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 |
1810 | Chain (Essex-Merrimack) | Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA | Merrimack River - Deer Island | 42.833947 N 70.906811 W | 74.07 | Images |
1848 | Delaware Aqueduct (Roebling Aqueduct) | Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania and Minisink Ford, New York, USA | Delaware River | 41.48262 N 74.98461 W | 43.28 | Images |
1849 | Wheeling (Wheeling and Belmont) | Wheeling, West Virginia, USA | Ohio River | 40.07167 N 80.72667 W | 307.85 | Images |
1853 | Dresden | Dresden, Ohio, USA | Muskingum River | | | Images |
1859 | General Dean (Carlyle) | Carlyle, Illinois, USA | Kaskaskia River | 38.611125 N 89.357476 W | 80.47 | Images |
1868 | Wire | New Portland, Maine, USA | Carrabasset River | 44.890783 N 70.0925 W | 60.47 | Images |
1869 | Waco | Waco, Texas, USA | Brazos River | 31.561314 N 97.127063 W | 144.78 | 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 |
1905 | Byram | Byram, Mississippi, USA | Pearl River | 32.176683 N 90.243467 W | 60.96 | Images |
1909 | Manhattan | New York and Brooklyn, New York, USA | East River | 40.70667 N 73.99167 W | 448.06 | Images |
1911 | Cameron | Cameron, Arizona, USA | Little Colorado River | 35.875733 N 111.412567 W | 201.17 | Images |
1912 | Winkley (Swinging) | Heber Springs, Arkansas, USA | Little Red River | 35.489833 N 91.973918 W | 167.64 | Images |
1914 | Dresden | Dresden, Ohio, USA | Muskingum River | 40.12079 N 82.00000 W | 135.03 | Images |
1920 | Old Hill Place | Fayette vicinity, Mississippi, USA | Coles Creek South Fork | 31.669433 N 91.180917 W | | Images |
1924 | Otowi | Otowi, New Mexico, USA | Rio Grande | 35.874725 N 106.141861 W | 53.04 | Images |
1926 | Benjamin Franklin (Philadelphia-Camden) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey, USA | Delaware River | 39.95333 N 75.135 W | 533.4 | Images |
1928 | Point Pleasant (Silver) | Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Kanauga, Gallipolis vicinity, Ohio, USA | Ohio River | 38.845 N 82.141111 W | 213.36 | Images |
1928 | Saint Marys (Hi Carpenter, Short Route) | Saint Marys, West Virginia and Newport, Ohio, USA | Ohio River | | 213.36 | Images |
1929 | Ambassador | Detroit, Michigan, USA and Windsor, Ontario, Canada | Detroit River | 42.31210 N 83.07402 W | 563.88 | Images |
1929 | Mount Hope | Bristol and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA | Mount Hope Bay | 41.64 N 71.25833 W | 365.76 | Images |
1929 | Royal Gorge | Canon City, Colorado, USA | Arkansas River | 38.46129 N 105.32541 W | 268.22 | 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 |
1931 | St. Johns | Portland, Oregon, USA | Willamette River | 45.585 N 122.76333 W | 367.89 | Images |
1931 | Waldo-Hancock | Verona and Bucksport vicinity, Maine, USA | Penobscot River | 44.56 N 68.80333 W | 243.84 | Images |
1936 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay | Oakland and San Francisco, California, USA | San Francisco Bay | 37.78667 N 122.39 W | 678 | Images |
1936 | Triborough (Robert F. Kennedy) | New York and Queens, New York, USA | East River - Randalls-Wards Island | 40.781283 N 73.9273 W | 420.62 | 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 |
1940 | Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) | Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA | Puget Sound | 47.267015 N 122.548462 W | 853.44 | Images |
1951 | Delaware Memorial I | New Castle, Delaware and Pennsville, New Jersey, USA | Delaware River | 39.689227 N 75.520800 W | 655.32 | Images |
1952 | William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial I (Chesapeake Bay) | Sandy Point, Maryland, USA | Chesapeake Bay | 38.993267 N 76.382312 W | 487.68 | 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 |
1963 | Crooked River | Opal Springs vicinity, Oregon, USA | Crooked River at Lake Billy Chinook | 44.528882 N 121.264512 W | 141.43 | 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 |
1968 | Delaware Memorial II | New Castle, Delaware and Pennsville, New Jersey, USA | Delaware River | 39.688633 N 75.516272 W | 655.32 | Images |
1973 | William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial II (Chesapeake Bay) | Sandy Point, Maryland, USA | Chesapeake Bay | 38.994433 N 76.381929 W | 487.68 | Images |