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 |
1926 | (suspension bridge) | Fort Collins, Colorado, USA | Cache La Poudre River | 40.578366 N 105.045251 W | | |
1929 | Royal Gorge | Canon City, Colorado, USA | Arkansas River | 38.46129 N 105.32541 W | 268.22 | Images |
2002 | Swinging | Basalt, Colorado, USA | Frying Pan River | 39.36828 N 107.03178 W | 19.81 | Images |
2008 | Needleton | Needleton vicinity, Colorado, USA | Animas River - Chicago Basin Trail | 37.633320 N 107.692475 W | 32 | |
2009 | Keystone Gorge | Telluride, Colorado, USA | San Miguel River - Keystone Gorge | 37.945772 N 107.893521 W | 27.43 | Images |
2010 | (footbridge) | Lake City, Colorado, USA | Lake San Cristobal | 37.96624 N 107.29273 W | 67.06 | Images |
2018 | Gunsight | Crested Butte, Colorado, USA | Slate River | 38.908224 N 107.025381 W | 30.48 | Images |
2021 | (footbridge) | Pueblo, Colorado, USA | Arkansas River | 38.267861 N 104.623417 W | | |
2021 | Welch Ditch | Clear Creek Canyon Park, Golden, Colorado, USA | Clear Creek - Welch Ditch Trail, Peaks to Plains Trail | 39.744912 N 105.248592 W | | |
| (conveyor bridge) | Thornton, Colorado, USA | South Platte River | 39.86809 N 104.92068 W | 121.92 | Images |
| (conveyor bridge) | Thornton, Colorado, USA | South Platte River | 39.87968 N 104.90335 W | 106.68 | Images |
| (footbridge) | Fort Collins, Colorado, USA | Cache La Poudre River - Environmental Learning Center | 40.55705 N 105.019417 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Nathrop, Colorado, USA | Arkansas River - Chateau Chaparral | 38.743944 N 106.067806 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Salida, Colorado, USA | Arkansas River | | | |
| (pipeline bridge) | Aurora, Colorado, USA | Cherry Creek Reservoir spillway | 39.65919 N 104.82509 W | | Images |
| (pipeline bridge) | Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA | Colorado River | 39.55085 N 107.31878 W | 60.96 | Images |
| (pipeline bridge) | Palisade vicinity, Colorado, USA | Colorado River | 39.12223 N 108.32207 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Hot Springs Hotel, Canon City, Colorado, USA | Arkansas River | | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Palisade, Colorado, USA | Colorado River | | | Images |
| 14th Street (Swinging) | Durango, Colorado, USA | Animas River | 37.27936 N 107.88038 W | | |
| Bridgeport | Bridgeport, Colorado, USA | Gunnison River | 38.83782 N 108.38141 W | | |
| James Craig Bair Sheep Ranch | Dotsero vicinity, Colorado, USA | Colorado River - Glenwood Canyon vicinity | 39.64485 N 107.07813 W | 64.01 | Images |
| Needleton | Needleton vicinity, Colorado, USA | Animas River - Chicago Basin Trail | 37.633477 N 107.692765 W | | |
| Swinging | Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge vicinity, Colorado, USA | Green River | 40.827833 N 109.030444 W | 96.32 | Images |
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