This is a list of bridges 1,101 through 1,200 (of 1,437 total) from the suspension bridge inventory for the country USA. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.
The postcard says "Suspension Bridge. Jefferson, S.D." The bridge pictured here may be a predecessor to the current pipeline suspension bridge at Ponca, Nebraska, eight miles west of Jefferson. Patrick S. O'Donnell visited this area in 2006 to photograph the Ponca bridge, but could not locate a pipeline bridge matching the postcard.
In late 2006, Pete Rissell writes that one of the piers from this pipeline bridge is still visible in the middle of the Missouri River: "In the early 1970s I visited the Ponca State Park and noticed a single concrete bridge support in the middle of the Missouri River. I always thought it was strange because there were no abandoned road or rail right-of-ways in that location... I'm sure that this concrete support matches the one in the foreground shown on your website's postcard labeled "Suspension Bridge, Jefferson SD". My guess is that the current Ponca Pipeline bridge (photographed in 2006) is the replacement because the former suspension bridge had to be relocated due to river flooding. The old concrete support is located approximately 1 mile up-river (to the northwest) from the current pipeline bridge." This pier is visible in satellite imagery at the location provided with this inventory entry.
In 2009, Dale Harkness writes: "I grew up on a farm only a few miles from the existing pipeline. I believe you are correct that the cement pier does belong to the original gas pipeline. My aunt told me that my grandfather was present while the bridge was being constructed. From my understanding, my grandfather had been filming the construction and almost photographed an unusual event where one of the piers crashed down to the ground after a failed attempt to raise it using a pivot." Dale also provided photos of the construction of the newer bridge in 1961.
The replacement span appears to have been demolished in late 2006 or 2007.
Patrick S. O'Donnell estimates the total suspended length of this huge pipeline bridge is 3,600 feet (2000-foot main span, 600- and 1050-foot side spans).
Described in a Roebling ad: "...carries 900 ft. of a 14 inch diameter stainless steel pulpline [built for Oxford Paper Co.] over a canal and uneven terrain. It has eight spans, the longest of which is 166 ft. Rigidity of the suspension system was achieved by running a pair of tie cables from one anchorage to the other, connecting all tower tops. The cost of a steel trestle to support this pulpline would have been much higher."
Many American newspapers carried a brief story on February 29, 1884 or March 1, 1884 noting the failure of a wire suspension bridge at Apollo that sent two men and their horses into the river, killing one man and drowning the horses. The accounts are all similar, but with various misspellings and slight inconsistencies. From a Dakota Territory newspaper: "A wire bridge spanning the Kiskaminet river at Apollo, Pa., parted immediately over the pier in the middle of the river, and went down with a crash. William Henderson and Harry Yeneins were crossing the rivor with a load of sheet iron, and were thrown into the river. Henderson escaped with a cold bath, but Yenkins and the two horses were drowned." A Kansas newspaper: "A wire bridge spanning the Kiskamingo river, at Apollo, Pa., parted its wire cables on Tuesday, immediately over the pier in the middle of the river, and went down with a crash. Wm. Henderson and Harry Jenkins who were crossing with a loaded team, were thrown into the river. Jenkins and tho two horses were drowned."
On This Date in New England Fire Rescue History (link reported not working). "Jul 04, 1856 - Claremont, NH - North Street - Mascoma Fire Company from Lebanon fell through wire suspension bridge during holiday parade - A fifer broke his back during the fall and was removed from river, dead."
The postcard says, "Valley View Acres. Cornell, Illinois. Located on Illinois Rte 23 between Streator, Illinois and Pontiac, Illinois. The picturesque suspension bridge spanning the old Vermilion River at Valley View Acres joining the camping area on both sides of river..."
Appears to have collapsed (or was dismantled) at some point between 2010 and 2012.
Patrick S. O'Donnell notes (in the 2000s): "It looked at one time it may have carried one lane of traffic from the early 20th century. It was barely standing, I did manage to walk across it."
Call number X-2456 of the Denver Public Library's Western History Photos collection shows a small suspension bridge (circa 1901-1905) at the Hot Springs Hotel. This bridge is not related to the Royal Gorge bridge.
The reverse of the photograph says: "Old suspension bridge - Trinity Riv. 1 mile west of Junction City Ore. 9-16-57." The reference to Oregon appears to have been a mistake. Since Junction City, California is on the Trinity River it is assumed California's Junction City is the correct location. Junction City, Oregon is near the Willamette River.
The bridge pictured here has likely since been removed.
Likely built in the 1910s, a suspension bridge once crossed the Mad River at the end of Jack Shaw Road. At least one tower is still standing as of the early 2020s.
The coordinates provided here appear to be the location of a 1920s/1930s-era suspension bridge that carried the former US 299 across the North Fork Mad River on the same alignment where California "Old Highway 200" now crosses.
2021: The tower piers and one tower post are still standing on the alignment indicated by the coordinates given here, about 400 feet west of the current Buffalo Valley Road bridge.
Cecelia Viteri writes: "the bridge was built around 1920 over the Kickapoo Creek, Henderson County Texas, near a now defunct rural town of Opelika. My great-grandfather's farm bordered the creek, which is a tributary of the Neches River. I was on this bridge several times, and it was dismantled mid-1960s. It was wide enough for cars to cross it, one at a time."
