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 |
1824 | Lehigh Gap (Palmerton) | Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania, USA | Lehigh River | | | Images |
1842 | (suspension bridge) | New Plymouth, New Zealand | Waiwakaiho River | | | |
1862 | Gloucester Street | Christchurch, New Zealand | Avon River | | | |
1864 | Taieri River (West Taieri) | Outram, New Zealand | Taieri River | | | |
1867 | (suspension bridge) | Mataura, New Zealand | | | | |
1868 | Skippers Canyon | Maori Point vicinity, New Zealand | Shotover River - Skippers Canyon | | | |
1874 | (suspension bridge) | Bannockburn, New Zealand | Kawarau River | | | |
1875 | (suspension bridge) | Clyde, New Zealand | Clutha River | 45.190381 S 169.315298 E | | |
1876 | Brunner | Brunner, New Zealand | Grey River / Māwheranui | 42.433068 S 171.324420 E | | Images |
1876 | Nile River | Charleston, New Zealand | Nile (Waitakere) River | 41.899278 S 171.443694 E | | |
1878 | (suspension bridge) | New Zealand | Hawea River | | | |
1879 | Shaky (Manuherikia) | Alexandra, New Zealand | Manuherikia River | 45.253846 S 169.398651 E | | Images |
1880 | Daniel O'Connell | Ophir, New Zealand | Manuherikia River | 45.110783 S 169.590268 E | 65.5 | |
1880 | Kawarau Gorge | Kawarau Gorge, Central Otago, New Zealand | Kawarau River Gorge | 45.008882 S 168.899938 E | 91.44 | Images |
1881 | Clyde | Clyde, New Zealand | Clutha River | 45.190387 S 169.315977 E | | Images |
1882 | Alexandra | Alexandra, New Zealand | Clutha River | 45.258245 S 169.391270 E | 79.9 | Images |
1885 | Hope River Stock | Glynn Wye, North Canterbury, New Zealand | Hope River | 42.588804 S 172.510846 E | 75.3 | |
1885 | Sutton | Sutton vicinity and Middlemarch vicinity, New Zealand | Taieri River | 45.575599 S 170.131762 E | 44 | |
1887 | Roxburgh | Roxburgh, New Zealand | Clutha River | 45.542731 S 169.320220 E | | Images |
1893 | (suspension bridge) | Hamua, New Zealand | Makakahi River | | | |
1893 | Mandeville (Swing) | Kaiapoi, New Zealand | Kaiapoi River - Trousselot Park | 43.3811 S 172.65584 E | | Images |
1894 | Pokororo (Ngatimoti) | Ngatimoti and Woodstock, New Zealand | Motueka River | | 91.4 | |
1895 | Swinging | Renfrew, Ontario, Canada | Bonnechere River | 45.478217 N 76.691764 W | | Images |
1897 | (suspension bridge) | Tiroiti, New Zealand | Capburn River | | | |
1897 | (suspension bridge) | Utiku vicinity, New Zealand | Rangitikei River | | | |
1897 | Bertrand Road (Tikorangi) | Huirangi, New Zealand | Waitara River | 39.047353 S 174.255262 E | | |
1897 | Macandrew | Bannockburn, New Zealand | Kawarau River | | | Images |
1899 | Clifden | Clifden, Southland, New Zealand | Waiau River | 46.029752 S 167.715139 E | 111.5 | Images |
1900 | Mafeking (Revell's) | Raven Quay, New Zealand | Kaiapoi River | 43.377701 S 172.651679 E | | |
1901 | Skippers | Maori Point vicinity, New Zealand | Upper Shotover River - Skippers Canyon | 44.844355 S 168.686769 E | 96.3 | Images |
1902 | Salisbury's | Golden Bay, New Zealand | Aorere River | | 37.2 | |
1904 | (suspension bridge) | Mt. Bruce, New Zealand | Ruamahanga River | | | |
1904 | Pomeroy's (James's) | Bainham, Golden Bay, New Zealand | Aorere River | | | |
1905 | Mangarere Road | Mangaweka, New Zealand | Rangitikei River | | | |
1906 | Baton | Baton River valley vicinity, New Zealand | Motueka River | | 91.4 | |
1906 | Puketapu-Moteo (Puketapu Swing) | Puketapu, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand | Tutaekuri River | | 129 | Images |
1909 | Melling | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River | | 91.4 | Images |
1911 | Kaiwarra | Ethelton vicinity, North Canterbury, New Zealand | Hurunui River | | 46.8 | |
1912 | Ireland's Road (Wilson Cutting Road) | Ashley Clinton vicinity, New Zealand | | | 43.4 | |
1912 | Mangatewai Road (Boyle Road) | Ashley Clinton vicinity, New Zealand | Mangatewai River | | 53.1 | |
1913 | Horseshoe Bend | Horseshoe Bend, Millers Flat vicinity, New Zealand | Clutha River | 45.722574 S 169.471335 E | | Images |
1913 | Peninsula | Ngatimoti, New Zealand | Motueka River | | 58.5 | |
1914 | (suspension bridge) | Mangaweka vicinity, New Zealand | Rangitikei River - 'Meeting of the Waters' | 39.754594 S 175.835543 E | | Images |
1914 | Mokai | Taoroa Junction, New Zealand | Rangitikei River | | 77 | |
1916 | Te Koura | Okahukura vicinity, New Zealand | Ongarue River | | | |
1917 | Maoribank (Whiteman's) | Maoribank, Upper Hutt, New Zealand | Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River | | | |
1918 | (footbridge) | Wakefield vicinity, New Zealand | Dove River | | | |
1918 | Opiki Toll (Akers Toll) | Rangitane, New Zealand | Manawatu River | 40.431841 S 175.468575 E | | |
1920 | Lacy's | New Zealand | Retaruke River | | | |
1923 | (suspension bridge) | Karaka, New Zealand | Marokopa River | | | |
1923 | (suspension bridge) | Murchison vicinity, New Zealand | Buller River | | | |
1923 | Twin | Mangaweka vicinity, New Zealand | Kaiwhatau River | | | |
1924 | (suspension bridge) | Cattle Flat, West Wanaka, Wanaka vicinity, New Zealand | Matukituki River | 44.636005 S 168.992132 E | | |
1924 | (suspension bridge) | Tolaga Bay vicinity, New Zealand | Mangaheia River | | | |
1924 | Mangaheia I | Tauwhareparae Road, Tolaga Bay vicinity, New Zealand | Mangaheia River | | 41 | |
1924 | Mangaheia II | Tauwhareparae Road, Tolaga Bay vicinity, New Zealand | Mangaheia River | | | |
1924 | Mangaheia III | Tauwhareparae Road, Tolaga Bay vicinity, New Zealand | Mangaheia River | | | |
1924 | Mangaheia IV | Tauwhareparae Road, Tolaga Bay vicinity, New Zealand | Mangaheia River | | | |
1924 | Mangaheia V | Tauwhareparae Road, Tolaga Bay vicinity, New Zealand | Mangaheia River | | | |
1925 | Springvale | Taihape vicinity, New Zealand | Rangitikei River | 39.488097 S 176.033601 E | | |
1926 | (suspension bridge) | Arero, Tolaga Bay vicinity, New Zealand | | | | |
1926 | Arapuni | Arapuni Power Station, New Zealand | Waikato River | 38.070585 S 175.644480 E | | Images |
1926 | Bertrand Road | Huirangi, New Zealand | Waitara River | 39.047336 S 174.254549 E | 61 | |
1926 | Lower Hurunui | North Canterbury, New Zealand | Hurunui River | 42.907226 S 173.273596 E | | Images |
1927 | Limestone Ford | Awatere Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand | | | | |
1927 | Waiho Gorge | Franz Josef Glacier vicinity, New Zealand | Waiho River | 43.393202 S 170.180682 E | 91.44 | Images |
1929 | (suspension bridge) | Waimata Valley, Gisborne vicinity, New Zealand | Waimata River | | | |
1929 | Creighton's | Inangahua County, New Zealand | Maruia River | | | |
1929 | Fox River | Fox Glacier, New Zealand | Fox River | 43.487188 S 170.029302 E | 70 | |
1929 | Hinckesman's Access Road | Frasertown vicinity, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand | Mangapoike River | | | |
1930 | (footbridge) | Grey Valley, Slaty Creek vicinity, New Zealand | Big River | | | |
1930 | (suspension bridge) | Anderson's farm, New Zealand | Tangarakau River | | | |
1930 | (suspension bridge) | Te Araroa vicinity, New Zealand | Kopuapounamu River | | | |
1930 | (suspension bridge) | Whangaehu Valley, Kakatahi, New Zealand | Whangaehu River - Field's Track | 39.621392 S 175.422532 E | 53.5 | |
1931 | (suspension bridge) | Murchison District, New Zealand | Matiri River | | | |
1931 | (suspension bridge) | Wakarara, Tikokino vicinity, New Zealand | Waipawa River | | | |
1931 | Mata River | Makarika, Ruatoria vicinity, New Zealand | Mata River | | 151 | |
1932 | (suspension bridge) | Mangaohutu-Retaruke Road, New Zealand | Wanganui River | | | |
1932 | (suspension bridge) | Rakautangi-Kohara Road, Waimarino County, New Zealand | Rakautangi Stream | | | |
1932 | Horse | Milford Sound vicinity, New Zealand | Cleddau River | 44.703778 S 167.967861 E | 36.5 | |
1932 | Lacy's | Retaruke, New Zealand | Retaruke River | 39.108536 S 175.075048 E | 45.7 | |
1933 | (suspension bridge) | Carluke vicinity, New Zealand | Tunakino River | | | |
1933 | (suspension bridge) | Carluke vicinity, New Zealand | Tunakino River | | | |
1933 | (suspension bridge) | S.J. Butt's property, Marlborough, New Zealand | Rai River | | | |
1933 | (suspension bridge) | Totoro Road, New Zealand | Mokau River | | | |
1933 | Dalton's | New Zealand | Pelorus River | | | |
1933 | Rutland's | New Zealand | Pelorus River | | | |
1936 | (footbridge) | Gisborne vicinity, New Zealand | Waimata River | | | |
1936 | (footbridge) | Motumote, Southland, New Zealand | Waiau River | | | |
1936 | (footbridge) | Waikino, New Zealand | Ohinemuri River | | 42.1 | |
1936 | (suspension bridge) | Ohura vicinity, New Zealand | Waikaka Stream | | | |
1936 | Hinckesman's Access Road | Frasertown vicinity, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand | Mangapoike River | | | |
1936 | Smart's | Marlborough, New Zealand | Rai River | | | |
1937 | (footbridge) | Bruce property, New Zealand | Maruia River | | | |
1937 | (suspension bridge) | Waitaria Bay, Havelock vicinity, New Zealand | | | 18.3 | |
1937 | Hodder | Seddon vicinity, Marlborough, New Zealand | Hodder River | 41.884739 S 173.641185 E | 64 | |
1937 | Monymusk Farm | Leamington Valley, Cheviot vicinity, New Zealand | Leamington River | | | |
1937 | Redpath's | Waioeka Gorge, Opotiki vicinity, New Zealand | Waioeka River | | | |
1938 | Fox River | Fox Glacier valley, West Coast, New Zealand | Fox River | 43.477723 S 170.008270 E | 109.7 | Images |
1938 | Te Reinga | Wairoa vicinity, New Zealand | Wairoa River | | | |
1939 | (footbridge) | Dannevirke vicinity, New Zealand | Mangatoro Stream | | | |
1939 | (footbridge) | West Bank, New Zealand | Maruia River | | | |
1939 | Cook River | West Coast, New Zealand | Cook River | 43.498923 S 169.966063 E | 80.5 | Images |
1939 | Willowflat Road | Putere, New Zealand | Mohaka River | 39.004232 S 176.946771 E | | |
1940 | Karangarua River | West Coast, New Zealand | Karangarua River | 43.575031 S 169.805960 E | 130 | Images |
1948 | Wolffs Road | West Eyreton, North Canterbury, New Zealand | Eyre River N. Branch | 43.336539 S 172.291641 E | 76 | |
1967 | (suspension bridge) | Bainham, Golden Bay, New Zealand | Aorere River | | | |
| (footbridge) | Masterton, Wairarapa District, New Zealand | Waipoua River - Queen Elizabeth Park | 40.947982 S 175.669994 E | | Images |
| (footbridge) | Turkeypen Gap vicinity, South Carolina, USA | South Mills River - South Mills River Trail | 35.343850 N 82.665317 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Waimana Gorge, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand | Waimana Gorge | | | |
| (footbridge) | Zeebrugge, Belgium | North Sea | 51.342407 N 3.173718 E | | Images |
| (suspension bridge) | La Encarnacion, Honduras | Rio Jocomico | 14.664327 N 89.085980 W | 24.99 | |
| (suspension bridge) | Nelson vicinity, New Zealand | Baton River area - Kahurangi National Park | | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Wanganui-Pipiriki Road, New Zealand | Ruapirau Stream | | | |
| Butcher's Ford (Durrell's Ford, Hassall's Ford, Butchers) | Kaiapoi, New Zealand | Kaiapoi River | 43.382244 S 172.631183 E | | |
| Forrests Ford | New Zealand | Kaiapoi River | | | |
| Gap | Kuala Kubu Bharu vicinity, Selangor, Malaysia | | 3.691576 N 101.748731 E | | |
| Swinging | Tidnish vicinity, Nova Scotia, Canada | Tidnish River | 45.97675 N 64.042783 W | 66 | |
| Upton Brook I | Awatere Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand | Upton Brook | | 30.5 | |
| Upton Brook II | Awatere Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand | Upton Brook | | | |