This is a list of all 46 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory for the country El Salvador. Click the bridge name to isolate the bridge on its own page.
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 |
1942 | Cuscatlán (Rio Lempa) | San Vicente and Usulután, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 13.616536 N 88.563753 W | | Images |
1950 | El Jobo | Las Chinamas, Ahuachapán, El Salvador and Las Pilas, Guatemala | Rio Paz | 14.017589 N 89.906447 W | 64 | |
1955 | Oro (San Marcos) | San Marcos Lempa and San Nicolas Lempa, El Salvador | Lempa River | 13.424671 N 88.699982 W | 203.91 | Images |
2011 | El Bosque | El Tunco, El Salvador | | 13.494472 N 89.373528 W | 48 | |
2016 | (footbridge) | San Pablo Tacachico, El Salvador | Rio Copinula | 13.956942 N 89.364483 W | | |
2016 | Hamaca | La Palmita, La Palma, El Salvador | Rio Nunuapa | 14.309247 N 89.186464 W | | |
2020 | (footbridge) | El Zope, El Salvador | Rio Suquiapa | 13.985964 N 89.383506 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Apopa, El Salvador | Rio Acelhuate | 13.797794 N 89.186269 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Cantón El Gramal, La Palma, El Salvador | Rio Nunuapa | 14.296743 N 89.175150 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Canton La Ruda vicinity, Masahuat, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.154030 N 89.407071 W | 91.44 | |
| (footbridge) | El Ahogado, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.220889 N 89.378592 W | 90.22 | |
| (footbridge) | El Cañalon, Santa Rita Cimarrón and Santa Rosa Guachipilín, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.242597 N 89.317543 W | 81.69 | |
| (footbridge) | El Jute, Guarnecia, El Salvador | Rio Amayo | 14.098989 N 89.449964 W | 52.12 | |
| (footbridge) | Guarnecia, El Salvador | Rio Amayo | 14.094208 N 89.42605 W | 34.14 | |
| (footbridge) | Guazapa, El Salvador | Rio Guaza | 13.878222 N 89.162325 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Joya de Ceren, El Salvador | Río Sucio | 13.817269 N 89.358369 W | 44.2 | |
| (footbridge) | La Isla, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.228094 N 89.385206 W | | |
| (footbridge) | La Junta, La Isla vicinity, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.225861 N 89.395172 W | | |
| (footbridge) | La Junta, La Isla vicinity, El Salvador | Rio Tahuilapa | 14.226367 N 89.395728 W | | |
| (footbridge) | La Palma, Chalatenango, El Salvador | Rio La Palma | 14.317638 N 89.168568 W | 36.58 | |
| (footbridge) | Los Jobos, Cantón El Jute and Cantón Las Tablas, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.085278 N 89.415617 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Los Planes, La Palma, El Salvador | Rio Chiquito | 14.311869 N 89.079936 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Los Planes, La Palma, El Salvador | Rio Chiquito | 14.317289 N 89.075547 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Masahuat, Cantón Honduritas and Texistepeque, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.136603 N 89.410925 W | 120 | |
| (footbridge) | Masahuat, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.184206 N 89.429636 W | 140 | |
| (footbridge) | Pañanalapa, Cantón Potrero Sula and El Amatal, Cantón Potrero Sula, El Salvador | Rio Pañanalapa | 14.105289 N 89.384939 W | | |
| (footbridge) | San Isidro Lempa, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.044687 N 89.363449 W | | |
| (footbridge) | San Jacinto, El Salvador | Rio Suquiapa | 13.993408 N 89.436522 W | 41.15 | |
| (footbridge) | San Jose Guayabal vicinity, El Salvador | El Sillero | 13.853428 N 89.141571 W | 24.38 | |
| (footbridge) | San Lorenzo, El Salvador and Jerez, Guatemala | Rio Chalchuapa | 14.033805 N 89.775243 W | | |
| (footbridge) | San Pablo Tacachico, El Salvador | Rio Suquiapa | 13.982125 N 89.329325 W | 42.37 | |
| (footbridge) | San Pablo Tacachico, El Salvador | Rio Suquiapa | 14.002931 N 89.321839 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Tepeagua, Chalatenango and Col Atiocoyo Manuel Jose Arce, La Libertad, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.046955 N 89.286918 W | 114.91 | |
| (suspension bridge) | El Gavilán, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.033322 N 89.420086 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Masahuat, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.191225 N 89.433169 W | | |
| Agua Fría | Guazapa, El Salvador | Rio Acelhuate | 13.877006 N 89.194169 W | 79.86 | |
| Ángel Km. 29 | Aguilares and Guazapa, El Salvador | Rio Guaza | 13.921442 N 89.175447 W | 30.18 | |
| Caserío El Progreso | Aguilares and Guazapa, El Salvador | Rio Acelhuate | 13.923739 N 89.198697 W | 54.86 | |
| Chuntrun (Cerro Chuntrun) | San Ignacio, El Salvador | Rio de San Ignacio | 14.335781 N 89.209075 W | 48.77 | |
| Colima | Colima, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.065922 N 89.135671 W | | |
| El Vado | El Vado, Cantón Potrero Sula vicinity, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.113753 N 89.408081 W | 121.92 | |
| Hacienda (Asienda) | Hacienda Vieja, Cantón El Gavilán and Los Apoyos, El Salvador | Rio Lempa | 14.052492 N 89.433883 W | 118.57 | |
| Hamaca | Malpaneca, San Pablo Tacachico and Los Naranjos, San Pablo Tacachico, El Salvador | Río Suquiapa | 13.978853 N 89.346458 W | 35.05 | |
| Las Marías Km. 30 | Aguilares and Guazapa, El Salvador | Rio Guaza | 13.927300 N 89.181006 W | 39.93 | |
| Los Mayorga (Caserío Los Ruanos) | Guazapa, El Salvador | Rio Guaza | 13.884197 N 89.162953 W | 47.55 | |
| Paso San Pedro | Guazapa, El Salvador | Rio Guaza | 13.878219 N 89.162333 W | 47.24 | |
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