Notes:

• Often claimed to be the first use of metal in a suspension structure in the Western world.
• Location always cited as "across the Oder near Glorywitz, Prussia" however the name "Glorywitz" only ever appears in citations of this bridge. Likely it was near the modern city of Gliwice in Poland, also known as Gleiwitz (German) and Glywicy (Silesian)

Notes:

• Varying histories of this catwalk-style bridge exist. Some claim it was built 1704, a cable snapped in 1802 killing three people, and it was then rebuilt in 1830 (the present bridge). Others attribute the bridge to 1741 and have the 1802 incident killing "one or two people".
• Replaced by 1830 Wynch (Winch) - Middleton-in-Teesdale, England, United Kingdom.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008266

Notes:

• In an email dated January 16, 2000, Don Sayenga provided information about the location of this bridge. Generally attributed to Uniontown (the seat of Fayette County, PA), Mr. Sayenga offers some clues about the bridge's true location. "[James Finley] stated that he built it near the home of his friend Meason which implies a connection for the iron as Meason was making iron. Meason's home has survived by the way, a beautiful place. Finley stated it was a combination contract with the cost split between two counties, and he stated it was built over Jacob's Creek which is the county boundary. He also makes it clear it was on the road to Greensburg. The only place the old road crossed Jacob's Creek is just south of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. On the geodetic survey maps this spot is marked "Iron Bridge" but there is no town there. The last time I was there I saw a sign that said 'Iron Bridge' on an automobile scrap yard. I found absolutely no trace of the bridge, but it was not very big, so there was no need for a huge abutment."
• First suspension bridge with a rigid level deck, often considered the world's first modern suspension bridge.
• Coordinates are for the likely location of the bridge, where present-day (2020) Pennsylvania route 3105 crosses Jacob's Creek.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000873

Notes:

• BCW gives completion date of 1810 and says bridge was destroyed by flood two years later.
• Coordinates given are for the current crossing (VA SR123, still known locally as "Chain Bridge Road") which is on (or very close) to the alignment of Chain Bridge. Chain Bridge was the third bridge at this site. The current structure is the eighth and was completed in 1940.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008052

Notes:

• Destroyed by flood, 1810.
• Later at same location 1820 Wills Creek - Cumberland, Maryland, USA.

External Links:

• Dunlap's Creek Bridge (link reported not working). "The first recorded bridge across Dunlap's Creek was a wooden structure constructed prior to 1774. It was repaired in 1801, but was destroyed during a spring storm in 1808. A chain-link suspension bridge was built on the site in 1809; it collapsed under the weight of snow and a heavily laden wagon in 1820. A third bridge, another wooden structure, built in 1821 also failed. The present bridge is thus the fourth bridge at the site."
• Structurae - Structure ID 20008055

Notes:

• Failed 1811, 1816. HBE notes the 1811 was due to weight of cattle. The 1816 failure was due to weight of ice and snow.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008053

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008057

Notes:

• Destroyed by flood, 1822.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008054

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008058

Notes:

• John Templeman built several bridges (like this one) using James Finley's design.
• Repaired in 1827 after 5 of 10 chains snapped under weight of a team of oxen.
• The complete description from Thomas Pope's 1811 Treatise (POPE):

  "The chain Bridge lately thrown over the Merrimack, three miles above Newburyport, in the state of Massachusetts, is now in constant use. This Bridge consists of a single arc, two hundred and forty-four feet span. The abutments are of stone, forty-seven feet long, and thirty-seven high; the uprights, or framed work, which stand on the abutments, are thirty-five feet high, over which are suspended ten distinct chains, the ends of which on both sides of the river are buried deep in pits and secured by large stones: each chain is five hundred and sixteen feet long; and, where they pass over the uprights, they are treble, and made in short links, which is said to be more secure than saddles made of plates of iron. The four middle joists rest on the chains; all the rest are suspended to the main chains to equalize the floor. This Bridge has two passage-ways of fifteen feet in width each, and the floor is so solid as to admit of horses, carriages, etc. to travel at any speed, with very little perceptible motion of the floors. The railing is stout and strong, which adds much firmness to the floor. There are three chains in each range on each side, and four in the middle range: they are calculated to support nearly five hundred tons. From the surface of the water to the middle of the floor is forty feet; and from the top of the abutments to the top of the uprights is thirty-five feet high, making seventy-two feet. The magnitude and power of the abutments, the width and length of the floors, the elevation of the work, the evident powers of the chains, etc. all conspire to make it a wonderful work. Every expense attending it did not amount to twenty-five thousand dollars. The abutment being of stone, the uprights covered, and the chains painted to prevent rust, leaves nothing but the flooring to decay. This Bridge was constructed by John Templeman, Esq. of the district of Columbia, whose talents for the productions of such work, and the various improvements suggested and used by him, have been highly beneficial, and do him great credit."

• Gregory W. Buff sent a transcription of an article describing the 1827 failure. The article was in the Saturday, February 24, 1827 issue (Volume IV, Number 31) of the Canadian Spectator (Montreal, Quebec) newspaper:

  "Newburyport, Feb 9. Disastrious [sic] Accident. - On Tuesday morning last, the Essex Merrimack Bridge gave way in the centre, from the parting of the chains that support it. On the Bridge, at the moment, was a loaded team, drawn by six oxen and two horses, driven by two men, Messrs. Garlton [sic] and Jackman, all of whom were precipitated, forty feet, into the river beneath. The teamsters preserved themselves by means of swimming, and the support of fragments of the bridge; the team were all of them except one of the horses, swept beneath the ice a few rods below, and drowned. Five of the ten chains which supported the Bridge, were snapped in different places, and now remain upholding the broken and shattered timber altogether as sad a wreck as we ever witnessed. At the moment of the crash, the light evolved from the friction of the chains resembled the the vivid streaming of a meteor. Various excuses are assigned for the accident, and none, with more probability, than the united effect of the incumbent pressure of the immense body of snow lying upon the bridge, and the frost which had contracted the particles of iron. These produced a tenseness in the chains, which was incapable of resisting the additional pressure of the loaded team, and the whole gave way. The estimated expense of repairing the breach is about 4000 dollars; and the Directors, as we understand, plan to set about it immediately. It will be built up as before. To those who have been losers by this accident the corporation intend to make generous inumeration. The traveling will be uninterrupted, as the solidity of the ice above the bridge forms a safe passage way - and for the conveyance of carriages and heavy baggage the proprietors have promptly provided suitable boats. If any aversion to chain bridges has been produced by this accident, we should be sorry, for ourselves we feel yet unshaken faith in their superior security. The misfortune in this case was no doubt owing to the causes above stated, and not to any defect in the construction of the bridge. Probably hundreds of individuals, including each sex and all ages, have visited the ruins of the bridge. They present a sad and melancholy appearance - crushed and broken timbers suspended by the massy chains, which hang lazily from the pyramidical abutments, while the beholder instinctly shrinks back in terror at the reflection of the situation of the two human beings who were precipitated into the abyss beneath. The preservation of these two men is almost miraculous. Although hurled down 40 feet amid crashing and falling timber, entangled with their cattle, they fell without receiving the least injury, and attained the shore, after being for nearly half an hour, immerse in water chilled to the freezing point. Mr. Jackman is far advanced in years - and suffered somewhat from the exposure to the cold. Mr. Carlton [sic], escaped unhurt. The Chain Bridge has been built for about fifteen years, the span is 220 feet. We believe this was the second or third Chain Bridge built in the United States; and this is probably the first that has met with a similar accident. We understand the proprieters of the Rooks Bridge intend to rebuild theirs as a Chain Bridge."

• Replaced by 1909 Chain - Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA. The 1909 structure was almost entirely new (except for portions of the piers and abutments).

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20001418

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008064

Notes:

• BSI: Originally erected in the form of a traditional suspension bridge, but soon reinforced with wire stays from much larger towers to reduce unwanted motion. Destroyed by flood, 1839.

Notes:

• Narrow footbridge. First wire bridge in North America. HBE notes "first wire suspension bridge in any country."
• Often described as having collapsed under the weight of ice and snow, Don Sayenga notes that no contemporary sources confirm this demise. Since the nearby chain bridge did fail under weight of ice and snow, he believes this fate has been misattributed to the White and Hazard footbridge. Don believes the bridge was just dismantled at some point after June, 1816.
• Al Zagofsky also wrote to explain there was no evidence of this bridge collapsing under weight of ice and snow. Al writes: "According to an original source Captain Joshua Rowley Watson, who inspected the bridge on June 15, 1816: '...There was a bridge, but which by the weight of ice and snow, has been carried away.' This refers to the previous bridge that the cable bridge was temporarily replacing. I did not see any cause for failure of the wire rope bridge. My guess is that it was removed when the regular bridge was repaired. The same article shows a sketch that he made, showing the main span to be 407 feet. I am looking at the Canal History and Technology Proceedings Vol 5, March 22, 1986."

Notes:

• May have been rebuilt around 1850. History of the bridge is unclear between the 1838 collapse and replacement in 1872.
• This 1818 bridge was a replacement for the 1817 Dryburgh Abbey suspension bridge which appears to have been primarily a cable-stayed structure and is not included in the inventory. The 1817 bridge failed due to wind in early 1818.
• Later at same location 1872 Dryburgh Abbey - Dryburgh and St. Boswells, Scotland, United Kingdom.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008269

Notes:

• 2007, March: Closed after a hanger snapped in high winds. Repaired and reopened August, 2007.
• 2020, October: Closed for major renovation and conservation project.
• 2023, April: The bridge is reopened.
• Eclipsed by new longest suspension bridge 1826 Menai Strait - Menai Bridge and Bangor vicinity, Wales, United Kingdom.

External Links:

• Conservation - Union Chain Bridge - unionchainbridge.org. Site devoted to the 2020-2023 renovation project. This page lists the highlights of the project.
• Structurae - Structure ID 20000162

Notes:

• SBR: Chain pier extending into 700 feet into the Forth, with three main spans each of 209 feet. Wrecked by storm, 1898.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008327

Notes:

• Test structure, but recognized as first wire bridge in France.
• See 1865 Moulin - Vernosc-lès-Annonay, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20002008

Notes:

• Réunion was known as "Isle of Bourbon" at this time.
• Built as part of same project as 1823 (suspension bridge) - Réunion, France.

Notes:

• Réunion was known as "Isle of Bourbon" at this time.
• MOS: "These bridges were designed by Mr. Brunel, and executed in England, near Sheffield, where they were put together in January, 1823, before being sent out to the Isle de Bourbon."
• Built as part of same project as 1823 (suspension bridge) - Réunion, France.

Notes:

• SBR: Severely damaged 1833, 1836. Destroyed by storm 1896.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008326

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000895

Notes:

• Finley patent bridge.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008066

Notes:

• Remains of this very early suspension bridge are supposedly kept on the grounds of Chateau Strážnice

External Links:

• About a suspended roof built in 1826 - Pavel Ferjencik (1975)
• Kettenbrücke | Ponton's Brücken

Notes:

• The earliest of several chain suspension bridges built in Vienna in the 1820s and 1830s.

External Links:

• Rotundenbrücke – Wien Geschichte Wiki
• Rotundenbrücke – Wikipedia
• Sophienbrücke Vídeň

Notes:

• Often credited as being the first large wire suspension bridge in France (and elsewhere). Rebuilt 1847 as a footbridge. Removed 1965.
• Near 1849 Marc Seguin - Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain-L'Hermitage, Drôme, France.
• Near 1958 Gustave Toursier - Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain-L'Hermitage, Drôme, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000156

Notes:

• Famously collapsed under weight of marching troops April 12, 1831. Was rebuilt and strengthened and eventually replaced in 1914.

Notes:

• 1904: Major reinforcement and strengthening project.
• 2008, February: Major refurbishment project completed.
• Next to 1904 (footbridge) - Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom.

Annotated Citations:

• "Conway Suspension Bridge." The Engineer, 20 May 1904.
  

  Details regarding the 1904 reinforcement project: "...It was therefore decided to renew all the suspension rods, and pins, and to fix steel cables above the suspension links, to supplement them so that the maximum stress in the links due to any possible travelling load should not exceed 5 tons per square inch. It was also decided to build a stiffening girder coupled to the suspension rod on each side of the bridge, and at the same time to widen the bridge by building a footway 6ft. wide outside the suspenders on the north side of the bridge."

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000447

Notes:

• Failed when almost complete in 1826. MOS: "On the 6th of September, a water-pipe, which was laid in the ground on the side of the Champs Elysées, and came near the abutments on that side of the river, burst, and, softening the ground about the abutment, it gave way under the strain produced by the weight of the bridge."
• Replaced by 1829 Invalides (l'Allee-d'Antin) - Paris, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000226

Notes:

• 1839 (or 1840): Restored. Deck strengthened.
• 1893: Original wood deck replaced with a steel deck.
• 1938-1940: Original wrought-iron chains replaced with steel eyebars, deck strengthened.
• 1999: Deck resurfaced and other improvements to strengthen bridge.
• 2020: Major maintenance project planned to start January, 2021.
• 2022, October: Closed due to serious structural concerns. Expected to reopen January 2023 with a weight restriction.
• Became longest suspension bridge by eclipsing 1820 Union - Horncliffe, Berwick-upon-Tweed vicinity, England and Fishwick, Scotland, United Kingdom.
• Eclipsed by new longest suspension bridge 1834 Zaehringen (Grand Pont Suspendu) - Fribourg, Switzerland.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000091

Notes:

• Multi-span structure distinct from Templeman's 1810 Chain Bridge. Sometimes misidentified as an 1827 replacement to the 1810 Templeman Chain Bridge because of the significant damage to the Templeman bridge in 1827.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008067

Notes:

• Destroyed August 30, 1944. Rebuilt 1946.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008624

Notes:

• Replaced by 1887 Hammersmith - London, England, United Kingdom.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008011

Notes:

• Originally built with iron chains. Later replaced with iron wire.
• Near 1831 Masaryk (Masarik, Mazarik, de la Gare) - Lyon vicinity, Métropole de Lyon, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008335

Notes:

• The country of this bridge's location has changed several times. It is currently located in Poland where the river is known as "Mala Panew". AAJ records this bridge as serving the "Malapana mill" across the "Malapane River". "Malapane" is the German name for the Mała Panew river.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20071825

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000214

External Links:

• Karlskettensteg – Wien Geschichte Wiki
• Structurae - Structure ID 20019496

Notes:

• Replaced by 1933 Sablons - Sablons, Isère and Serrières, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20001506

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20012176

Notes:

• 1887: Flooring failed.
• 1944: Bombed by Allied Forces, August 6.

External Links:

• Musée de la résistance en ligne
• Structurae - Structure ID 20012664

Notes:

• Replaced 1826 Invalides - Paris, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000897

Notes:

• SBR: March 19, 1830, with a "crowd of people, estimated at 700, ... watching a boat race," a chain broke "plunging most of the people into the river." Repaired.
• 1838: Wrecked by storm. Repaired.

Notes:

• Damaged by flood in 1840. Rebuilt.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20005249

Notes:

• Replaced by 1926 Nassau - Nassau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20025228

Notes:

• Described as crossing the "Beose River" but the only references to a river by that name come from contemporary descriptions of this bridge.

Notes:

• 1944: Heavily damaged.
• 1945: Repaired and reopened.
• Similar to Saint-Vallier - Saint-Vallier, Drôme, France.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Bourg St-Andéol - 1830
• Structurae - Structure ID 20015893

Notes:

• Suspension bridge abutments retained for 1929 non-suspension bridge replacement.

Notes:

• Bypassed, 1973.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20002115

Notes:

• First railway suspension bridge.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20079195

Notes:

• At time of completion, the city was known as Dacca as part of India.

Notes:

• Destroyed to slow advancing Prussian troops during the Franco-Prussian war.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20044896

Notes:

• Was still standing in 1938 when it was bypassed, but was likely demolished some time in 1938.

Notes:

• Original iron rod cables replaced by an Arnodin cable system, 1891. Replaced in 1925 with a "rigid suspension bridge of reinforced concrete".
• Replaced by 1925 Luzancy - Luzancy, Seine-et-Marne, France.

Notes:

• The towers from the older of the two Mirabeau suspension bridges are visible alongside the current crossing.
• Damaged by flood, 1843. Rebuilt.
• Replaced by 1935 Mirabeau - Mirabeau, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Unsure if this was an immediate replacement.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20012661

Notes:

• "Chine" is the spelling/pronounciation of "Chain" in Geordie a dialect spoken in Tyneside.
• Widened (19ft 6in roadway, two 6ft walkways), iron chains replaced with steel cables 1931. Bypassed, 1967. Since demolished.

External Links:

• Scotswood Suspension Bridge (1831 - 1967) | Co-Curate. Several images of the bridge.
• Structurae - Structure ID 20013208

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20017607

Notes:

• One of two bridges separated by a short distance across an island.
• Connects to 1832 L'Ile-Bouchard - Saint Maurice, L'Île-Bouchard and Saint-Gilles, L'Île-Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, France.

Notes:

• One of two bridges separated by a short distance across an island.
• Connects to 1832 L'Ile-Bouchard - Saint Maurice, L'Île-Bouchard and Saint-Gilles, L'Île-Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, France.

Annotated Citations:

• Butler, Rory. "Marlow Bridge repairs will take almost a year." BuckinghamshireLive, 1 October 2021, https://www.buckinghamshirelive.com/news/buckinghamshire-news/repairs-mould-covered-marlow-bridge-5994064
  

  "A complete renovation of the road and foot bridge, currently covered in mould and rust, could take up to 40 weeks… The plans outline ‘refurbishment to the bridge, including works to the carriageway, footway, towers, lighting, drainage, parapet posts and timber rails’."

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008004

Notes:

• AAJ notes the contract was let in late 1831 and guesses at 1833 as the year of completion. 1832 is more likely given the rate at which these early iron wire French bridges were constructed.

Notes:

• Possibly completed in 1829.
• 1845, May 2: Collapsed under weight of large crowd that had gathered to watch a famous clown sail down the River Bure in a washtub pulled by swans.

External Links:

• Wikipedia - Yarmouth suspension bridge

Notes:

• The longer of two suspension bridges separated by a short distance, one over the large branch of the Loire and one over the small branch of the Loire where the river flows around an island.
• Similar to 1846 Mallemort - Mallemort, Bouches-du-Rhône and Mérindol, Vaucluse, France.
• Near 1833 Petit - Cosne-sur-Loire, Nièvre and Boulleret, Cher, France.
• Later at same location 1959 Cosne-sur-Loire - Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre and Cher, France.

Notes:

• Towers and cables remain (as of 2020), though possibly from a replacement structure built later in the 1800s.
• Near La Sône - La Sône, Isère, France.

Notes:

• AAJ notes that this bridge collapsed during load testing, 1832. Another accident occurred when a hanger failed, December 6, 1832. The bridge opened February 1, 1833.
• Replaced by 1857 Longues - Longues, Vic-le-Comte and Les Martres-de-Veyre, Puy-de-Dôme, France.

Notes:

• According to MOS, the 284 foot measurement given for this bridge is for the "chord line" of the chains, not the pier-to-pier deck length.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008012

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Bretenoux - 1834

Notes:

• Small iron chain suspension bridge.
• BSI: Reported to have been "almost entirely renewed", 1885. Ruddock also suggests the bridge was originally constructed with just diagonal stays (as other Justice bridges) and the catenary chains were added during the renewal.

External Links:

• The Happy Pontist: Scottish Bridges: 56. Crathie Suspension Bridge (after the flood)
• Structurae - Structure ID 20070665

Notes:

• GHD: "...asymmetrical bridge supported by a single pier."
• Ile aux Barques is now known as Ile Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
• This location is better known for the large underspanned suspension bridge completed in 1834 by Dufour (documented in great detail in reference GHD). The underspanned bridge is omitted from the Bridgemeister inventory. This entry is for the small footbridge that connected to the larger underspanned bridge. Follow the image link for more information.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20017858

Notes:

• 1866: A flood causes a major change in the course of the Allier River such that the main channel no longer flows under the bridge. The bridge, however, is not destroyed. A new suspension bridge is built in the 1880s over the main channel of the Allier just slightly east of the older bridge.
• All three pairs of pylons were still standing in the 2010s.
• Similar to 1833 Cosne-sur-Loire - Cosne-sur-Loire, Nièvre and Boulleret, Cher, France in appearance of towers.
• Similar to 1834 Jargeau (Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel) - Jargeau and Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel, Loiret, France in appearance of towers.
• Near 1884 Lamothe - Lamothe and Brioude, Haute-Loire, France.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Premier pont de Lamothe - 1835

Notes:

• Badly damaged by fire 1848. Replaced 1860 (or soon after).
• Next to 1842 Cité (City, Île de la Cité) - Île de la Cité and Île St-Louis, Paris, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000203

Notes:

• Likely completed in 1834 based on contract let in 1832.

Notes:

• Failed, January 8, 1835. Rebuilt.
• Replaced by 1899 Port-Sainte-Marie - Port-Sainte-Marie and Saint-Laurent, Lot-et-Garonne, France.

Notes:

• AAJ supposes bridge was completed in 1834 based on a contract let in 1832 for a construction period of two years.
• Later at same location Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude - Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude and Marcorignan, Aude, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20068030

Notes:

• Became longest suspension bridge by eclipsing 1826 Menai Strait - Menai Bridge and Bangor vicinity, Wales, United Kingdom.
• Eclipsed by new longest suspension bridge 1849 Wheeling (Wheeling and Belmont) - Wheeling, West Virginia, USA.
• Near 1840 Gotteron - Fribourg, Switzerland.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000475

Notes:

• Cables and deck appear to have been replaced (at least once).
• AAJ describes an accident in 1836: "...some of the iron-work, which was faulty, gave way and the platform fell into the river. Six persons were drowned."

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20013232

Notes:

• AAJ guesses this bridge was completed in 1835 due to contract let in 1833 specifying two-year construction period.
• See 1935 La Réole (Rouergue) - La Réole, Gironde, France. Unsure if the newer bridge is at the same location.

Notes:

• AAJ guesses this bridge was completed in 1835 based on contract let in 1833 specifying a two-year construction period.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Troisième pont suspendu de Langeac - 1868. Indicates the bridge depicted here was competed 1868 after the first (1835) and second (1860) Langeac suspension bridges were destroyed by flood.

Notes:

• Repairs needed soon after opening. Damaged by flood 1843, reopened 1844.
• Replaced by 1952 Pertuis - Pertuis, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20012663

Notes:

• One of the four spans, effectively a separate bridge over a small channel of the Rhône to an island that connected to the main river spans, was still standing in early 2005, but closed to all traffic. The deck and cables were removed or destroyed at some point in 2005 or 2006 leaving just the pylons of this span.
• Replaced by Roquemaure - Roquemaure, Gard and Orange, Vaucluse, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20010789

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20062341

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20016372

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20016371

Notes:

• Dynamited in 1940 or 1941. Eventually replaced by a long low-lying truss bridge.

Notes:

• Replaced by 1849 Fourneau - Le Fourneau, Bourbon-Lancy vicinity, Saône-et-Loire and Allier, France.

Notes:

• 1835, 1836, and 1844 all sometimes cited as the year of completion.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20058690

Notes:

• Replaced by 1930 Le Guétin - Le Guétin, Cuffy vicinity, Cher and Gimouille, Nièvre, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20068209

Notes:

• Dredge patent bridge.
• Closed in 2010 due to safety concerns. Scheduled to be largely rebuilt as a replica, starting April 2013 to be completed April 2014. Temporary truss installed through the bridge to permit traffic during the refurbishment. Reopened January 2015.

External Links:

• The Happy Pontist: Bath Bridges: 2. Victoria Bridge
• Structurae - Structure ID 20074523

Notes:

• Destroyed by flood 1838, rebuilt 1840, wrecked by wind 1850, rebuilt 1851, damaged by floods 1886, rebuilt 1887, rebuilt 1914.
• Replaced by 1931 Cavaillon - Cavaillon, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20016374

Notes:

• Connected l'Ile Saint-Louis and Quai St. Bernard.
• AAJ says replaced in 1863, but the current bridge at this location (Pont Sully) was not completed until 1876.
• Companion to 1837 Damiette - Paris, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20032321

Notes:

• AAJ: It connected "the Quai of Célestins with the l'Ile Saint-Louis on one side, and with the I'lle of Louviers on the other."
• Companion to 1837 Constantine - Paris, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20032320

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20013745

Notes:

• The current (2022) bridge at this location is built on the piers of the suspension bridge.

Notes:

• Destroyed 1940, temporarily rebuilt, destroyed 1944.
• Replaced by 1953 Ancenis - Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique and Le Fourneau, Maine-et-Loire, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008476

Notes:

• AAJ lists this bridge as completed in 1835.
• Near 1845 Couthures - Couthures-sur-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, France.
• Replaced by 1932 Marmande (Renaud Jean) - Marmande, Lot-et-Garonne, France.

Notes:

• 1930: The bridge is strengthened. The suspension system is replaced, the deck is stiffened with a plate girder system, and the pairs of end pylons are transformed to (or replaced with) towers with gothic arches.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20006535

Notes:

• Later at same location 1950 Tournus - Tournus, Saône-et-Loire, France.

External Links:

• Pont suspendu à Tournus - 1838

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Balbigny - 1839

Notes:

• Collapsed under weight of maching troops, April 16, 1850, killing more than 200 soldiers. Collapse precipitated French virtual moratorium on suspension bridge building bringing to a close the prolific era of French wire cable suspension bridges.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20004743

Notes:

• Damaged by flood 1843, closed until 1844, destroyed 1944. Towers still standing, 2005.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20010536

External Links:

• Charles Albert Bridge - HighestBridges.com
• Structurae - Structure ID 20002116

Notes:

• Replaced in the 1890s by a (likely) cantilever bridge having the general shape of a suspension bridge.
• AAJ writes: "the first use of triangular bracing between double chain cables" and mentions that it was dismantled and moved to Hessisch Oldendorf 1880-1890 or 1899. Most accounts suggest the bridge was reassembled in the 1898-1899 time frame.
• Moved to 1899 Weserbrücke - Hessisch Oldendorf and Fuhlen, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20051983

Notes:

• Was at location of present-day Pont Wilson.
• Rebuilt, 1850.
• Near 1845 College (Collège) - Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20003382

Notes:

• Heavily damaged by flood debris, 1843.
• Later at same location 1939 Manosque - Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20012660

Notes:

• Wrecked by wind 1852, rebuilt, damaged 1866, 1869, 1870, and 1871. After the 1871 repairs, it was restricted to foot traffic. It was replaced in 1911 by an arch. Approaches extant (next to the later suspension bridge), 2004.
• Next to 1960 Roche-Bernard - La Roche-Bernard, Morbihan, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20004742

Notes:

• This is perhaps one of the most fanciful large suspension bridges ever built.
• Destroyed in a storm, 1869. Its replacement (a truss bridge) was completed in 1883. The approaches and the bottom halves of the suspension bridge towers were strengthened and used for the replacement.
• AAJ citing Engineering News-Record: "Vergès used inclined tie cables running from the top of the tower at one end of a span to a roadway-level connection on the opposite tower."

External Links:

• Structurae - Cubzac Bridge. Photos of the replacement truss structure.
• Structurae - Structure ID 20000898

Notes:

• Damaged by flood, 1840. Rebuilt and reopened, 1843. Damaged by floods, 1856 and 1881.
• Replaced by 1931 Teil - Le Teil, Ardèche and Montélimar, Drôme, France.

Notes:

• Various sources suggest completed 1837-1839. The bridge may have initially failed upon its completion in 1837 and then opened in 1839.

Notes:

• 1919, May 9: An overloaded truck carrying logs causes the failure of several suspenders and collapse of a large section of the deck.
• Near 1834 Zaehringen (Grand Pont Suspendu) - Fribourg, Switzerland.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20006448