This is a list of all 155 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory completed in the decade 1840-1849. Click the bridge name to isolate the bridge on its own page.
Note: 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 |
| 1840 | Bigny | Saint-Loup-des-Chaumes and Bigny, Cher, France | Cher River | 46.804972 N 2.371306 E | | Images |
| 1840 | Bono | Le Bono and Auray, Morbihan, France | Bono River | 47.640896 N 2.953463 W | 68.22 | Images |
| 1840 | Brignoud | Brignoud, Isère, France | Isère River | | | Images |
| 1840 | Cordon | Brégnier-Cordon, Ain, France | Rhône River | | | Images |
| 1840 | Couzon | Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or and Rochetaillée-sur-Saône, Métropole de Lyon, France | Saône River | 45.84503 N 4.83355 E | | Images |
| 1840 | Domène | Domène and Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, Isère, France | Isère River | 45.211855 N 5.829792 E | | Images |
| 1840 | Gotteron | Fribourg, Switzerland | Sarine River | | 220 | Images |
| 1840 | La Gâche | Barraux and Pontcharra, Isère, France | Isère River | 45.434917 N 6.004250 E | | Images |
| 1840 | Lézardrieux | Lézardrieux, Côtes-d'Armor, France | Trieux River | 48.780778 N 3.106222 W | 150 | Images |
| 1840 | Maria Teresa | Turin, Italy | Po River | 45.058161 N 7.692020 E | | Images |
| 1840 | Montjean-sur-Loire | Montjean-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, France | Loire River | 47.394880 N 0.859161 W | | Images |
| 1840 | Mornay-sur-Allier | Mornay-sur-Allier, Cher and St-Pierre-le-Moûtier, Nièvre, France | Allier River | 46.815250 N 3.043606 E | 80 | Images |
| 1840 | Mornay-sur-Allier | Mornay-sur-Allier, Cher and St-Pierre-le-Moûtier, Nièvre, France | Allier River | 46.814793 N 3.045624 E | 67.4 | Images |
| 1840 | Saint-Florent | Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Florent, Maine-et-Loire, France | Thouet River | | | |
| 1840 | Seveux (Savoyeux) | Seveux-Motey and Savoyeux, Haute-Saône, France | Savoyeux Diversion of the Saône | 47.560583 N 5.739667 E | | Images |
| 1840 | Seyssel | Seyssel, Haute-Savoie and Seyssel, Ain, France | Rhône River | 45.958542 N 5.832941 E | | Images |
| 1840 | St-Jean-de-Maruéjols (Rochegude) | Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan and Rochegude, Gard, France | Cèze River | | | Images |
| 1840 | Vicq-sur-Gartempe | Vicq-sur-Gartempe and Champagne, Vienne, France | Gartempe River | | | |
| 1840 | Villers-le-Lac | Villers-le-Lac, Doubs, France | Doubs River | 47.059577 N 6.671714 E | | |
| 1841 | Agen | Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France | Garonne River | 44.201972 N 0.608861 E | | Images |
| 1841 | Aiguilly | Roanne vicinity and Vougy vicinity, Loire, France | Loire River | | | Images |
| 1841 | Balloch Ferry | Balloch, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Leven | 56.003420 N 4.581826 W | 60.96 | |
| 1841 | Boran | Boran-sur-Oise, Oise, France | Oise River | 49.168388 N 2.366337 E | | Images |
| 1841 | Císaře Františka I (Emperor Franz I) | Prague, Czechia | Vltava River | 50.081354 N 14.410023 E | | Images |
| 1841 | Chalonnes | Chalonnes-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, France | Loire River | 47.354170 N 0.761887 W | | Images |
| 1841 | Chauvort | Allerey-sur-Saône and Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, Saône-et-Loire, France | Saône River | 46.906222 N 5.003611 E | | Images |
| 1841 | Châteauneuf-sur-Loire | Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, Loiret, France | Loire River | 47.857889 N 2.223417 E | | Images |
| 1841 | Châtillon-sur-Loire | Châtillon-sur-Loire, Loiret, France | Loire River | | 92 | Images |
| 1841 | Kenmare | Kenmare, Ireland | Kenmare River | | | Images |
| 1841 | Oban | Lavacherie, Sainte-Ode, Belgium | Ourthe River | 50.062789 N 5.507661 E | 14 | Images |
| 1841 | Quincy | Quincy, Cher, France | Cher River | 47.135019 N 2.163212 E | | Images |
| 1841 | Rotonde (Pont de la Rotonde, Saint-Félix) | Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France | Saint-Félix Canal | 47.215556 N 1.546667 W | | Images |
| 1841 | Saintes | Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France | Charente River | | | |
| 1841 | Verdun-sur-Garonne | Verdun-sur-Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne, France | Garonne River | | 151 | Images |
| 1841 | Vernéjoux | Vernéjoux, Corrèze and Cantal, France | Dordogne River | 45.365917 N 2.367694 E | | Images |
| 1842 | (footbridge) | London, England, United Kingdom | Regent's Canal - Regent's Park | | 22.86 | Images |
| 1842 | (footbridge) | London, England, United Kingdom | Regent's Canal - Regent's Park | | 22.86 | Images |
| 1842 | (footbridge) | London, England, United Kingdom | Regent's Park | | 45.72 | Images |
| 1842 | (footbridge) | London, England, United Kingdom | Regent's Park | | | Images |
| 1842 | (footbridge) | London, England, United Kingdom | Regent's Park | | | Images |
| 1842 | (suspension bridge) | Frome, England, United Kingdom | River Frome | | | |
| 1842 | (suspension bridge) | New Plymouth, New Zealand | Waiwakaiho River | | | |
| 1842 | Aywaille | Aywaille, Wallonia, Belgium | Amblève River | | 50 | Images |
| 1842 | Bourret | Bourret and Montech, Tarn-et-Garonne, France | Garonne River | 43.950069 N 1.171788 E | | Images |
| 1842 | Briollay | Briollay, Maine-et-Loire, France | Sarthe River | | | Images |
| 1842 | Casseneuil | Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, France | Lot River | | | Images |
| 1842 | Chissay | Chissay-en-Touraine, Loir-et-Cher, France | Cher River | | | |
| 1842 | Cité (City, Île de la Cité) | Île de la Cité and Île St-Louis, Paris, France | Seine River | | | |
| 1842 | Fairmount (Callowhill Street, Upper Ferry) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Schuylkill River | | 104.24 | Images |
| 1842 | Fontaines-sur-Saône | Fontaines-sur-Saône, Métropole de Lyon, France | Saône River | | | Images |
| 1842 | Gennes | Gennes and Les Rosiers-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, France | Loire River | 47.345559 N 0.230343 W | | Images |
| 1842 | Les Mées | Les Mées, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France | Durance River | | | |
| 1842 | Les Rosiers-sur-Loire | Les Rosiers-sur-Loire and Gennes, Maine-et-Loire, France | Loire River | 47.349195 N 0.227169 W | | Images |
| 1842 | Pênsil Maria II | Porto, Portugal | Douro River | 41.14006 N 8.60986 W | | Images |
| 1842 | Pertuiset | Pertuiset, Firminy vicinity, Loire, France | Loire River | | | Images |
| 1842 | Poděbrady (Podiebrad) | Poděbrady, Czechia | Elbe River | | | |
| 1842 | Rochemaure | Rochemaure, Ardèche and Ancône, Drôme, France | Rhône River | 44.583117 N 4.71035 E | | Images |
| 1842 | Suresnes | Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France | Seine River | 48.866905 N 2.229533 E | | Images |
| 1842 | Tonnay-Charente | Tonnay-Charente, Charente-Maritime, France | Charente River | 45.940166 N 0.886 W | 90 | |
| 1842 | Wraysbury | Wraysbury, England, United Kingdom | | | 30.48 | |
| 1842 | Řetězový (Chain) | Strakonice, Czechia | Otava River | 49.258583 N 13.903528 E | | |
| 1843 | (suspension bridge) | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | Miami Canal | | | |
| 1843 | Avignon | Avignon, Vaucluse and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Gard, France | Rhône River | 43.951490 N 4.800048 E | | Images |
| 1843 | Bassou | Bassou and Bonnard, Yonne, France | Yonne River | | | Images |
| 1843 | Capens | Capens, Haute-Garonne, France | Garonne River | | | Images |
| 1843 | Carandía | Carandía, Cantabria, Spain | Pas River | 43.333305 N 3.970370 W | | |
| 1843 | Elbeuf | Elbeuf and Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, Seine-Maritime, France | Seine River | | | Images |
| 1843 | Ingrandes | Ingrandes, Maine-et-Loire, France | Loire River | 47.40075 N 0.918683 W | | Images |
| 1843 | Mühlauer (Chain) | Innsbruck, Austria | Inn River | 47.280336 N 11.404901 E | | Images |
| 1843 | Muides-sur-Loire | Muides-sur-Loire and Mer-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France | Loire River | 47.674739 N 1.526818 E | | Images |
| 1843 | Ondes | Ondes and Grenade, Haute-Garonne, France | Garonne River | | | Images |
| 1843 | Sautet | Corps vicinity and Mens vicinity, Isère, France | Drac River | | | Images |
| 1843 | Seraing | Seraing, Liège vicinity, Belgium | Meuse River | 50.616960 N 5.509567 E | 105 | Images |
| 1843 | Villeneuve-Saint-Georges | Villeneuve-Saint-Georges and Villeneuve-le-Roi, Val-de-Marne, France | Seine River | | | Images |
| 1844 | Bakke | Sira, Flekkefjord, Agder, Norway | Sira River | 58.413325 N 6.654801 E | 53.5 | |
| 1844 | Blagnac | Blagnac, Haute-Garonne, France | Garonne River | 43.624959 N 1.400544 E | | Images |
| 1844 | Buzet-sur-Tarn | Buzet-sur-Tarn, Haute-Garonne, France | Tarn River | 43.780638 N 1.634603 E | | Images |
| 1844 | Crevant à Maringues | Maringues and Crevant-Laveine, Puy-de-Dôme, France | Allier River | | | Images |
| 1844 | Faubourg | La Roche-en-Ardenne, Wallonia, Belgium | Ourthe | | | |
| 1844 | Franzensbrücke (Franz) | Vienna, Austria | Danube Canal | 48.213151 N 16.391284 E | 83.7 | |
| 1844 | Mülheimer | Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Ruhr River | | 94.14 | Images |
| 1844 | Mouton | Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France | Saône River | 45.774187 N 4.810129 E | | Images |
| 1844 | Saint-Claude | Saint-Claude, Jura, France | Tacon River | | | Images |
| 1844 | Saint-Denis | Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis and Villeneuve-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France | Seine River | | | Images |
| 1844 | Saint-Michel | Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France | Garonne River | | | |
| 1844 | Santa Isabel | Santa Isabel, Zaragoza, Spain | Gállego River | 41.670999 N 0.842117 W | | |
| 1844 | Saula | Lafrançaise, Tarn-et-Garonne, France | Tarn River | | | Images |
| 1844 | Union | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Chaudière Falls | | 74.22 | Images |
| 1845 | (footbridge) | Caledon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | River Blackwater | 54.34608 N 6.83276 W | 22.56 | |
| 1845 | Auvillar | Auvillar and Espalais, Tarn-et-Garonne, France | Garonne River | | | Images |
| 1845 | Auzon | Auzon, Haute-Loire, France | Allier River | 45.385847 N 3.356905 E | | |
| 1845 | Ballievey (Ballievy) | Banbridge, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | River Bann | 54.341862 N 6.219803 W | 22.04 | Images |
| 1845 | Canet | Canet and Le Pouget, Hérault, France | Hérault River | 43.597299 N 3.493113 E | | |
| 1845 | Castelmoron-sur-Lot | Castelmoron-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, France | Lot River | 44.395673 N 0.494136 E | | Images |
| 1845 | College (Collège) | Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France | Rhône River | 45.765483 N 4.838717 E | | Images |
| 1845 | Couthures | Couthures-sur-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, France | Garonne River | 44.513600 N 0.080580 E | | Images |
| 1845 | Gué de Senac | Les Peintures and Chamadelle, Gironde, France | Dronne River | 45.078793 N 0.087081 W | | Images |
| 1845 | Hungerford | London, England, United Kingdom | River Thames | | 206.04 | Images |
| 1845 | Jaroměř (Jaromierz, Jaromer, Jaromirsch) | Jaroměř, Czechia | Elbe River | | 41 | |
| 1845 | Kettenbrücke (Chain, Ketten) | Mannheim, Germany | Neckar River | 49.494167 N 8.472222 E | 85.95 | |
| 1845 | Mengibar | Mengibar, Spain | Guadalquivir River | | 108.8 | Images |
| 1845 | Nogent-l'Artaud | Nogent-l'Artaud, Aisne, France | Marne River | 48.969762 N 3.320971 E | | Images |
| 1845 | Pittsburgh Aqueduct | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Allegheny River | | 49.38 | |
| 1845 | Ris | Ris, Puy-de-Dôme, France | Allier River | | | Images |
| 1845 | Sauveterre-Saint-Denis | Lafox and Sauveterre-Saint-Denis, Lot-et-Garonne, France | Garonne River | 44.156792 N 0.706880 E | | Images |
| 1845 | Stowell Park | Wilcot, England, United Kingdom | Kennet and Avon Canal | 51.35211 N 1.79251 W | | Images |
| 1845 | Villemur-sur-Tarn | Villemur-sur-Tarn, Haute-Garonne, France | Tarn River | | | Images |
| 1845 | Volonne | Volonne, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France | Durance River | | | Images |
| 1846 | (suspension bridge) | El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain | Rio de San Pedro | | | |
| 1846 | Beaumont-sur-Sarthe | Beaumont-sur-Sarthe, Sarthe, France | Sarthe River | 48.223243 N 0.129007 E | | Images |
| 1846 | Carennac | Carennac, Lot, France | Dordogne River | 44.915091 N 1.743699 E | | Images |
| 1846 | Lacroix-Saint-Ouen | Lacroix-Saint-Ouen, Oise, France | Oise River | 49.352930 N 2.766916 E | | Images |
| 1846 | Maison-Rouge | Courcelles-sur-Seine, Eure, France | Seine River | 49.179082 N 1.353851 E | | |
| 1846 | Mallemort | Mallemort, Bouches-du-Rhône and Mérindol, Vaucluse, France | Durance River | 43.740533 N 5.176 E | | Images |
| 1846 | Monongahela (Smithfield Street) | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Monongahela River | | 57.3 | |
| 1846 | Montpezat | Montpezat-sous-Bauzon, Ardèche, France | Fontaulière River | 44.704903 N 4.216498 E | | Images |
| 1846 | Saint Clair (Louis Philippe, Vaïsse) | Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France | Rhône River | | | Images |
| 1846 | San Alejandro | El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain | Rio Guadalete | | | |
| 1847 | Auzon | Auzon, Haute-Loire, France | Allier River | 45.385816 N 3.356742 E | | |
| 1847 | Évieu | Évieu, Ain and Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin, Isère, France | Rhône River | | | |
| 1847 | Beauvoir | Beauvoir, Saint-Romans, Isère, France | Isère River | 45.124700 N 5.330327 E | | Images |
| 1847 | Chusclan | Chusclan, Gard, France | Cèze River | | | Images |
| 1847 | Donzère (Robinet) | Donzère, Drôme and Viviers, Ardèche, France | Rhône River | 44.452367 N 4.6981 E | 100 | Images |
| 1847 | Fombeton | Valernes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France | Durance River | 44.249224 N 5.921627 E | | |
| 1847 | Moyola Park | Castledawson, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | Moyola River | 54.781235 N 6.560394 W | | |
| 1847 | Saint-Mathurin-sur-Loire | Saint-Mathurin-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, France | Loire River | 47.406833 N 0.318722 W | | Images |
| 1847 | Saint-Symphorien | Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France | Loire River - l'Île Aucard | 47.398776 N 0.692994 E | | Images |
| 1847 | Saint-Symphorien | Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France | Loire River - l'Île Aucard | 47.401440 N 0.693325 E | | Images |
| 1847 | St. Christophe (Kérentrech, Nemours) | Lorient, Morbihan, France | Scorff River | | 180 | Images |
| 1847 | Viviers | Viviers, Ardèche and Drôme, France | Rhône River | 44.481667 N 4.699698 E | | Images |
| 1848 | Charreau | Charreau, La Chapelle-Montlinard, Cher, France | Canal Latéral à La Loire | 47.190667 N 2.982861 E | | |
| 1848 | Delaware Aqueduct (Roebling Aqueduct) | Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania and Minisink Ford, New York, USA | Delaware River | 41.48262 N 74.98461 W | 43.28 | Images |
| 1848 | Nambault | Nambault, La Chapelle-Montlinard, Cher, France | Canal Latéral à La Loire | 47.179472 N 2.987139 E | | |
| 1848 | Niagara Suspension | Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | Niagara River | | 234.7 | |
| 1848 | Podolský Chain (Podolsko Řetězový) | Podolí, Czechia | Vltava River | 49.356889 N 14.272972 E | | Images |
| 1848 | Saint Jacques | Thouars and Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, France | Thouet River | 46.968944 N 0.218583 W | | Images |
| 1848 | Saint-Satur | Saint-Satur and Saint-Thibault-sur-Loire, Cher, France | Canal Latéral à La Loire | 47.338639 N 2.858944 E | | Images |
| 1848 | Shadwell | Shadwell, England, United Kingdom | Ropery Grounds at Sun Tavern Fields | | | |
| 1849 | Appoigny | Appoigny, Yonne, France | Yonne River | 47.877464 N 3.535881 E | | Images |
| 1849 | Chain (Széchenyi Lánchíd) | Budapest, Hungary | Danube River | 47.49945 N 19.046567 E | 203 | Images |
| 1849 | Fourneau | Le Fourneau, Bourbon-Lancy vicinity, Saône-et-Loire and Allier, France | Loire River | | 115.01 | Images |
| 1849 | Galliéni (Napoleon) | Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France | Rhône River | | 67 | |
| 1849 | Jaulgonne | Jaulgonne and Varennes, Aisne, France | Marne River | | 75 | Images |
| 1849 | Kitchener-Marchand (Napoleon, Kitchener, Midi) | Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France | Saône River | 45.751418 N 4.822519 E | 82.06 | Images |
| 1849 | Lackawaxen Aqueduct | Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, USA | Lackawaxen River | | 34.86 | |
| 1849 | Langeais | Langeais, Indre-et-Loire, France | Loire River | 47.319030 N 0.404770 E | | Images |
| 1849 | Le Pouzin | Le Pouzin, Ardèche, France | Rhône River | | 100 | Images |
| 1849 | Lochy (Lochybridge, Victoria) | Inverlochy, Fort William vicinity, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Lochy | 56.835137 N 5.076679 W | | Images |
| 1849 | Marc Seguin | Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain-L'Hermitage, Drôme, France | Rhône River | 45.068638 N 4.834972 E | | Images |
| 1849 | Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Balerme | Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Balerme, Lot-et-Garonne, France | | | | Images |
| 1849 | Saint-Sulpice | Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe, Tarn, France | Agout River | 43.776706 N 1.686511 E | | Images |
| 1849 | Vallon-en-Sully | Vallon-en-Sully, Allier, France | Cher River | 46.535271 N 2.614326 E | | |
| 1849 | Wheeling (Wheeling and Belmont) | Wheeling, West Virginia, USA | Ohio River | 40.07167 N 80.72667 W | 307.85 | Images |
| | Groléjac | Groléjac, Dordogne, France | Dordogne River | | | Images |
| | Ooltadunga | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Circular Canal | | 31 | |
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