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 |
1741 | Winch (Wynch) | Middleton-in-Teesdale, England, United Kingdom | River Tees - Low Force | | 21.34 | |
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 | |
1807 | Chain | Georgetown, District of Columbia and Virginia, USA | Potomac River | 38.92959 N 77.11627 W | 39.17 | |
1807 | Wills Creek | Cumberland, Maryland, USA | Wills Creek | | 42.37 | |
1809 | (suspension bridge) | Brownsville vicinity, Pennsylvania, USA | | | | |
1809 | (suspension bridge) | Brownsville, Pennsylvania, USA | Dunlap's Creek | | | |
1809 | Schuylkill Falls | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Schuylkill River | | 46.63 | |
1810 | (suspension bridge) | Wilmington, Delaware, USA | Brandywine Creek | | 44.2 | |
1810 | Chain (Essex-Merrimack) | Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA | Merrimack River - Deer Island | 42.833947 N 70.906811 W | 74.07 | Images |
1816 | Galashiels | Galashiels, Scotland, United Kingdom | Gala Water | | 33.83 | |
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 |
1823 | Saint Antoine | Geneva, Switzerland | | | 40 | |
1826 | Broughton (Gerald Road) | Lancashire, England, United Kingdom | River Irwell | | 44.35 | |
1826 | Conwy (Conway) | Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom | River Conwy | 53.280476 N 3.823742 W | 99.67 | Images |
1826 | Menai Strait | Menai Bridge and Bangor vicinity, Wales, United Kingdom | Menai Strait | 53.221367 N 4.1646 W | 176.48 | Images |
1827 | (suspension bridge) | Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA | Merrimack River | | | Images |
1827 | Hammersmith | London, England, United Kingdom | River Thames | | 121.92 | Images |
1829 | Montrose | Montrose, Scotland, United Kingdom | South Esk River | 56.705802 N 2.475390 W | | Images |
1830 | Stockton Railway | Stockton on Tees, England, United Kingdom | River Tees | | 85.65 | |
1834 | Zaehringen (Grand Pont Suspendu) | Fribourg, Switzerland | Sarine River | | 273.1 | Images |
1839 | Basse-Chaîne (Angers) | Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France | Maine River | | 102 | Images |
1839 | Roche-Bernard | La Roche-Bernard, Morbihan, France | Vilaine River | | 198 | Images |
1839 | Saint André-de-Cubzac (Cubzac) | Saint André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, France | Dordogne River | 44.962000 N 0.461444 W | 109 | Images |
1842 | Fairmount (Callowhill Street, Upper Ferry) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Schuylkill River | | 104.24 | Images |
1845 | Hungerford | London, England, United Kingdom | River Thames | | 206.04 | Images |
1845 | Pittsburgh Aqueduct | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Allegheny River | | 49.38 | |
1846 | Monongahela (Smithfield Street) | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Monongahela River | | 57.3 | |
1848 | Niagara Suspension | Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | Niagara River | | 234.7 | |
1849 | Chain (Széchenyi Lánchíd) | Budapest, Hungary | Danube River | 47.49945 N 19.046567 E | 203 | Images |
1849 | Wheeling (Wheeling and Belmont) | Wheeling, West Virginia, USA | Ohio River | 40.07167 N 80.72667 W | 307.85 | Images |
1851 | Lewiston-Queenston | Lewiston, New York, USA and Queenston, Ontario, Canada | Niagara River | | 258.78 | Images |
1852 | (suspension bridge) | Frankfort, Kentucky, USA | Kentucky River | 38.201998 N 84.881934 W | 91.44 | |
1852 | Charleston (Lovell Street) | Charleston, West Virginia, USA | Elk River | | 145.69 | Images |
1852 | St. John | St. John, New Brunswick, Canada | St. John River | | 195.07 | Images |
1853 | Tsar Nicholas I | Kiev, Ukraine | Dnieper River | | 134.11 | Images |
1854 | Morgantown | Morgantown, West Virginia, USA | Monongahela River | | 185.32 | Images |
1855 | Minneapolis (St. Anthony's Falls) | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | Mississippi River - Nicollet Island | | 188.98 | Images |
1855 | Niagara Suspension | Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | Niagara River | | 250.33 | Images |
1857 | Black River (Bradford, Mill Street) | Watertown, New York, USA | Black River | | 53 | Images |
1858 | Chelsea (Victoria) | London, England, United Kingdom | River Thames - Battersea Park | 51.485061 N 0.149897 W | 116.74 | |
1860 | Allegheny River (Sixth Street, St. Clair) | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Allegheny River | | 104.85 | Images |
1862 | Lambeth | London, England, United Kingdom | River Thames | | 81.69 | Images |
1864 | Clifton | Bristol, England, United Kingdom | River Avon | 51.45496 N 2.62781 W | 213.97 | 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 |
1867 | Public Garden | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Public Garden lagoon | 42.354119 N 71.069920 W | | Images |
1869 | Clifton (Niagara-Clifton, Falls View, First Falls View) | Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | Niagara River | | 386.58 | Images |
1869 | Waco | Waco, Texas, USA | Brazos River | 31.561314 N 97.127063 W | 144.78 | Images |
1871 | Warren (Hickory Street) | Warren, Pennsylvania, USA | Allegheny River | | 143.26 | Images |
1876 | Petroleum Street (Oil City) | Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA | Allegheny River | | 152.4 | |
1876 | Point | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Monongahela River | | 243.84 | Images |
1877 | Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | Mississippi River - Nicollet Island | | 205.77 | Images |
1879 | Saint-Ilpize | Saint-Ilpize, Haute-Loire, France | Allier River | 45.198556 N 3.386866 E | 70.35 | Images |
1883 | Brooklyn (Great East River) | New York and Brooklyn, New York, USA | East River | 40.706 N 73.99667 W | 486.31 | Images |
1884 | (suspension bridge) | Charleston, West Virginia, USA | Elk River | | 83.21 | |
1884 | North Side (Seventh Street) | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Allegheny River | | 97.54 | |
1887 | Hammersmith | London, England, United Kingdom | River Thames | 51.48845 N 0.23019 W | | Images |
1888 | Tidewater Pipeline | Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USA | Lehigh River | 40.90714 N 75.748544 W | 109.73 | Images |
1890 | Grand Avenue (Jefferson Avenue) | St. Louis, Missouri, USA | Mill Creek Valley | | 121.92 | Images |
1893 | Cable | Chicago, Illinois, USA | Garfield Park Lagoon - Garfield Park | 41.883548 N 87.714527 W | | Images |
1894 | Occidente (Western) | Santa Fé de Antioquia, Colombia | Cauca River | 6.577965 N 75.798177 W | 286.51 | Images |
1895 | Mill Creek Park (White, Silver, Old Steel, Cinderella, Fairy Tale) | Youngstown vicinity, Ohio, USA | Mill Creek Park | 41.07325 N 80.68886 W | 27.43 | Images |
1897 | Lincoln Highway (Chester) | East Liverpool, Ohio and Chester, West Virginia, USA | Ohio River | | 214.88 | Images |
1897 | Rochester | Rochester and Monaca, Pennsylvania, USA | Ohio River | | 243.84 | Images |
1898 | Langenargen | Langenargen and Gohren, Kressbronn am Bodensee, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Argen River | 47.59622 N 9.56208 E | 71.93 | Images |
1899 | Lewiston-Queenston | Lewiston, New York, USA and Queenston, Ontario, Canada | Niagara River | | 316.99 | Images |
1900 | New River (Swinging) | Nuttallburg and South Nuttall, West Virginia, USA | New River | 38.047482 N 81.035972 W | 103.63 | |
1900 | Ojuela (Mapimi, Mampimi, Miampimi) | Mapimí, Torreon vicinity, Durango, Mexico | | 25.791768 N 103.790706 W | 271.5 | Images |
1900 | Upper | Easton, Pennsylvania, USA | Lehigh River | | 85.04 | Images |
1903 | Caperton | Caperton vicinity, West Virginia, USA | New River | 38.021856 N 81.028479 W | 155.45 | |
1903 | Elisabeth (Elizabeth, Erzsébet) | Budapest, Hungary | Danube River | | 289.86 | Images |
1903 | Ticonic (Tupenny, Two Cent) | Waterville, Maine, USA | Kennebec River | 44.55073 N 69.62728 W | 121.92 | Images |
1903 | Williamsburg | New York and Brooklyn, New York, USA | East River | 40.71355 N 73.97226 W | 487.68 | Images |
1905 | Widnes-Runcorn Transporter | Runcorn, England, United Kingdom | River Mersey, Manchester Ship Canal | | 304.8 | Images |
1908 | Tyngs Island | Lowell vicinity, Massachusetts, USA | Merrimack River - Vesper Country Club | 42.65574 N 71.39971 W | 167.64 | Images |
1909 | Manhattan | New York and Brooklyn, New York, USA | East River | 40.70667 N 73.99167 W | 448.06 | Images |
| Montmorency Falls | Quebec City vicinity, Quebec, Canada | Montmorency Falls | 46.890706 N 71.147952 W | | |
| Sister Island | Niagara Falls, New York, USA | Niagara River - Three Sister Islands | | | Images |