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Suspension Bridges Completed 1850-1859

This is a list of all 102 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory completed in the decade 1850-1859. Click the bridge name to isolate the bridge on its own page.

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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
1850	(footbridge)	Brahesborg Estate, Assens, Denmark		55.279684 N 9.950276 E
1850	(suspension bridge)	Nashville and Edgefield, Tennessee, USA	Cumberland River		163.98	Images
1850	Basteyroux	Argentat, Corrèze, France	Maronne River	45.082660 N 1.947985 E		Images
1850	Brivezac	Brivezac, Corrèze, France	Dordogne River			Images
1850	Chain (Aarau Kettenbrücke)	Aarau, Switzerland	Aare River	47.395431 N 8.042028 E		Images
1850	Chambon	Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau, Auriac vicinity, Corrèze, France	Dordogne River
1850	Fleury-d'Aude (Salles-d'Aude)	Fleury-d'Aude and Salles-d'Aude, Aude, France	Aude River			Images
1850	Greffier (Clerk's, Wire)	Le Mans, Sarthe, France	Sarthe River	48.001128 N 0.189991 E
1850	Lamagistère	Lamagistère, Tarn-et-Garonne, France	Garonne River	44.123345 N 0.819394 E
1850	Le Boulou	Le Boulou, Pyrénées-Orientales, France	Tech River		120	Images
1850	Retournac	Retournac, Haute-Loire, France	Loire River
1851	Chadrac	Chadrac, Haute-Loire, France	Loire River			Images
1851	High Falls Aqueduct	High Falls, New York, USA	Rondout Creek		44.2
1851	Lewiston-Queenston	Lewiston, New York, USA and Queenston, Ontario, Canada	Niagara River		258.78	Images
1851	Neversink Aqueduct	Cuddebackville, New York, USA	Neversink River		51.82
1851	Saint-Just-sur-Loire	Saint-Just-sur-Loire and Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, Loire, France	Loire River			Images
1851	Sérignan	Sérignan, Béziers vicinity, Hérault, France	Orb River	43.285011 N 3.281313 E		Images
1851	South Portland (Carlton)	Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom	River Clyde	55.85433 N 4.25618 W		Images
1851	Trévoux	Trévoux, Ain and Quincieux, Métropole de Lyon, France	Saône River	45.93945 N 4.772417 E		Images
1851	Řetězový (Kettenbrücke)	Ostrava, Czechia	Ostravice River
1852	(suspension bridge)	Frankfort, Kentucky, USA	Kentucky River	38.201998 N 84.881934 W	91.44
1852	Aamodt (Åmot, Aamot)	Åmot, Modum, Viken, Norway	Drammenselva	59.895203 N 9.913852 E	53
1852	Charleston (Lovell Street)	Charleston, West Virginia, USA	Elk River		145.69	Images
1852	Colgante de Manila (Claveria)	Manila, Philippines	Pasig River		110	Images
1852	Fairmont and Palatine	Fairmont, West Virginia, USA	Monongahela River			Images
1852	Gaillac	Gaillac, Tarn, France	Tarn River - Abbaye Saint-Michel	43.897361 N 1.894751 E		Images
1852	Huse	Yeomet, California, USA	Cosumnes River	38.55323 N 120.84755 W
1852	Mazères-sur-Salat	Mazères-sur-Salat, Haute-Garonne, France	Salat River	43.132556 N 0.975981 E
1852	Merle	Merle, Corrèze, France	Maronne River	45.061779 N 2.080386 E		Images
1852	Pey (Mill, Toll, Swing)	Blantyre, Scotland, United Kingdom	River Clyde	55.801972 N 4.081433 W		Images
1852	Queens Park	Chester and Handbridge, England, United Kingdom	River Dee			Images
1852	Saint-Pierre	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France	Garonne River	43.602179 N 1.434706 E		Images
1852	St. John	St. John, New Brunswick, Canada	St. John River		195.07	Images
1852	Vennes (Boverie, Englebert)	Liège, Belgium	Meuse Dérivation	50.62959 N 5.57801 E		Images
1852	Veurey	Veurey-Voroize, Isère, France	Isère River	45.271117 N 5.621434 E		Images
1852	Wilson's	Cosumne, California, USA	Cosumnes River	38.49229 N 121.17183 W	45.72
1853	(suspension bridge)	Delaware, Ohio, USA	Olentangy River - Winter Street		60.96
1853	Chain (Tsepnyye, Цепные)	Ostrov, Pskov Oblast, Russia	Velikaya River	57.340559 N 28.352457 E		Images
1853	Chain (Tsepnyye, Цепные)	Ostrov, Pskov Oblast, Russia	Velikaya River	57.338893 N 28.351235 E		Images
1853	Dresden	Dresden, Ohio, USA	Muskingum River			Images
1853	Falmouth	Falmouth, Kentucky, USA	Licking River	38.678056 N 84.328222 W	98.45
1853	Fort Hunter (Fonda)	Tribes Hill and Fort Hunter, New York, USA	Mohawk River		169.47	Images
1853	General's Well	Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom	River Ness - Ness Islands	57.460944 N 4.237166 W		Images
1853	Island Bank Road	Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom	River Ness - Ness Islands			Images
1853	Mill Pond	Kingfield, Maine, USA	Carrabasset River		57.91	Images
1853	O'Byrne's	Copperopolis vicinity, California, USA	Stanislaus River
1853	Parcey	Parcey, Jura, France	Loue River			Images
1853	Peney	Peney, Satigny vicinity, Geneva, Switzerland	Rhône River		100
1853	Rotto	Rome, Italy	Tiber River	41.889321 N 12.479023 E		Images
1853	Saint-Florent-le-Vieil	Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, Maine-et-Loire and Varades, Loire-Atlantique, France	Loire River			Images
1853	Saint-Georges (Sala)	Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France	Saône River	45.757117 N 4.82615 E	75	Images
1853	Saint-Quentin-sur-Isère	Saint-Quentin-sur-Isère, Isère, France	Isère River			Images
1853	San Ferdinando	Florence, Italy	Arno River	43.764617 N 11.270966 E		Images
1853	Tiffin	Tiffin, Ohio, USA	Sandusky River
1853	Tsar Nicholas I	Kiev, Ukraine	Dnieper River		134.11	Images
1853	Varades	Varades, Loire-Atlantique and Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, Maine-et-Loire, France	Loire River
1854	Brion	Roissard and Lavars, Isère, France	Ebron River	44.868078 N 5.671040 E		Images
1854	Caerhowel	Caerhowel, Wales, United Kingdom	River Severn
1854	Elk River	Sutton, West Virginia, USA	Elk River		140.21	Images
1854	Licking River I	Covington and Newport, Kentucky, USA	Licking River
1854	Licking River II	Covington and Newport, Kentucky, USA	Licking River
1854	Morgantown	Morgantown, West Virginia, USA	Monongahela River		185.32	Images
1854	Oich (Aberchalder)	Invergarry vicinity, Scotland, United Kingdom	River Oich	57.093377 N 4.745271 W		Images
1854	Saint Andrew's	Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom	River Clyde	55.84883 N 4.23835 W	67.06	Images
1854	Sarp (Sarpsbro, Sarpsbrua)	Sarpsborg, Viken, Norway	Glomma - Sarpefossen	59.276684 N 11.132073 E	47	Images
1855	Bessières	Bessières, Haute-Garonne, France	Tarn River	43.802017 N 1.609680 E		Images
1855	Coudes	Coudes, Montpeyroux vicinity and Parent, Puy-de-Dôme, France	Allier River	45.615255 N 3.211817 E		Images
1855	Ferro (Iron)	Pomarance vicinity, Italy	Cecina River
1855	Kaiserin-Elisabeth (Empress Elisabeth, Kettenbrücke)	Děčín (Tetschen), Czechia	Elbe River			Images
1855	Minneapolis (St. Anthony's Falls)	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Mississippi River - Nicollet Island		188.98	Images
1855	Mirepoix-sur-Tarn	Mirepoix-sur-Tarn, Haute-Garonne, France	Tarn River	43.811766 N 1.571793 E		Images
1855	Ness	Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom	River Ness			Images
1855	Niagara Suspension	Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada	Niagara River		250.33	Images
1855	Saint-Cyr (Napoleon, Bonaparte)	Tours and Saint-Cyr, Indre-et-Loire, France	Loire River			Images
1855	Shohola (Barryville-Shohola, Shohola-Barryville)	Barryville, New York and Shohola, Pennsylvania, USA	Delaware River			Images
1855	Whiskey Bar (Pioneer, Whisky)	El Dorado County, California, USA	American River
1856	Bidwell Bar	Oroville, California, USA	Feather River	39.537483 N 121.45415 W	67.06	Images
1856	Boutiron	Creuzier-les-Vieux, Allier, France	Allier River	46.153816 N 3.410014 E		Images
1856	Bridge of Sighs	Carthage and Rochester, New York, USA	Genesee River
1856	Briord	Briord, Ain and Isère, France	Rhône River			Images
1856	Carbonne	Carbonne, Haute-Garonne, France	Garonne River	43.294537 N 1.228567 E		Images
1856	Guyandotte	Guyandotte and Huntington, West Virginia, USA	Guyandotte River	38.430083 N 82.391694 W	137.16	Images
1856	Les Mées	Les Mées, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France	Durance River			Images
1856	Ollières	Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux, Ardèche, France	Eyrieux River	44.804655 N 4.614687 E
1856	Strong	Strong, Maine, USA	Sandy River		77.42	Images
1856	Westmoreland's	Lancha Plana, California, USA	Mokelumne River
1857	Altenbergsteg	Berne, Switzerland	Aare River	46.9503 N 7.4489 E	57	Images
1857	Black River (Bradford, Mill Street)	Watertown, New York, USA	Black River		53	Images
1857	Change (Chain, Lehigh Canal Swinging, Wire Towing Path at Pool No. 8)	Glendon, Pennsylvania, USA	Lehigh River	40.65382 N 75.24774 W		Images
1857	Izeron	Izeron and Saint-Sauveur, Isère, France	Isère River	45.154651 N 5.363855 E		Images
1857	Longues	Longues, Vic-le-Comte and Les Martres-de-Veyre, Puy-de-Dôme, France	Allier River			Images
1857	Saint James's Park	London, England, United Kingdom	Saint James's Park			Images
1857	Saint-Lattier	Saint-Lattier, Isère and Eymeux, Drôme, France	Isère River			Images
1858	Chaumont-sur-Loire	Chaumont-sur-Loire and Onzain, Loir-et-Cher, France	Loire River			Images
1858	Chelsea (Victoria)	London, England, United Kingdom	River Thames - Battersea Park	51.485061 N 0.149897 W	116.74
1858	Portsmouth	Portsmouth, Ohio, USA	Scioto River
1858	Thoirette	Thoirette, Jura and Ain, France	Ain River	46.268464 N 5.536318 E		Images
1858	Trofa (Barca)	Trofa and Ribeirão, Portugal	Ave River	41.345251 N 8.556376 W	81.99
1859	Doux	St Jean de Muzols and Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France	Doux River	45.074919 N 4.816389 E		Images
1859	General Dean (Carlyle)	Carlyle, Illinois, USA	Kaskaskia River	38.611125 N 89.357476 W	80.47	Images
1859	Sully-sur-Loire	Sully-sur-Loire and Saint-Père-sur-Loire, Loiret, France	Loire River			Images
1859	Verdon	Gréoux-les-Bains, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France	Verdon River

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