This is a list of all 174 bridges in the suspension bridge inventory completed from 1700 through 1834, the year the Grand Pont Suspendu was completed. 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 |
| 1734 | (suspension bridge) | Gliwice vicinity, Upper Silesia, Poland | Oder River | | | |
| 1741 | Winch (Wynch) | Middleton-in-Teesdale, England, United Kingdom | River Tees - Low Force | | 21.34 | |
| 1784 | Chain | Weilburg, Germany | Lahn River | | 35 | |
| 1801 | Jacob's Creek (Iron Bridge, Chain Bridge) | Iron Bridge, Mount Pleasant vicinity, Pennsylvania, USA | Jacob's Creek | 40.112598 N 79.553186 W | 21.34 | |
| 1807 | Chain | Georgetown, District of Columbia and Virginia, USA | Potomac River | 38.92959 N 77.11627 W | 39.17 | |
| 1807 | Wills Creek | Cumberland, Maryland, USA | Wills Creek | | 42.37 | |
| 1809 | (suspension bridge) | Brownsville vicinity, Pennsylvania, USA | | | | |
| 1809 | (suspension bridge) | Brownsville, Pennsylvania, USA | Dunlap's Creek | | | |
| 1809 | Schuylkill Falls | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Schuylkill River | | 46.63 | |
| 1810 | (suspension bridge) | Frankfort, Kentucky, USA | Kentucky River | | 50.9 | |
| 1810 | (suspension bridge) | Paulings Ford, Pennsylvania, USA | Schuylkill River | | | |
| 1810 | (suspension bridge) | Reading, Pennsylvania, USA | Schuykill River | | | |
| 1810 | (suspension bridge) | Wilmington, Delaware, USA | Brandywine Creek | | 44.2 | |
| 1810 | (suspension bridge) | Wrightstown, Pennsylvania, USA | Neshaminy River | | 30.48 | |
| 1810 | Chain (Essex-Merrimack) | Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA | Merrimack River - Deer Island | 42.833947 N 70.906811 W | 74.07 | Images |
| 1811 | (suspension bridge) | Juniata Crossing, Pennsylvania, USA | Juniata River | | | |
| 1811 | (suspension bridge) | Kentucky, USA | | | | |
| 1811 | (suspension bridge) | Kentucky, USA | | | | |
| 1811 | Third Street | Easton, Pennsylvania, USA | Lehigh River | | | |
| 1814 | Hamilton Street | Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA | Lehigh River | | | |
| 1816 | Galashiels | Galashiels, Scotland, United Kingdom | Gala Water | | 33.83 | |
| 1816 | Spider | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Schuylkill River | | 120.02 | |
| 1818 | Dryburgh Abbey | Dryburgh and St. Boswells, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Tweed | | 79.25 | Images |
| 1820 | Union | Horncliffe, Berwick-upon-Tweed vicinity, England and Fishwick, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Tweed | 55.75256 N 2.10677 W | 136.86 | Images |
| 1820 | Wills Creek | Cumberland, Maryland, USA | Wills Creek | | 46.18 | |
| 1821 | Trinity Pier (Newhaven Pier) | Trinity, Edinburgh vicinity, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Forth | | 63.7 | |
| 1822 | (footbridge) | Annonay, Ardèche, France | Cance River | | 18 | |
| 1822 | Kalighat (Khallee Ghat, Kalee Ghat) | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Tolly's Nullah (Adi Ganga) | | | |
| 1823 | (suspension bridge) | Réunion, France | Sainte-Suzanne River | | 40.16 | Images |
| 1823 | (suspension bridge) | Réunion, France | Mat River | | 40.16 | |
| 1823 | Brighton Pier | Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom | | | 77.72 | Images |
| 1823 | Saint Antoine | Geneva, Switzerland | | | 40 | |
| 1824 | Biery's | Biery's Port (Catasauqua), Pennsylvania, USA | Lehigh River | | | |
| 1824 | Delessert | Passy, Paris, France | | | 52 | |
| 1824 | Galaure | Saint-Vallier, Drôme, France | Galaure River | | 30 | |
| 1824 | Kettensteg (Chain) | Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany | Pegnitz River | 49.45468 N 11.07076 E | 29.6 | Images |
| 1824 | Lehigh Gap (Palmerton) | Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania, USA | Lehigh River | | | Images |
| 1824 | Panteleimonovsky | St. Petersburg, Russia | Fontanka River | 59.942160 N 30.338434 E | | Images |
| 1824 | Pochtamptsky (Pochamsky, Post Office, Pochtamtskiy) | St. Petersburg, Russia | | 59.930532 N 30.300750 E | | |
| 1824 | Strážnice (Straßnitz, Strassnitz) | Strážnice, Czechia | Velicka River - Chateau Strážnice | | 27.7 | |
| 1824 | Wissekerke | Bazel, Belgium | Wissekerke Castle | 51.145383 N 4.302667 E | 23.11 | Images |
| 1825 | Burceña | Barakaldo and Bilbao, Spain | | | | |
| 1825 | Pâquis | Geneva, Switzerland | | | 41 | |
| 1825 | Sophienbrücke (Sophia, Sophien, Sophie, Rotundenbrücke, Rotunda) | Vienna, Austria | Donaukanal | 48.205983 N 16.397243 E | | |
| 1825 | Tain-Tournon | Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain, Drôme, France | Rhône River | | 85 | |
| 1826 | (footbridge) | Milford, England, United Kingdom | River Derwent | 53.000982 N 1.479285 W | | |
| 1826 | Bankovsky (Bank) | St. Petersburg, Russia | Griboedov Canal | 59.932193 N 30.325009 E | | Images |
| 1826 | Broughton (Gerald Road) | Lancashire, England, United Kingdom | River Irwell | | 44.35 | |
| 1826 | Conwy (Conway) | Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom | River Conwy | 53.280476 N 3.823742 W | 99.67 | Images |
| 1826 | Egyptian (Египетский) | St. Petersburg, Russia | Fontanka River | 59.916930 N 30.297185 E | | Images |
| 1826 | Gattonside (Melrose) | Melrose, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Tweed | 55.602830 N 2.723349 W | 91.44 | Images |
| 1826 | Invalides | Paris, France | Seine River | | 169.93 | |
| 1826 | Jarnac | Jarnac, Charente, France | Charente River | | 70 | Images |
| 1826 | Kidderpore (Kyderpoor) | Khidirpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Tolly's Nullah (Adi Ganga) | | 42.67 | |
| 1826 | Lviny (Lions) | St. Petersburg, Russia | Griboedov Canal | 59.926918 N 30.301404 E | 22.4 | |
| 1826 | Menai Strait | Menai Bridge and Bangor vicinity, Wales, United Kingdom | Menai Strait | 53.221367 N 4.1646 W | 176.48 | Images |
| 1826 | Vermontois | Péruwelz, Belgium | Pommerœul-Antoing Canal | | 36.7 | Images |
| 1826 | Warden (Hexham, West Boat) | Northumberland, England, United Kingdom | South Tyne River | 54.988277 N 2.141917 W | | Images |
| 1826 | Welney | Welney, England, United Kingdom | Hundred Foot River | | | Images |
| 1827 | (footbridge) | Denholm, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Teviot | 55.460001 N 2.686394 W | | Images |
| 1827 | (suspension bridge) | Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA | Merrimack River | | | Images |
| 1827 | Andance | Andance, Ardèche and Andancette, Drôme, France | Rhône River | 45.242194 N 4.801638 E | | Images |
| 1827 | Hammersmith | London, England, United Kingdom | River Thames | | 121.92 | Images |
| 1827 | Kettenbrücke (Saaz) | Žatec, Czechia | Ohre River | | 59.7 | Images |
| 1827 | L'île Barbe | Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France | Saône River | 45.796883 N 4.83055 E | 102 | Images |
| 1827 | Malapane (Malapana) | Ozimek, Lower Silesia, Poland | Mała Panew | 50.676403 N 18.212243 E | | Images |
| 1827 | Tollygunge (Tollygunj) | Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Tolly's Nullah (Adi Ganga) | | 33.99 | |
| 1828 | Arcole (de la Grève) | Paris, France | Seine River | | 40.8 | |
| 1828 | Auvers | Auvers-sur-Oise and Méry-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, France | Oise River | | | |
| 1828 | Doux | St Jean de Muzols and Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France | Doux River | 45.074384 N 4.816741 E | | |
| 1828 | Guriah Hath | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Tolly's Nulla (Adi Ganga) | | 34.75 | |
| 1828 | Karlskettensteg (Charles, Karls) | Vienna, Austria | Danube Canal | 48.214324 N 16.374969 E | | |
| 1828 | Sablons | Sablons, Isère and Serrières, Ardèche, France | Rhône River | | 101 | Images |
| 1828 | San Benedetto | Padua, Padua, Italy | Bacchiglione River | 45.408364 N 11.868094 E | | Images |
| 1828 | Sassenage | Sassenage and Grenoble, Isère, France | Drac River | | | Images |
| 1828 | South Stack | Holyhead, Wales, United Kingdom | Goleudy Ynys Lawd (Ynys Lawd Lighthouse) | 53.306972 N 4.696822 W | 37 | Images |
| 1829 | Argentat (Marie) | Argentat, Corrèze, France | Dordogne River | | 99.97 | Images |
| 1829 | Beaucaire | Beaucaire, Gard and Tarascon, Bouches-du-Rhône, France | Rhône River | | 120.01 | Images |
| 1829 | Chain | Kemeys Commander, Wales, United Kingdom | River Usk | 51.745000 N 2.948227 W | | Images |
| 1829 | Chazey | Chazey-sur-Ain, Ain, France | Ain River | | 125 | Images |
| 1829 | Invalides (l'Allee-d'Antin) | Paris, France | Seine River | | 72.09 | |
| 1829 | Kettenbrücke (Ludwigsbrücke, Chain) | Bamberg, Germany | Regnitz River | 49.896400 N 10.891386 E | 64.26 | |
| 1829 | Middleham | Middleham and Leyburn, England, United Kingdom | River Ure | 54.294316 N 1.818643 W | | Images |
| 1829 | Montrose | Montrose, Scotland, United Kingdom | South Esk River | 56.705802 N 2.475390 W | | Images |
| 1829 | Palais de Justice | Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France | Saône River | | | Images |
| 1829 | Port-Sainte-Foy | Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt, Dordogne and Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Gironde, France | Dordogne River | 44.842132 N 0.211552 E | | Images |
| 1829 | Thoirette | Thoirette, Jura and Ain, France | Ain River | 46.268283 N 5.536277 E | | |
| 1829 | Vienne | Vienne, Isère and Sainte-Colombe, Rhône, France | Rhône River | 45.524867 N 4.87035 E | | Images |
| 1830 | (suspension bridge) | Nassau, Germany | Lahn River | 50.311559 N 7.796206 E | 74.85 | Images |
| 1830 | Barrackpore (Barrackpoor, Shambazar) | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Circular Canal | | 30.48 | |
| 1830 | Beose (Presgrave's) | Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India | | | 60.96 | |
| 1830 | Boharm (Boat of Bridge, Boat o' Brig, New, Delfur) | Boat o' Brig, Fochabers, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Spey | 57.550528 N 3.140743 W | | Images |
| 1830 | Boitakhana (Baliaghata) | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Circular Canal | | 30.48 | |
| 1830 | Bourg-Saint-Andéol | Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Ardèche, France | Rhône River | | 88.9 | Images |
| 1830 | Feurs | Feurs, Loire, France | Loire River | | | Images |
| 1830 | Fourques | Fourques, Gard and Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France | Petit Rhône River | 43.688722 N 4.613472 E | | Images |
| 1830 | Grosvenor | Bath, England, United Kingdom | River Avon | 51.393597 N 2.342445 W | 35.97 | Images |
| 1830 | Guîtres | Guîtres, Gironde, France | Isle River | | | Images |
| 1830 | La Madeleine | La Madeleine, Faycelles, Lot and Causse-et-Diège, Aveyron, France | Lot River | 44.557528 N 2.026278 E | | Images |
| 1830 | Maniktola | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Circular Canal | | 30.48 | |
| 1830 | Narkooldunga | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Circular Canal | | 30.48 | |
| 1830 | Parentignat (Orbeil) | Parentignat and Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, France | Allier River | 45.543960 N 3.276289 E | 98.4 | Images |
| 1830 | Remoulins | Remoulins, Gard, France | Gardon River | 43.936944 N 4.557333 E | 120 | Images |
| 1830 | Rudolf (Rudolfs, Rudolfsbrücke) | Vienna, Austria | Vienna River | 48.196985 N 16.359208 E | | |
| 1830 | Schikaneder (Schikanederbrücke, Schikanedersteg) | Vienna, Austria | Vienna River | 48.199949 N 16.365989 E | | |
| 1830 | Stockton Railway | Stockton on Tees, England, United Kingdom | River Tees | | 85.65 | |
| 1830 | Valence | Valence, Drôme and Guilherand-Granges, Ardèche, France | Rhône River | 44.932022 N 4.882951 E | 110 | Images |
| 1830 | Vic-sur-Aisne | Vic-sur-Aisne, Aisne, France | Aisne River | | | Images |
| 1830 | Walters | Dhaka, Bangladesh | | | | |
| 1830 | Wynch (Winch) | Middleton-in-Teesdale, England, United Kingdom | River Tees | 54.646132 N 2.150488 W | | Images |
| 1831 | Aguado | Ris-Orangis, Essonne, France | Seine River | | | |
| 1831 | Andrézieux | Andrézieux, Loire, France | Loire River | | | Images |
| 1831 | Beauregard | Beauregard, Ain, France | Saône River | 46.002033 N 4.749783 E | | Images |
| 1831 | Belleville (Belleville-sur-Saône) | Belleville, Rhône and Ain, France | Saône River | | | Images |
| 1831 | Bry-sur-Marne | Bry-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France | Marne River | | 76.03 | |
| 1831 | Condrieu | Condrieu, Rhône and Les Roches-de-Condrieu, Isère, France | Rhône River | 45.457394 N 4.768694 E | 96.8 | Images |
| 1831 | Decize | Decize, Nièvre, France | Loire River | | | Images |
| 1831 | Dumdum | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Circular Canal | | 30.48 | |
| 1831 | Findhorn | Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Findhorn | 57.6018 N 3.6557 W | | Images |
| 1831 | La Feuillée | Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France | Saône River | 45.766642 N 4.829746 E | 67 | |
| 1831 | Langon | Langon, Aquitaine, France | Garonne River | | | Images |
| 1831 | Luzancy | Luzancy, Seine-et-Marne, France | Marne River | | 54.99 | Images |
| 1831 | Masaryk (Masarik, Mazarik, de la Gare) | Lyon vicinity, Métropole de Lyon, France | Saône River | 45.778267 N 4.809017 E | 85.2 | Images |
| 1831 | Mirabeau | Mirabeau, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône, France | Durance River | 43.68945 N 5.668267 E | 150 | Images |
| 1831 | Scotswood (Chine) | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom | River Tyne | | 112.17 | Images |
| 1831 | Wellington (Craiglug) | Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Dee | 57.13559 N 2.09560 W | | Images |
| 1831 | Whorlton | Whorlton, Barnard Castle, England, United Kingdom | River Tees | 54.526243 N 1.836740 W | 53 | Images |
| 1832 | Aboyne | Aboyne, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Dee | | | Images |
| 1832 | Bercy | Paris, France | Seine River | | 45 | Images |
| 1832 | Ferdinando | Minturno vicinity, Italy | Garigliano River | 41.242015 N 13.771914 E | 80.4 | Images |
| 1832 | L'Ile-Bouchard | Saint Maurice, L'Île-Bouchard and Saint-Gilles, L'Île-Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, France | Vienne River | 47.119399 N 0.424522 E | 80 | Images |
| 1832 | L'Ile-Bouchard | Saint Maurice, L'Île-Bouchard and Saint-Gilles, L'Île-Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, France | Vienne River | 47.120994 N 0.425181 E | 85.01 | Images |
| 1832 | La Roche-Posay (La Roche-Posay-les-Bains) | La Roche-Posay, Vienne and Indre-et-Loire, France | Creuse River | | | Images |
| 1832 | Les Vans | Les Vans and Les Assions, Ardèche, France | Chassezac River | 44.416248 N 4.155727 E | | Images |
| 1832 | Marlow | Marlow, England, United Kingdom | River Thames | 51.56735 N 0.773567 W | | Images |
| 1832 | Neuville-sur-Saône | Neuville-sur-Saône and Albigny-sur-Saône, Métropole de Lyon, France | Saône River | 45.876840 N 4.836934 E | | Images |
| 1832 | Saint-Vincent | Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France | Saône River | 45.767583 N 4.827983 E | | Images |
| 1832 | Vailly-sur-Aisne | Vailly-sur-Aisne, Aisne, France | Aisne River | | | Images |
| 1832 | Vals-les-bains | Vals-les-bains and Labégude, Ardèche, France | Ardèche River | | | |
| 1832 | Yarmouth | Great Yarmouth, England, United Kingdom | River Bure | | | |
| 1833 | Alipore | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Tolly's Nullah (Adi Ganga) | | 27.13 | |
| 1833 | Chauvigny | Chauvigny, Vienne, France | Vienne River | | 75.01 | |
| 1833 | Collias (Louis-Philippe) | Collias, Gard, France | Gardon River | 43.953224 N 4.482269 E | | Images |
| 1833 | Cosne-sur-Loire | Cosne-sur-Loire, Nièvre and Boulleret, Cher, France | Loire River | 47.411396 N 2.918450 E | | Images |
| 1833 | Coubon | Coubon and Volhac, Haute-Loire, France | Loire River | | | |
| 1833 | Hasting's | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Tolly's Nullah (Adi Ganga) | | 53.64 | |
| 1833 | La Sône | La Sône, Isère, France | Isère River | 45.109403 N 5.276853 E | 92 | Images |
| 1833 | Le Veurdre | Le Veurdre, Allier and Saint-Pierre-le-Moutier, Nièvre, France | Allier River | 46.758333 N 3.049167 E | | Images |
| 1833 | Leopoldus II | Poggio a Cajano, Florence vicinity, Tuscany, Italy | Ombrone River | 43.824854 N 11.047510 E | 34.89 | |
| 1833 | Longues | Longues, Vic-le-Comte and Les Martres-de-Veyre, Puy-de-Dôme, France | Allier River | | 100 | |
| 1833 | Norfolk | Shoreham, England, United Kingdom | River Adur | | 86.56 | Images |
| 1833 | Petit | Cosne-sur-Loire, Nièvre and Boulleret, Cher, France | Loire River | 47.411173 N 2.908176 E | | Images |
| 1833 | Schaukelbrücke Ilmpark | Weimar, Thüringen, Germany | Ilm River | 50.96722 N 11.33971 E | 14.8 | Images |
| 1833 | Tonneins | Tonneins, Lot-et-Garonne, France | Garonne River | | | |
| 1833 | Vichy | Vichy and Bellerive-sur-Allier, Allier, France | Allier River | | | Images |
| 1834 | Aranjuez (Barcas) | Aranjuez, Spain | Tagus River | | | Images |
| 1834 | Bretenoux | Bretenoux and Biars-sur-Cère, Lot, France | Cère River | 44.916349 N 1.838218 E | | Images |
| 1834 | Canada | Tréguier and Trédarzec, Côtes-d'Armor, France | Jaudy River | 48.785102 N 3.220630 W | 100 | |
| 1834 | Chitpur (Cheetpoor, Baghbazar) | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Circular Canal | | 30.18 | |
| 1834 | Clairac | Clairac, Lot-et-Garonne, France | Lot River | 44.358260 N 0.381738 E | | Images |
| 1834 | Crathie | Crathie vicinity, Scotland, United Kingdom | River Dee | 57.0335 N 3.211 W | 42.06 | Images |
| 1834 | Digoin | Digoin, Saône-et-Loire and Allier, France | Loire River | 46.479272 N 3.969957 E | | Images |
| 1834 | Ile aux Barques (Bergues) | Ile aux Barques, Geneva, Switzerland | | | 33.5 | Images |
| 1834 | Jargeau (Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel) | Jargeau and Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel, Loiret, France | Loire River | 47.869886 N 2.124662 E | 54 | Images |
| 1834 | Lamothe | Lamothe and Brioude, Haute-Loire, France | Allier River | 45.302910 N 3.403816 E | | Images |
| 1834 | Loubéjac | Loubéjac and Lamothe-Capdeville, Tarn-et-Garonne, France | Aveyron River | | | |
| 1834 | Louis-Philippe (de la Reforme) | Île St-Louis, Paris, France | Seine River | | | Images |
| 1834 | Lussac-les-Châteaux | Lussac-les-Châteaux, Vienne, France | Vienne River | | | |
| 1834 | Pontoise | Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France | Oise River | | 50 | Images |
| 1834 | Port-Sainte-Marie | Port-Sainte-Marie and Saint-Laurent, Lot-et-Garonne, France | Garonne River | | 200.01 | |
| 1834 | Saint Francois | Tréguier and Plouguiel, Côtes-d'Armor, France | Guindy River | 48.789737 N 3.236838 W | 71.2 | |
| 1834 | Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude | Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude and Marcorignan, Aude, France | Aude River | 43.234368 N 2.926676 E | | Images |
| 1834 | Saint-Thibault | Saint-Thibault, Saint-Satur vicinity, Cher and Nièvre, France | Loire River | 47.338358 N 2.868882 E | | Images |
| 1834 | Zaehringen (Grand Pont Suspendu) | Fribourg, Switzerland | Sarine River | | 273.1 | Images |
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