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Suspension Bridges Completed 1870-1879

This is a list of all 74 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory completed in the decade 1870-1879. 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
1870	(footbridge)	Rockford, Illinois, USA	Kent Creek - Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum
1870	Auzon	Auzon, Haute-Loire, France	Allier River	45.385908 N 3.357088 E		Images
1870	Big Flats	Big Flats, New York, USA
1870	Chehocton	Hancock, New York and Wayne County, Pennsylvania, USA	Delaware River		144.78	Images
1870	Draht (Wire)	Kassel, Hessen, Germany	Fulda River	51.312209 N 9.504177 E		Images
1870	Finck's (Fink's)	Little Falls, New York, USA	Mohawk River	43.034102 N 74.830185 W		Images
1870	Gévrieux	Gévrieux, Ain, France	Ain River			Images
1870	Pond Eddy-Lumberland (Decker's)	Pond Eddy and Lumberland, New York, USA	Delaware River	41.439349 N 74.819723 W		Images
1870	Touzac	Touzac, Lot, France	Lot River	44.496083 N 1.049472 E	110	Images
1871	(suspension bridge)	Washburn's Eddy, New York, USA	Hudson River
1871	Aboyne	Waterside, Aboyne vicinity, Scotland, United Kingdom	River Dee		91.44
1871	Boatford	Langholm, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom	River Esk
1871	Coubon	Coubon and Volhac, Haute-Loire, France	Loire River			Images
1871	Ferry Street	Binghamton, New York, USA	Chenango River		109.73	Images
1871	Hunting	Shocklach Green vicinity, England, United Kingdom	River Dee		48.77
1871	Tanarmouth	Glen Tanar, Aboyne vicinity, Scotland, United Kingdom	Water of Tanar	57.066833 N 2.805167 W	30.48
1871	Tarassac	St. Martin-de-l'Arcon vicinity, Hérault, France	Orb River	43.564251 N 2.974977 E		Images
1871	Warren (Hickory Street)	Warren, Pennsylvania, USA	Allegheny River		143.26	Images
1872	Barrett	Port Jervis, New York and Matamoras, Pennsylvania, USA	Delaware River			Images
1872	Branch Hill	Branch Hill and Symmes, Ohio, USA	Little Miami River
1872	Chemung	Chemung, New York, USA	Chemung River			Images
1872	Dryburgh Abbey	Dryburgh and St. Boswells, Scotland, United Kingdom	River Tweed	55.580771 N 2.654251 W		Images
1872	Fulsom Landing (Riverside, Folsom Landing, Riparius)	Riparius, New York, USA	Hudson River	43.661963 N 73.898194 W		Images
1872	Gilead	Gilead, Maine, USA	Androscoggin River		58.52	Images
1872	Lower (White)	Turners Falls, Montague, Massachusetts, USA	Connecticut River	42.609165 N 72.561433 W		Images
1872	Ravenscraig	Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom	Caledonian Railway	56.468350 N 2.901061 W	16.8
1872	Trinity Cemetery	New York, New York, USA	Broadway
1873	Boatford	Langholm, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom	River Esk	55.15098 N 3.00273 W	53.34	Images
1873	Franklin	Franklin, Ohio, USA	Great Miami River			Images
1873	Harrison	Harrison, Ohio and Dearborn County, Indiana, USA	Whitewater River			Images
1873	South Street (Wire)	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA	Lehigh Valley Railroad and North Branch Canal	41.239328 N 75.884643 W		Images
1874	(suspension bridge)	Bannockburn, New Zealand	Kawarau River
1874	Canet	Canet and Le Pouget, Hérault, France	Hérault River	43.597444 N 3.493061 E		Images
1874	Châtel-de-Neuvre	Châtel-de-Neuvre and La Ferté-Hauterive, Allier, France	Allier River	46.402296 N 3.317844 E		Images
1874	Huitong	Longling, Yunnan, China	Nujiang	24.734810 N 98.966987 E	94.3
1874	Isidora	Lota, Chile	Parque Isidora Cousiño De Lota			Images
1874	Palmengarten (Palm Gardens)	Frankfurt, Germany		50.122639 N 8.654833 E		Images
1875	(footbridge)	Castle Bergedorf, Bergedorf, Hamburg, Germany	castle moat	53.489417 N 10.212 E	6.9	Images
1875	(suspension bridge)	Clyde, New Zealand	Clutha River	45.190381 S 169.315298 E
1875	Nith (Biddall's)	Dumfries, Scotland, United Kingdom	River Nith	55.065120 N 3.610292 W		Images
1875	Saint-Nazaire	Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans, Drôme and Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier, Isère, France	Isère River	45.067313 N 5.243247 E
1875	Swinging	Arroyo Grande, California, USA	Arroyo Grande Creek	35.12336 N 120.57703 W	52.12	Images
1875	Swinging	Frederick, Maryland, USA	Carroll Creek - Baker Park	39.415033 N 77.4208 W		Images
1876	Brunner	Brunner, New Zealand	Grey River / Māwheranui	42.433068 S 171.324420 E		Images
1876	Laissey	Laissey, Doubs, France	Doubs River	47.298411 N 6.236290 E		Images
1876	Lamagistère	Lamagistère, Tarn-et-Garonne, France	Garonne River	44.122921 N 0.819276 E		Images
1876	Linwood	Linwood, Ohio, USA	Little Miami River
1876	Nile River	Charleston, New Zealand	Nile (Waitakere) River	41.899278 S 171.443694 E
1876	Petroleum Street (Oil City)	Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA	Allegheny River		152.4
1876	Point	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Monongahela River		243.84	Images
1876	Zoar	Stevenson vicinity, Connecticut, USA	Housatonic River			Images
1877	(suspension bridge)	Kent, Ohio, USA	Cuyahoga River
1877	Canet	Ventenac-en-Minervois and Canet, Aude, France	Aude River	43.240039 N 2.855134 E		Images
1877	Cottaneva	Cottaneva Creek, Rockport, California, USA	Rockport Bay, Pacific Ocean	39.736703 N 123.832585 W	82.3
1877	Douelle	Douelle, Lot, France	Lot River	44.471510 N 1.361864 E		Images
1877	Jhulaghat (झुलाघाट)	Juluaghat, Dasharathchanda, Nepal and Jhulaghat, Uttarakhand, India	Sharda River	29.571577 N 80.382849 E
1877	Lead Mine (Hutchinson)	Gorham, New Hampshire, USA				Images
1877	Minneapolis	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Mississippi River - Nicollet Island		205.77	Images
1877	Netherby	Kirksandrew-upon-Esk, Longtown vicinity, Cumbria and Netherby, England, United Kingdom	River Esk	55.03855 N 2.95261 W		Images
1877	Punalur	Punalur, Kerala, India	Kallada River	9.018114 N 76.927620 E		Images
1877	Victoria	Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India	Beas River	31.712668 N 76.933310 E
1878	(suspension bridge)	New Zealand	Hawea River
1878	Maynard Street	Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA	Susquehanna River
1878	Sedgwick (Low Park Woods, New Sedgwick)	Sedgwick and Sizergh, England, United Kingdom	River Kent	54.281 N 2.7564 W		Images
1878	Spider (Midge)	Crewe, England, United Kingdom
1878	Upper (Red)	Turners Falls, Montague, Massachusetts, USA	Connecticut River			Images
1879	Azuqueca	Azuqueca de Henares, Guadalajara, Spain	Henares River	40.555941 N 3.246655 W
1879	Infirmary	Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom	River Ness	57.471653 N 4.228844 W	60.96	Images
1879	Saint-Ilpize	Saint-Ilpize, Haute-Loire, France	Allier River	45.198556 N 3.386866 E	70.35	Images
1879	Shaky (Manuherikia)	Alexandra, New Zealand	Manuherikia River	45.253846 S 169.398651 E		Images
1879	Swing	Monymusk, Scotland, United Kingdom	River Don		32.61	Images
1879	Viljandi	Viljandi, Estonia	Viljandi Castle Park	58.358912 N 25.594293 E		Images
	(suspension bridge)	Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania, USA	French Creek
	Rochsburg (Schwankender)	Rochsburg, Lunzenau, Saxony, Germany	Zwickauer Mulde River	50.945537 N 12.762093 E		Images

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