Notes:

• Renovated, 1988. Closed, Spring 2006. Subsequently demolished in 2008.
• Completed circa 1925.
• Similar to 1925 Buechter - St. Anthony vicinity, Missouri, USA.

External Links:

• Historic Bridges of the United States - Kliethermes Bridge - Miller County, Missouri

Notes:

• Described as a "rigid suspension bridge of reinforced concrete."
• Replaced 1831 Luzancy - Luzancy, Seine-et-Marne, France.
• Similar to 1926 Laon - Laon, Aisne, France.
• Similar to Pommiers - Pommiers, Aisne, France.

External Links:

• Mellah Slimane Bridge - Wikipedia
• Perregaux Footbridge - HighestBridges.com
• Structurae - Structure ID 20009826

Notes:

• Original cables now assisted by additional steel cables.
• Similar to 1924 Kemna - St. Elizabeth, Missouri, USA.
• Near 1922 Glaize (Auglaize, Grand Glaize, Grand Auglaize) - Brumley vicinity, Missouri, USA. The bridges are less than half a mile apart.

External Links:

• Historic Bridges of the United States - Mill Creek Swinging Bridge - Miller County, Missouri

Notes:

• Originally built with a set of tram tracks designed for cars hauling bananas.
• Next to (footbridge) - Pandora, Limón, Costa Rica.

External Links:

• Historic Bridges of the United States - Powhatan Swinging Bridge - Lawrence County, Arkansas

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20025016

Notes:

• Rehabilitated, 1985.

Notes:

• Coordinates are approximate, adjacent to the two subsequent replacement bridges.
• Replaced by 1952 Térénez - Landévennec vicinity and Rosnoen vicinity, Finistère, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000495

Notes:

• Circa 1930's steel vehicular suspension bridge. Bypassed, 1961 (by the Conrad Lundy Jr. bridge) and removed some time after.
• Replaced 1913 Wind River - Carson, Washington, USA.

Notes:

• Suspended flume, carried waste material away from the Great Western Sugar Co. factory. Has not been used since 1950s.

Notes:

• Self-anchored.
• Replaced 1884 North Side (Seventh Street) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Next to 1927 Rachel Carson (Ninth Street) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Next to 1928 Roberto Clemente (Sixth Street) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20002306

External Links:

• Arapuni Suspension Bridge - Wikipedia

Notes:

• Became longest suspension bridge by eclipsing 1924 Bear Mountain - Anthony's Nose and Bear Mountain, New York, USA.
• Eclipsed by new longest suspension bridge 1929 Ambassador - Detroit, Michigan, USA and Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
• Near 1957 Walt Whitman - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey, USA.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000531

Notes:

• Closed to vehicular traffic, 1985. Closed to all traffic, 2004. Refurbished and subsequently reopened 2006.
• Damaged by over-sized truck May 20, 2017 and closed. Reopened July 2017.
• Replaced 1897 Bertrand Road (Tikorangi) - Huirangi, New Zealand.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20025018

Notes:

• Federal Highway Administration year 2000 data listed 1910 as the year of completion.
• Original timber towers replaced with steel towers, 1988.

Notes:

• Bypassed, 1978. Still standing, but partially dismantled.
• Next to (pipeline bridge) - Roldanillo vicinity and Zarzal vicinity, Colombia.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20035256

Notes:

• Moved from 1903 Teigen (Vikvar) - Mebonden, Selbu, Trøndelag, Norway.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000939

Notes:

• Damaged by flood, 1933. Rebuilt, 1934. Cables failed, 1939. Rebuilt.

Notes:

• 2003: Much of the bridge is dynamited. Stone towers remain.
• 2020 (or early 2021): The stone towers are demolished to make way for a replacement bridge.

External Links:

• Alcalde de Policarpa, en Nariño, dinamitó una joya de la ingeniería portuguesa de 100 años de antigüedad. Article about the history of the bridge and its destruction.
• Facebook. Several images of Claudia Cabrera, former mayor of Policarpa, escorted across a pulley system installed between the bridge towers.
• Facebook. Older image of the bridge with deck intact.
• Facebook. Work progressing on the replacement bridge. November 1, 2022.
• Google Maps - Puente De La Guaca. Image with the remaining towers visible, September 2018.
• Google Maps - Puente De La Guaca. Image taken in front of one of the towers, September 2018.
• Google Maps - Puente De La Guaca. Image of remaining tower , September 2018.

Notes:

• Rigid reinforced concrete suspension bridge.
• Similar to 1925 Luzancy - Luzancy, Seine-et-Marne, France.
• Similar to Pommiers - Pommiers, Aisne, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20002994

Notes:

• GAP: Refurbished, 1983.
• Not entirely clear the bridge described in GAP as the "Lower Hurunui" bridge near the mouth of the Hurunui is the same bridge as the present day bridge carrying Blythe Road. The detailed description of the 1926 bridge does not seem to match the current structure. However, Thornton also implied major changes to the bridge during the 1983 refurbishment.

Notes:

• The "cables" of this bridge appear to have been steel plates riveted together. The deck is plate girder. Not surprisingly, recent photos of the bridge show it resting on two intermediate piers. AAJ describes the cables: "'laminated chains' made of flat iron plates, there being two such chains to a side, each of five plates riveted together."
• Replaced 1830 (suspension bridge) - Nassau, Germany.
• Replaced by 2005 Nassau - Nassau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20025229

Notes:

• Built with a set of tram tracks designed for cars hauling fruit.
• Older sources refer to the "Pejivalle" river.
• Removed at some point in the 2002-2015 time frame.

Notes:

• 1992: Closed to pedestrian traffic.
• 2004, October 7: Collapsed. Was still closed to pedestrian traffic at the time of the collapse, but was still carrying the local water supply.
• Later at same location 2021 Satok - Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Notes:

• Replaced 1863 Alexandra (Trutch's) - Spuzzum, British Columbia, Canada.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20079905

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008016

Notes:

• Coordinates are for likely alignment of this former bridge, with at least one pier remaining (as of 2020).

Notes:

• Replaced by a cable-stayed bridge April, 2004.

Notes:

• Condemned, 1953, due to sinking foundation.
• Follow the image for more information about this bridge and location.

External Links:

• DigitaltMuseum - Bingsfoss bru 1924
• DigitaltMuseum - Bingsfoss bru 1927
• DigitaltMuseum - Bingsfoss bru. 12-4-1932
• DigitaltMuseum - Kjøring over Bingsfoss bru med hest og vogn

Notes:

• Replaced 1842 Briollay - Briollay, Maine-et-Loire, France.

Notes:

• Sometimes referenced as "Bryant-Fannin". The bridge unquestionably connected Fannin County to Bryan County, Oklahoma, but according to a www.rootsweb.com article (Fannin County TXGenWeb - Ferry's in Fannin County, from Pat Pryor, by Kathy J. Ellis) it was erected at a site known as "Bryant's Crossing" named for a local, Dave Bryant. The Steinman inventory lists it as "Bryan-Fannin". AUB mentions it as "Bryant-Fannin". The Rootsweb article also mentions it collapsed in 1940 under weight of a truck.
• An article in the December 6, 1940 issue of The Port Arthur News (Texas) titled: "Suspension Bridge Plunges Into Red River" describes the collapse: "Owners of a $75,000 tollbridge which plunged into the Red River Wednesday when a suspension cable anchor pulled loose were undecided today whether it would be rebuilt. The bridge, owned by the Austin Bridge company of Dallas, was near Telephone, Tex., 12 miles north of here, and was several miles from a principal highway. Most of the traffic from the Bonham area toward Oklahoma is across a structure built recently to replace a toll bridge at nearby Sowell's bluff that collapsed in 1930. Mrs. Jim Freeman, toll keeper, said she heard a 'rumble' and looked up to see the 'deadman anchor' pull loose, throwing the entire weight of the 1,300 foot span on the other cable. It snapped, and the flooring and steel framework of the bridge sagged into the water. No one was on the structure when it fell."
• Remains of three piers are still visible, 2019.

External Links:

• Pont suspendu de Chartrouse ou de l'île des Pilotes - - Inventaire Général du Patrimoine Culturel
• Île des Pilotes — Wikipédia
• Structurae - Structure ID 20010574

Notes:

• According to a rootsweb article (Fannin County TXGenWeb - Ferry's in Fannin County, from Pat Pryor, by Kathy J. Ellis), "when in 1932 this bridge fell, many people said that acid had been put on the cables to break them so that people from Oklahoma could not cross to Bonham." However, the true date of collapse may have been in 1934. The February 2, 1934 issue of The Daily Oklahoman has a front-page article with a photo of the bridge with collapsed deck. The photo is captioned: "The Red River Bridge on Highway 22 Near Durant After the Midnight Crash," and the article reads: "Here Is the debris of a $60,000 investment made by the states of Oklahoma and Texas eight months ago when they purchased the Bonham-Durant bridge across the Red river on highway 22. Three of the five spans of the 1,500-foot suspension bridge turned upside down and dropped into the river bed when a four-Inch wire cable rusted and broke in two about 15 feet from the ground on the Texas side. A lull in the usual heavy traffic across the bridge prevented accidents. The crash came at midnight, and one motorist had barely reached the Texas side when the cable gave away. Other motorists stopped their cars just in time to witness the spans of the bridge crash 40 feet into the stream. The bridge was built in 1926 and was operated as a toll bridge until 1933 when the two states bought it and made it a free crossing."
• In the October 1989 edition of the Oklahoma Water News an article (excerpted from an article in The Chronicles of Oklahoma by Dr. Bernice N. Crockett) states: "On January 15, 1934, a norther of terrific force came up which cause the Sowell's Bluff Bridge to fall. At 1 a.m. the wire cables on the Fannin side of the river became twisted, then snapped, broken in half, and the entire massive structure fell into the river below -- a complete wreck."

Notes:

• AAJ: "Recabled" in 1939.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20004783

Notes:

• 1937: Strengthened.
• 1940: Partially destroyed to slow advancing German troops.
• 1943: Repairs completed and bridge reopened.
• 1944: Partially destroyed.
• 1944-1945: Repaired and reopened.
• 1965: Closed and replaced due to concerns about deteriorating main cable strength.
• Replaced 1834 Jargeau (Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel) - Jargeau and Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel, Loiret, France.

External Links:

• Pont suspendu de Jargeau - Wikipedia

Notes:

• GAP: Replaced, early 1970's.

Notes:

• BAAW: suspension cables removed, 1989, replaced by arches. However, the modified structure (pictured in BAAW) appears to be more of a continuous truss than an arch-based structure. The bridge appears to have been subsequently removed entirely as there are no current (as of 2020) Yoshino River bridges near Myoshi resembling the bridge.

Notes:

• 1935: One of the towers fails in a windstorm causing part of the bridge to collapse.
• 1936: The remainder of the derelict bridge is wrecked by a flood.
• Replaced 1840 Montjean-sur-Loire - Montjean-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, France.
• Replaced by 1938 Montjean-sur-Loire - Montjean-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20003015

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20007351

Notes:

• This bridge was originally built with the Gisclard suspension system. Such bridges are not included in the Bridgemeister suspension bridge inventory. However, at some point the suspension system was modified to be more similar to a standard suspension bridge. It isn't clear when this modification occurred.
• Near Créteil (Saint-Maur) - Créteil-sur-Marne and Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000497

Notes:

• Self-anchored.
• Next to 1926 Andy Warhol (Seventh Street) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Next to 1928 Roberto Clemente (Sixth Street) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20004771

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20078598

Notes:

• Rehabilitation completed, 2016.
• Replaced 1918 Rånåsfoss - Rånåsfoss, Viken, Norway.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20072052

External Links:

• St Jo "Airline" Suspension Bridge over the Red River Texas - Facebook. Coordinates provided here are based on the research presented in this Bridgehunting Texas Facebook group post.

Notes:

• Dismantled and relocated to a crossing north of Soná where it survived until some point in the 2008-2013 time frame.
• Moved to Rio Cobre - Los Bajos del Cobre, Soná District, Veraguas, Panama.

External Links:

• Facebook. History of the bridge.

Notes:

• 2019, September: Dismantled for refurbishment, expected to be completed in early 2020.
• 2020, September: Refurbishment stalled during contract negotiations with contract. Bridge has been reassembled with new cables but work is not completed.
• 2020, October: Completion of refurbishment still on hold as two companies involved in the project go into examinership.
• 2020, December: Restored bridge reopens.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20017412

Notes:

• Joseph Dice supervised the construction of this bridge to replace the 1904 structure destroyed in a tornado in 1924. A postcard of this bridge reads: "built in 1927 by the Benton County Court and by popular subscription of citizens to replace a similar bridge destroyed by a windstorm two years earlier. Structure swings on two wire cables imbedded and anchored in concrete and stone. The towers and floor beams are of steel while the floor is of wood. A state highway crosses this bridge."
• Reopened for pedestrians, 2007, after being closed for several years.
• Replaced 1904 Upper (Swinging) - Warsaw, Missouri, USA.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008115

External Links:

• Waiho bridge Franz Josef 1970s.

Notes:

• The town of Dayhoit has also been known as Day, White Star, and Wilhoit.

External Links:

• Bridgehunter.com | Dayhoit Bridge

Notes:

• Destroyed by flood 1941.

Notes:

• Heavily damaged by flood, likely prior to 1969. Appears to have been repaired before being replaced with another suspension bridge in 1980.
• Replaced by 1980 Åbrua (Aaen) - Tynset, Innlandet, Norway.

External Links:

• DigitaltMuseum - Flomskadet bru
• DigitaltMuseum - Åbrua
• DigitaltMuseum - Åbrua

Notes:

• Companion to 1930 Colfax-Foresthill (Yankee Jims) - Yankee Jims, Colfax vicinity, California, USA.

Notes:

• The coordinates provided here indicate the approximate alignment of the bridge, about 0.5 miles southeast of the current (2020s) Des Arc White River crossing. The bridge delivered traffic near the east end of East Chester Street in Des Arc.

External Links:

• Historic Bridges of the United States - Des Arc Swinging Bridge - Prairie County, Arkansas

Notes:

• January 2009: Closed indefinitely following inspections revealing major deterioration. Demolished in 2012.
• Near 1905 Market Street - Steubenville, Ohio and East Steubenville, West Virginia, USA.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20009568

Notes:

• Replaced 1920 Kaibab Trail - Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
• Near Silver - Bright Angel Campground vicinity, Arizona, USA.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20007246

Notes:

• Self-anchored.
• 2019: Major rehabilitation in progress.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20005692

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20072688

Notes:

• Hybrid truss, suspension bridge. Collapsed December 15, 1967 while full with traffic. 46 people died.
• Companion to 1928 Saint Marys (Hi Carpenter, Short Route) - Saint Marys, West Virginia and Newport, Ohio, USA.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20001423

Notes:

• Self-anchored.
• Next to 1926 Andy Warhol (Seventh Street) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Next to 1927 Rachel Carson (Ninth Street) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20004770

Notes:

• Closed. Scheduled to be restored as pedestrian crossing.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20005556

Notes:

• Same design as the Silver Bridge that famously collapsed in 1967. Demolished 1971 as a precautionary measure because the engineers decided they could not tell if it suffered from the same flaw as the Silver Bridge without dismantling the eyebars.
• Companion to 1928 Point Pleasant (Silver) - Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Kanauga, Gallipolis vicinity, Ohio, USA.

Notes:

• Replaced by 1959 Saint-Hubert - Port Saint-Hubert, Plouër-sur-Rance vicinity and La Ville-es-Nonais, Côtes-d'Armor, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20013264

Notes:

• Replaced by 1957 Senumstad - Væting, Birkenes, Agder, Norway.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20070696

Notes:

• Replaced 1871 Tarassac - St. Martin-de-l'Arcon vicinity, Hérault, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20013747

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20072051

Notes:

• Replaced 1845 Volonne - Volonne, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France.
• Replaced by 1949 Volonne - Volonne, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20018835

Notes:

• Inundated during creation of Falcon Reservoir.

Notes:

• Removed at some point between 1972 and 2006.

External Links:

• DigitaltMuseum - Vikoøya hengebru i Gol

Notes:

• Became longest suspension bridge by eclipsing 1926 Benjamin Franklin (Philadelphia-Camden) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey, USA.
• Eclipsed by new longest suspension bridge 1931 George Washington (GWB) - New York, New York and Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA.

External Links:

• Bridgehunter.com | Ambassador Bridge
• Structurae - Structure ID 20000532

Notes:

• Replaced 1860 Auburn-Coloma - Auburn and Coloma, California, USA.

Notes:

• Major rehabilitation completed, 2017, including complete replacement of towers.

Notes:

• Crosses both River Dee and Llangollen Canal
• A thorough report on these bridges was published in 2010 by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW), Chain Bridge, Llantysilio, Denbighshire. The Pickering bridge (built 1817, according to the report) was contructed with the deck laid on the chains. This bridge was removed in 1870 but appears not to have been replaced until at least 1876. The new bridge, not simply refurbished, was constructed with the deck supported by the chains underneath, but in an "underspanned" fashion with small pillars resting on the chains, supporting a level deck. This bridge was destroyed by flood on Feb. 16, 1928. The report also investigates whether the chains of the current (1929) bridge are the original chains from the 1817 Pickering bridge and concludes there is evidence "supporting the hypothesis that the chains we see on the bridge today are same as those put on the bridge in 1817" and adds "If the present chains are the originals, there is little reason to doubt that they are the oldest suspension bridge chains in the western world."
• 2015: Underwent major restoration and reopened.

External Links:

• Chainbridge Hotel. The bridge is situated next to the hotel. Their web site notes the original "chain bridge" at this location was built in 1814 by Exuperious Pickering and was refurbished in 1870 and rebuilt in 1929.
• Structurae - Structure ID 20074318

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20025021

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20003353

Notes:

• GAP: Destroyed by flood, 1935.
• Replaced by 1936 Hinckesman's Access Road - Frasertown vicinity, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20066674

Notes:

• The November 1933 issue of The Wisconsin Engineer (a publication of the University of Wisconsin) has an article by C.W.P. Walter about research that was being performed by the University of Wisconsin's Engineering Department: "The particular hardware laden contrivance [in the Engineering Building] is a half-model of the Red River Bridge which carried light highway traffic between Clarksville, Texas, and Idabel, Oklahoma. In the early part of this year movement of the Red River as a result of flood waters washed away one of the intermediate piers supporting the end spans, and cause the cable to drop and be subjected to impact loading. It was contended by the company owning the bridge that the cable was overstressed and injured to such an extent that it would be necessary for the insurance company to replace the cable as well as the pier. A committee... was appointed to investigate the questions involved. While the investigation proceeded the Red River continued to scour away the foundation of the existing piers, ultimately causing the bridge to collapse completely."
• AUB mentions this bridge very briefly: "In 1928, [Jim Diamond] was employed by Austin Bridge Company as a consultant on the super-structure and cable work for the White River bridge at Des Arc. Later in the same year, he represented the owners as job engineer on the bridge built by the Company across Red River above Clarksville, Texas."
• Apparently this bridge was damaged by flood the same week it was supposed to open. In the October 1989 edition of the Oklahoma Water News an article (excerpted from an article in The Chronicles of Oklahoma by Dr. Bernice N. Crockett) writes: "The Austin Bridge Company completed the bridge May 19, 1929, but on May 23, when more than 400 people went to see the new bridge opened, an estimated 40 feet of the Red River bank had caved in near the bridge. Heavy rains continued to hinder road construction. A resident near the bridge recalled the night of May 19, 1929, as the night the river changed its course, and by morning had moved the entire structure into Oklahoma." The bridge eventually opened on June 20.
• The Friday December 30, 1932 edition of The Port Arthur News ran an article "Red River Bridge Damaged By Water". Texarkana, Dec. 30 (1932).: "High stages in Red River, that earlier this week demolished the Texas side approach to the privately owned suspension bridge [?] miles north of Clarksville on highway 37 to Idabel have been in recession since Wednesday but indicated continued heavy rains such as last night are expected to bring additional high water with probably further damage to the bridge. More than 50 feet of the approach is gone and the ground piers have crumpled, leaving the anchor cables alone holding the bridge in place."
• It appears the final end to this short-lived bridge didn't come until late May, 1933 when it was completely destroyed by flood.

External Links:

• Historic Suspension Bridges: Advent of the State Highway Department. This Texas Department of Transportation page mentions: "Five of the eleven suspension bridges built by [Austin Bridge Company] were toll bridges over the Red River. The Red River is notorious for its volatile, melting, red clay banks. The bridge between Clarksville, Texas, and Idabel, Oklahoma, was built by ABC in 1928, and washed out during flooding in 1932."

Notes:

• Rebuilt 1935.

Notes:

• Replaced by 1951 Köln-Mülheimer - Köln (Cologne) and Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000182

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008018

Notes:

• YS20041217: Renamed McPhaul Bridge in honor of Henry Harrison "Harry" McPhaul, "the only Yuma resident who ever became an Arizona Ranger." Bypassed, 1968. 150 feet of deck damaged by fire, 1990.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20007346