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 |
1849 | Wheeling (Wheeling and Belmont) | Wheeling, West Virginia, USA | Ohio River | 40.07167 N 80.72667 W | 307.85 | 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 |
1931 | George Washington (GWB) | New York, New York and Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA | Hudson River | 40.85333 N 73.955 W | 1,066.8 | Images |
1937 | Golden Gate | San Francisco and Marin County, California, USA | San Francisco Bay | 37.82 N 122.47667 W | 1,280.16 | Images |
1940 | Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) | Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA | Puget Sound | 47.267015 N 122.548462 W | 853.44 | 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 |
1957 | Mackinac (Mighty Mac) | St. Ignace and Mackinaw City, Michigan, USA | Straits of Mackinac | 45.820533 N 84.727667 W | 1,158.24 | Images |
1964 | Verrazzano Narrows (Verrazano Narrows) | Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York, USA | Verrazano Narrows | 40.60667 N 74.045 W | 1,298.45 | Images |
1966 | Severn (First Severn Crossing) | Aust and Beachley, England, United Kingdom | River Severn | 51.610422 N 2.641658 W | 987.55 | Images |
1998 | Great Belt (Great Belt Fixed Link, Storebaelt, East, Storebælt, East Belt) | Korsør and Nyborg, Denmark | Great Belt - Storebaelt | 55.342087 N 11.036430 E | 1,624 | Images |