Note: Completion year and 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 |
1855 | Niagara Suspension | Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | Niagara River | | 250.33 | Images |
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 |
1883 | Brooklyn (Great East River) | New York and Brooklyn, New York, USA | East River | 40.706 N 73.99667 W | 486.31 | Images |
1903 | Williamsburg | New York and Brooklyn, New York, USA | East River | 40.71355 N 73.97226 W | 487.68 | Images |
1909 | Manhattan | New York and Brooklyn, New York, USA | East River | 40.70667 N 73.99167 W | 448.06 | Images |
1916 | Katsuyama | Japan | | | 93 | |
1921 | Niyodo | Japan | | | 86 | |
1922 | Kawamoto | Japan | | | 110 | |
1923 | Kaneyama | Japan | | | 98 | |
1924 | Bear Mountain | Anthony's Nose and Bear Mountain, New York, USA | Hudson River | 41.32 N 73.985 W | 497.43 | Images |
1924 | Shoki | Japan | | | 139 | |
1927 | Miyoshi | Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan | Yoshino River | | 139.9 | |
1928 | Kiyosu (清洲橋) | Chuo City, Tokyo, Japan | Sumida River | 35.682395 N 139.792022 E | 91.4 | Images |
1936 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay | Oakland and San Francisco, California, USA | San Francisco Bay | 37.78667 N 122.39 W | 678 | Images |
1937 | Golden Gate | San Francisco and Marin County, California, USA | San Francisco Bay | 37.82 N 122.47667 W | 1,280.16 | Images |
1939 | Bronx-Whitestone | The Bronx and Queens, New York, USA | East River | 40.80167 N 73.83 W | 701.04 | Images |
1962 | Wakato (若戸大橋) | Kita-Kyusyu, Fukuoka, Japan | Dokai Bay | 33.902895 N 130.816602 E | | Images |
1966 | 25 de Abril (Tagus, Salazar, April 25th) | Lisbon, Portugal | Tagus River | 38.6968 N 9.179 W | 1,012.85 | Images |
1966 | Severn (First Severn Crossing) | Aust and Beachley, England, United Kingdom | River Severn | 51.610422 N 2.641658 W | 987.55 | Images |
1973 | Kanmon (関門橋, Kanmonkyō) | Shimonoseki (下関市), Yamaguchi and Moji Ward, Kitakyushu City ( 北九州市), Fukuoka, Japan | Kanmon Straits | 33.961829 N 130.958562 E | 712 | Images |
1977 | Hirado (平戸大橋) | Hirado, Nagasaki and Japan | Hiradoseto Strait | 33.356794 N 129.572374 E | 465.5 | Images |
1983 | Innoshima (因島大橋) | Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan | Mekariseto Strait | 34.357320 N 133.180017 E | 770 | Images |
1983 | Matadi | Matadi, Dem. Rep. of the Congo (Zaire) | Congo River | 5.825215 S 13.434341 E | 520 | |
1984 | Ohnaruto (Onaruto) | Awajishima, Hyogo and Naruto, Tokushima, Japan | Naruto Strait | 34.238877 N 134.651243 E | 876 | Images |
1987 | Kita Bisan-Seto (北備讃瀬戸大橋) | Yoshima Island and Sakaide, Kagawa, Japan | Seto Inland Sea | 34.379065 N 133.820065 E | 990 | Images |
1988 | Minami Bisan-Seto (南備讃瀬戸大橋) | Yoshima Island (与島) and Sakaide (坂出市), Kagawa, Japan | Seto Inland Sea | 34.364167 N 133.825278 E | 1,100 | Images |
1988 | Ohshima (伯方・大島大橋) | Hakata Island, Imabari and Imabari (今治市), Ehime, Japan | | 34.192724 N 133.072966 E | 560 | Images |
1988 | Shimotsui-Seto (下津井瀬戸大橋) | Kojima, Okayama and Hitsuishijima (櫃石島), Kagawa, Japan | Seto Inland Sea | 34.431483 N 133.807833 E | 940 | Images |