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 |
1801 | Jacob's Creek (Iron Bridge, Chain Bridge) | Iron Bridge, Mount Pleasant vicinity, Pennsylvania, USA | Jacob's Creek | 40.112598 N 79.553186 W | 21.34 | |
1816 | Spider | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Schuylkill River | | 120.02 | |
1820 | Union | Horncliffe, Berwick-upon-Tweed vicinity, England and Fishwick, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Tweed | 55.75256 N 2.10677 W | 136.86 | Images |
1823 | Brighton Pier | Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom | | | 77.72 | Images |
1826 | Broughton (Gerald Road) | Lancashire, England, United Kingdom | River Irwell | | 44.35 | |
1829 | Montrose | Montrose, Scotland, United Kingdom | South Esk River | 56.705802 N 2.475390 W | | Images |
1842 | Fairmount (Callowhill Street, Upper Ferry) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Schuylkill River | | 104.24 | Images |
1843 | (suspension bridge) | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | Miami Canal | | | |
1845 | Pittsburgh Aqueduct | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Allegheny River | | 49.38 | |
1846 | Monongahela (Smithfield Street) | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Monongahela River | | 57.3 | |
1848 | Delaware Aqueduct (Roebling Aqueduct) | Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania and Minisink Ford, New York, USA | Delaware River | 41.48262 N 74.98461 W | 43.28 | Images |
1848 | Niagara Suspension | Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | Niagara River | | 234.7 | |
1849 | Lackawaxen Aqueduct | Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, USA | Lackawaxen River | | 34.86 | |
1849 | Wheeling (Wheeling and Belmont) | Wheeling, West Virginia, USA | Ohio River | 40.07167 N 80.72667 W | 307.85 | Images |
1851 | High Falls Aqueduct | High Falls, New York, USA | Rondout Creek | | 44.2 | |
1851 | Lewiston-Queenston | Lewiston, New York, USA and Queenston, Ontario, Canada | Niagara River | | 258.78 | Images |
1851 | Neversink Aqueduct | Cuddebackville, New York, USA | Neversink River | | 51.82 | |
1854 | Licking River I | Covington and Newport, Kentucky, USA | Licking River | | | |
1855 | Niagara Suspension | Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | Niagara River | | 250.33 | Images |
1860 | Allegheny River (Sixth Street, St. Clair) | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Allegheny River | | 104.85 | 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 |
1940 | H. Wallace Caldwell Memorial (Swinging) | Riverside, Illinois, USA | Des Plaines River | 41.826083 N 87.8176 W | 64.01 | Images |
1964 | Gates Park Pack | Augusta vicinity, Montana, USA | North Fork of the Sun River - Bob Marshall Wilderness | 47.553636 N 112.944389 W | 39.01 | |
1964 | Medicine Springs Pack | Augusta vicinity, Montana, USA | North Fork Sun River - Bob Marshall Wilderness | 47.632222 N 112.857444 W | 35.05 | |
2003 | Bob Mac's Crossing | Athens, Texas, USA | East Texas Arboretum | 32.207487 N 95.878114 W | | |
2011 | Gates Park Pack | Augusta vicinity, Montana, USA | North Fork of the Sun River - Continental Divide Trail, Bob Marshall Wilderness | 47.553624 N 112.944214 W | 39.01 | |
2016 | Medicine Springs Pack | Augusta vicinity, Montana, USA | North Fork Sun River - Bob Marshall Wilderness | 47.632292 N 112.857250 W | 35.05 | |
| (footbridge) | Burnt Ranch vicinity, California, USA | Trinity River - Six Rivers National Forest | | | |
| (footbridge) | Wood vicinity, Virginia, USA | Clinch River | 36.78314 N 82.56162 W | 68.58 | Images |
| (suspension bridge) | Durham, England, United Kingdom | | | | |
| Benchmark Pack | Augusta vicinity, Montana, USA | South Fork Sun River - Continental Divide Trail, Bob Marshall Wilderness | 47.506399 N 112.890707 W | 27.43 | |
| Clarendon Gorge (Robert Brugmann Memorial) | Rutland vicinity, Vermont, USA | Mill River - Appalachian Trail | 43.520240 N 72.925480 W | | Images |