835633 E | 120 | Images |
| 1951 | Bouchemaine | Bouchemaine, Maine-et-Loire, France | Maine River | 47.420383 N 0.608567 W | | Images |
| 1951 | Brion | Roissard and Lavars, Isère, France | Ebron River | 44.868143 N 5.670883 E | | Images |
| 1951 | Châtillon-sur-Loire | Châtillon-sur-Loire, Loiret, France | Loire River | 47.597657 N 2.760439 E | 92 | Images |
| 1951 | Delaware Memorial I | New Castle, Delaware and Pennsville, New Jersey, USA | Delaware River | 39.689227 N 75.520800 W | 655.32 | Images |
| 1951 | Dinckley | Dinckley, Lancashire and Hurst Green, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom | River Ribble | 53.82456 N 2.4788 W | | Images |
| 1951 | Festival | Aberhafesp, Wales, United Kingdom | River Severn | 52.521329 N 3.389172 W | | Images |
| 1951 | Köln-Mülheimer | Köln (Cologne) and Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Rhine River | 50.964427 N 6.995124 E | 315 | Images |
| 1951 | Luding | Sichuan, China | Dadu River | | 130 | |
| 1951 | Lushan Feixianguan | Sichuan, China | | | 76.6 | |
| 1951 | Marias River (Pugsley) | Chester vicinity, Montana, USA | Marias River | 48.291043 N 111.046520 W | 88.39 | |
| 1951 | Noresund | Noresund, Krødsherad, Viken, Norway | Noresund | 60.18141 N 9.61900 E | 130 | Images |
| 1951 | Rio Damuji | Cienfuegos vicinity and Abreus vicinity, Cuba | Rio Damuji | | | |
| 1951 | Sablons | Sablons, Isère and Serrières, Ardèche, France | Rhône River | 45.318183 N 4.766867 E | 185 | Images |
| 1951 | Yenne | Yenne, Savoie and Ain, France | Rhône River | 45.705713 N 5.750965 E | 106 | Images |
| 1952 | François Baud | Morzine, Haute-Savoie, France | | 46.184141 N 6.704373 E | | Images |
| 1952 | Karasjok (Kárásjohka. Kaarasjok) | Karasjok, Troms og Finnmark, Norway | Karasjohka | 69.468355 N 25.508052 E | | Images |
| 1952 | Mile High Swinging | Grandfather Mountain, Linville, North Carolina, USA | | 36.095054 N 81.832238 W | 69.49 | Images |
| 1952 | Ose | Ose, Bygland, Agder, Norway | Otra | 58.947303 N 7.687335 E | 76 | |
| 1952 | Pertuis | Pertuis, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône, France | Durance River | 43.66735 N 5.496117 E | | Images |
| 1952 | Térénez | Landévennec vicinity and Rosnoen vicinity, Finistère, France | Aulne River | 48.268980 N 4.262381 W | 272 | Images |
| 1952 | William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial I (Chesapeake Bay) | Sandy Point, Maryland, USA | Chesapeake Bay | 38.993267 N 76.382312 W | 487.68 | Images |
| 1953 | (footbridge) | Forgaria nel Friuli, Udine, Italy | Torrente Arzino | 46.225500 N 12.958499 E | | |
| 1953 | (footbridge) | Ivanovo (Иваново), Ivanovo Oblast, Russia | Reka Uvod | 57.003389 N 40.980845 E | | |
| 1953 | (footbridge) | Richland Center, Wisconsin, USA | Pine Creek | 43.33931 N 90.39205 W | 22.86 | Images |
| 1953 | Ancenis | Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique and Le Fourneau, Maine-et-Loire, France | Loire River | 47.36195 N 1.176417 W | 238 | Images |
| 1953 | Azumabashi | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan | Nishiki River | 34.263870 N 131.959515 E | | |
| 1953 | Øybrua | Mosjøen, Vefsn, Nordland, Norway | Vefsna | 65.828510 N 13.20754 E | 120 | |
| 1953 | Baring | Baring, Washington, USA | Skykomish River | 47.765158 N 121.480893 W | 106.68 | Images |
| 1953 | Guynemer | Elbeuf and Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, Seine-Maritime, France | Seine River | 49.29415 N 1.00475 E | 152 | Images |
| 1953 | Paseo | Kansas City, Missouri, USA | Missouri River | 39.122783 N 94.5661 W | 188.37 | Images |
| 1953 | Risøybrua | Risøya, Tvedestrand, Agder, Norway | Minne | 58.651616 N 9.140268 E | 80 | |
| 1953 | Rossnes (Rosnes) | Rosnes, Farestad vicinity, Mandal, Agder, Norway | | 57.986197 N 7.533148 E | 89 | |
| 1953 | Ryfetten | Grimsbu, Innlandet, Norway | Folla | 62.16826 N 10.19325 E | 37 | |
| 1953 | Swinging | Thomson, Minnesota, USA | St. Louis River - Jay Cooke State Park | 46.653842 N 92.370471 W | | Images |
| 1954 | (footbridge) | Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Nahe River | 49.838188 N 7.851235 E | 56 | Images |
| 1954 | Friedrich Ebert (Duisburg-Homberg) | Duisburg and Homberg, Germany | Rhine River | 51.456384 N 6.723034 E | 285.5 | Images |
| 1954 | Mariano Ospina Perez (13 de Junio) | La Victoria vicinity and La Unión, Colombia | Cauca River | 4.525439 N 76.043608 W | 164 | |
| 1954 | Point Bonita Lighthouse | Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Marin County, California, USA | | 37.815980 N 122.528878 W | | Images |
| 1954 | Rochsburg | Rochsburg, Lunzenau, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 50.945681 N 12.761975 E | 50 | Images |
| 1954 | Rodenkirchen (Rodenkirchener, Köln-Rodenkirchen) | Köln (Cologne), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Rhine River | 50.90135 N 6.99335 E | 378 | Images |
| 1954 | Skonseng | Skonseng, Rana and Røssvoll, Rana, Nordland, Norway | Ranelva | 66.358340 N 14.333160 E | 79 | |
| 1954 | Tanize (Tanise, 谷瀬の吊り橋) | Totsukawa, Nara, Japan | Totsukawa River | 34.101943 N 135.762696 E | 297 | |
| 1954 | Varades | Varades, Loire-Atlantique and Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, Maine-et-Loire, France | Loire River | 47.36965 N 1.015717 W | | Images |
| 1954 | Viviers | Viviers, Ardèche and Châteauneuf-Du-Rhône, Drôme, France | Rhône River | 44.481583 N 4.698717 E | | Images |
| 1955 | (footbridge) | Jersey Shore vicinity, Pennsylvania, USA | Pine Creek - Boy Scouts Camp Kline | 41.273683 N 77.323883 W | | Images |
| 1955 | (pipeline bridge) | Grand Tower, Illinois and Wittenberg vicinity, Missouri, USA | Mississippi River | 37.6417 N 89.513217 W | 658.83 | Images |
| 1955 | Angus L. Macdonald | Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada | Halifax Harbour | 44.66116 N 63.5868 W | 441.05 | Images |
| 1955 | Bessières | Bessières, Haute-Garonne, France | Tarn River | 43.801612 N 1.609436 E | 119.4 | Images |
| 1955 | Buzet-sur-Tarn | Buzet-sur-Tarn, Haute-Garonne, France | Tarn River | 43.781136 N 1.634988 E | | Images |
| 1955 | Camp Saukenauk | Tioga vicinity, Adams County, Illinois, USA | Camp Saukenauk Lake | 40.183546 N 91.319748 W | | |
| 1955 | Futami-Tsurihashi (二見吊橋) | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | Toyohira River | 42.963842 N 141.158148 E | 23 | |
| 1955 | Gateway | Clinton, Iowa and East Clinton, Illinois, USA | Mississippi River | 41.83785 N 90.18455 W | 196.29 | Images |
| 1955 | Juan Pablo Duarte | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Ozama River | 18.486357 N 69.882752 W | 175.5 | |
| 1955 | Opphus | Opphus, Rena, Hedmark, Norway | Glomma | 61.330527 N 11.259730 E | 120 | |
| 1955 | Oro (San Marcos) | San Marcos Lempa and San Nicolas Lempa, El Salvador | Lempa River | 13.424671 N 88.699982 W | 203.91 | Images |
| 1955 | Riscle | Riscle, Gers, France | Adour River | 43.663989 N 0.081795 W | 102.5 | Images |
| 1956 | (footbridge) | Waldbreitbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Wied River | 50.553032 N 7.426243 E | | Images |
| 1956 | 24 de Julio | Corral Quemado, Utcubamba, Amazonas and Jaén, Cajamarca, Peru | Rio Marañón | 5.754558 S 78.693144 W | 147.22 | |
| 1956 | Frances Zaunmiller Memorial (Campbell's Ferry) | Campbell's Ferry, Idaho, USA | Salmon River - Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness | 45.48638 N 115.33467 W | | |
| 1956 | Kuznechevskiy (Кузнечевский) | Arkhangelsk, Russia | Kuznechikha River | 64.567702 N 40.531346 E | 124 | |
| 1956 | Lorois | Plouhinec vicinity, Morbihan, France | Etel River | 47.675905 N 3.200095 W | 237 | |
| 1956 | Maoting | Chengdu, Sichuan, China | | | 100 | |
| 1956 | Pete Mauthe | Poland, Ohio, USA | Yellow Creek - Poland Village Park | 41.01190 N 80.61908 W | | Images |
| 1956 | Triel-sur-Seine | Triel-sur-Seine and Vernouillet, Yvelines, France | Seine River | 48.978517 N 2.0015 E | 105.5 | Images |
| 1956 | Varodd (Varodden) | Kristiansand, Agder, Norway | Randesund | 58.160617 N 8.059417 E | 337 | Images |
| 1957 | (footbridge) | Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada | Bella Coola River | | | |
| 1957 | Aquilino Villegas (Arauca) | Arauca, Palestina, Caldas, Colombia | Cauca River | 5.112300 N 75.704100 W | | |
| 1957 | Babianjiang | Kunming-Jinghong Highway, Yunnan, China | Babian River | | 75 | |
| 1957 | Barbara | Schwechat, Austria | Danube River | 48.140833 N 16.552778 E | 506 | |
| 1957 | Bernard Pack | Frank Church-River Of No Return Wilderness Area, Idaho, USA | Salmon River Middle Fork | 44.95800 N 114.73427 W | 82.3 | Images |
| 1957 | Carlos Holguín | Juanchito, Cali vicinity and Candelaria vicinity, Colombia | Cauca River | 3.450412 N 76.475798 W | 120 | |
| 1957 | Glen Canyon | Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona, USA | Colorado River | | 390.14 | Images |
| 1957 | Little Kern River | Golden Trout Wilderness, California, USA | Little Kern River | 36.203814 N 118.457612 W | 45.72 | |
| 1957 | Louhunsalmi | Lehtisaari and Säynätsalo, Finland | Lake Paijanne | 62.13576 N 25.76411 E | 140 | |
| 1957 | Lover's (влюбленных) | Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia | Саду имени Салавата | 54.711995 N 55.954149 E | | |
| 1957 | Mackinac (Mighty Mac) | St. Ignace and Mackinaw City, Michigan, USA | Straits of Mackinac | 45.820533 N 84.727667 W | 1,158.24 | Images |
| 1957 | Maly Kubansky (Малый Кубанский) | Sochi (Сочи), Krasnodar Krai, Russia | Sochi River | 43.595819 N 39.723364 E | 60 | |
| 1957 | Presteid | Presteid, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway | Presteidvika | 68.083079 N 15.651087 E | | |
| 1957 | Senumstad | Væting, Birkenes, Agder, Norway | Tovdalselva | 58.417164 N 8.292593 E | 93 | |
| 1957 | Tenglong | Tengchong and Longling, Yunnan, China | Longjiang | | 96.9 | |
| 1957 | Walt Whitman | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey, USA | Delaware River | 39.905 N 75.13 W | 610 | Images |
| 1957 | Wolkenburg-Kaufungen | Wolkenburg, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 50.900368 N 12.677074 E | | |
| 1957 | Yuanjiang (Yuanjiang Honghe) | Yunnan, China | Yuanjiang | | 75.6 | |
| 1958 | (footbridge) | Glanamman, Ammanford, Wales, United Kingdom | Amman River | 51.8007 N 3.95425 W | | Images |
| 1958 | (footbridge) | Santa Rosa del Valle de Calamuchita, Cordoba, Argentina | Rio Santa Rosa | 32.068913 S 64.541461 W | | |
| 1958 | (pipeline bridge) | Leoben, Austria | Mur River | 47.387642 N 15.104475 E | 80 | |
| 1958 | (suspension bridge) | Mettlach, Saarland, Germany | Saar River | 49.49277 N 6.58867 E | 108 | Images |
| 1958 | Aamodt (Åmot, Aamot) | Oslo, Norway | Akerselva | 59.92616 N 10.75325 E | 53 | |
| 1958 | Alversund | Alversund, Lindås, Hordaland, Norway | Alverstraumen | 60.571032 N 5.229185 E | 198 | |
| 1958 | Chacanto | Balsas, Amazonas and Oxamarca, Cajamarca, Peru | Marañón River | 6.844627 S 78.030167 W | 78 | |
| 1958 | Gonzalo Icaza Cornejo | Daule, Ecuador | Rio Daule | 1.880776 S 80.001471 W | 200 | Images |
| 1958 | Gustave Toursier | Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain-L'Hermitage, Drôme, France | Rhône River | 45.066638 N 4.840666 E | 144 | Images |
| 1958 | Mtwapa | Mtwapa, Kenya | Mtwapa Creek | 3.955164 S 39.741735 E | | Images |
| 1958 | Nautesund | Nordagutu vicinity, Sauherad, Vestfold Og Telemark, Norway | Nautsund | 59.460214 N 9.313766 E | 130 | |
| 1958 | Padingin | Jaakolanranta, Finland | Kalajoki | 63.978596 N 24.778736 E | 68.58 | |
| 1958 | Sörnzig-Fischheim | Sörnzig and Fischheim, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 51.021455 N 12.790197 E | | |
| 1958 | Stormyrbrua | Os, Innlandet, Norway | Glomma | 62.48435 N 11.17481 E | 82 | |
| 1958 | Thierbach-Zinnberg | Thierbach, Penig and Zinnberg, Penig, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 50.917734 N 12.688116 E | | |
| 1958 | Three Nations Crossing (Cornwall-Massena International, Seaway International) | Cornwall, Ontario, Canada and Massena, New York, USA | St. Lawrence River | 44.989962 N 74.739913 W | | Images |
| 1958 | Yachi River Iron Cable | Daguanzhen (大关镇) Qianxi (黔西县), Bijie (毕节市) and Xindianzhen (新店镇), Qingzhen (贵阳市), Guizhou, China | Yachi River | 26.861778 N 106.166722 E | 112 | |
| 1958 | Yuejin | Luzhangzhen (鲁掌镇), Lushui (泸水市), Nujiang Lisu (怒江傈僳族自治州), Yunnan, China | Nujiang | 25.942472 N 98.836250 E | 98.4 | |
| 1958 | Zassnitzer (Rochlitz, Rochlitzer) | Rochlitz and Zassnitz, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 51.04447 N 12.79575 E | 60.85 | Images |
| 1959 | (footbridge) | Gornye Kliuchi (Горные Ключи), Primorsky Krai, Russia | Ussuri River | 45.243029 N 133.510776 E | | |
| 1959 | Cosne-sur-Loire | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre and Cher, France | Loire River | 47.411367 N 2.921417 E | 157 | Images |
| 1959 | Glomdals | Elverum, Innlandet, Norway | Glomma | 60.87215 N 11.55240 E | 97 | |
| 1959 | Mannswörth | Schwechat, Austria | Danube River | 48.158084 N 16.516787 E | 260 | |
| 1959 | Saint-Hubert | Port Saint-Hubert, Plouër-sur-Rance vicinity and La Ville-es-Nonais, Côtes-d'Armor, France | Rance River | 48.535455 N 1.970929 W | | Images |
| 1959 | Sandy Beach (River Park, Riverpark) | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | Elbow River - Sandy Beach Park | 51.011984 N 114.092351 W | | Images |
| 1959 | Tancarville | Tancarville, Seine-Maritime and Marais-Vernier, Eure, France | Seine River | 49.47 N 0.467267 E | 608 | Images |
| 1959 | Vernaison | Vernaison and Solaize, Métropole de Lyon, France | Rhône River | 45.645621 N 4.816518 E | | Images |
| | (footbridge) | East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand | Silver Stream | 45.877880 S 170.299059 E | | |
| | (footbridge) | Oberhoppen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Wied River | 50.60500 N 7.38721 E | 29.5 | Images |
| | (footbridge) | Page Cutoff, Pineville vicinity, Kentucky, USA | Yellow Creek | | | |
| | (footbridge) | Siavonga, Zambia and Kariba, Zimbabwe | Zambezi River - Kariba Dam | 16.521417 S 28.762750 E | | Images |
| | (suspension bridge) | Asker, Viken, Norway | Bondivannet | 59.820948 N 10.433874 E | 45 | |
| | (suspension bridge) | Rugholt, Gransherad, Notodden, Vestfold Og Telemark, Norway | Tinne | 59.692147 N 9.092868 E | 64 | |
| | Arnevik | Arnevik, Arendal, Agder, Norway | Arneviksundet | 58.526098 N 8.903179 E | 82 | |
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