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Suspension Bridges of California

This is a list of all 125 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory for California in USA. Click the bridge name to isolate the bridge on its own page.

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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
1852	Huse	Yeomet, California, USA	Cosumnes River	38.55323 N 120.84755 W
1852	Wilson's	Cosumne, California, USA	Cosumnes River	38.49229 N 121.17183 W	45.72
1853	O'Byrne's	Copperopolis vicinity, California, USA	Stanislaus River
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	Westmoreland's	Lancha Plana, California, USA	Mokelumne River
1860	Auburn-Coloma	Auburn and Coloma, California, USA	North Fork American River			Images
1861	Weitchpec	Weitchpec, California, USA	Klamath River
1862	(suspension bridge)	California, USA	Trinity River
1862	(suspension bridge)	California, USA	Stanislaus River
1862	(suspension bridge)	California, USA	Tuolumne River
1862	(suspension bridge)	McCourtney's Crossing, California, USA	Bear River
1862	Pine Street	Nevada City, California, USA	Deer Creek			Images
1862	Rattlesnake Bar	Folsom vicinity, California, USA	American River - Rattlesnake Bar	38.814397 N 121.091726 W		Images
1863	Lamb's	Latrobe vicinity and Plymouth vicinity, California, USA	Cosumnes River	38.52222 N 120.95587 W		Images
1867	Mosquito Road	Placerville, California, USA	South Fork American River	38.775791 N 120.748441 W
1875	Swinging	Arroyo Grande, California, USA	Arroyo Grande Creek	35.12336 N 120.57703 W	52.12	Images
1877	Cottaneva	Cottaneva Creek, Rockport, California, USA	Rockport Bay, Pacific Ocean	39.736703 N 123.832585 W	82.3
1890	(flume bridge)	Trimmer, California, USA	Kings River
1891	(suspension bridge)	San Francisco, California, USA	South Drive - Golden Gate Park			Images
1912	Orleans	Orleans, California, USA	Klamath River			Images
1912	Spruce Street	Hillcrest, San Diego, California, USA	Kate Sessions Canyon - Bankers Hill Canyon	32.73878 N 117.16541 W	91.44	Images
1913	South Fork Mule (Limestairs)	Hyampom vicinity, California, USA	South Fork Trinity River - Six Rivers National Forest	40.719083 N 123.523217 W		Images
1914	Scotia-Rio Dell	Scotia and Rio Dell, California, USA	Eel River
1917	Alderpoint	Alderpoint, California, USA	North Fork Eel River	40.173364 N 123.603832 W
1920	(suspension bridge)	Petrolia vicinity, California, USA	Mattole River	40.276827 N 124.242913 W
1920	Fort Seward	Fort Seward, California, USA	Eel River	40.227599 N 123.646996 W
1925	A.A. Hadley (Mattole River, Lindley)	Honeydew vicinity, California, USA	Mattole River	40.25 N 124.165 W		Images
1925	Blair Grove	Miranda vicinity, California, USA	South Fok Eel River	40.258954 N 123.841625 W
1928	Colfax-Iowa Hill	Colfax vicinity, California, USA	North Fork American River	39.09993 N 120.92480 W		Images
1929	Auburn-Coloma	Auburn and Coloma, California, USA	North Fork American River			Images
1930	Colfax-Foresthill (Yankee Jims)	Yankee Jims, Colfax vicinity, California, USA	North Fork American River	39.040306 N 120.902667 W	53	Images
1930	Horse Creek	Horse Creek, California, USA	Klamath River	41.824678 N 122.997667 W		Images
1932	(suspension bridge)	Placer County and El Dorado County, California, USA	Rubicon River	38.984847 N 120.694431 W	48.77
1933	(suspension bridge)	Happy Camp vicinity, California, USA	Klamath River		91.44
1933	Sims (CCC)	Sims, California, USA	Sacramento River - Sims Camp	41.063433 N 122.360067 W	48.77	Images
1934	(footbridge)	Green Valley vicinity, California, USA	Bouquet Reservoir		60.96
1936	San Francisco-Oakland Bay	Oakland and San Francisco, California, USA	San Francisco Bay	37.78667 N 122.39 W	678	Images
1937	(suspension bridge)	Briceburg, California, USA	Merced River	37.604833 N 119.9669 W		Images
1937	Golden Gate	San Francisco and Marin County, California, USA	San Francisco Bay	37.82 N 122.47667 W	1,280.16	Images
1938	Buker (Canyon Creek, Scott River)	Scott Bar vicinity, California, USA	Scott River - Klamath National Forest	41.63408 N 123.10570 W		Images
1938	Lake Mathews Outlet Tower	Corona vicinity, California, USA	Lake Mathews	33.849279 N 117.455022 W
1939	Mosquito Road	Placerville, California, USA	South Fork American River	38.77582 N 120.74854 W		Images
1940	Hawkins Bar	Trinity Village and Hawkins Bar, California, USA	Trinity River
1940	Orleans	Orleans, California, USA	Klamath River			Images
1954	Point Bonita Lighthouse	Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Marin County, California, USA		37.815980 N 122.528878 W		Images
1957	Little Kern River	Golden Trout Wilderness, California, USA	Little Kern River	36.203814 N 118.457612 W	45.72
1963	Vincent Thomas (San Pedro-Terminal Island)	San Pedro, California, USA	Los Angeles Harbor	33.75 N 118.27 W	457.2	Images
1965	Bidwell Bar	Oroville, California, USA	Feather River - Oroville Reservoir	39.54816 N 121.43006 W		Images
1965	Guy West	Sacramento, California, USA	American River	38.562367 N 121.42017 W	183	Images
1967	Orleans	Orleans, California, USA	Klamath River	41.30167 N 123.53333 W	131.06	Images
1974	(footbridge)	Hayfork, California, USA	Hayfork Creek - Bar 717 Ranch	40.628631 N 123.371112 W
2003	Al Zampa Memorial	Crockett and Vallejo, California, USA	Carquinez Strait	38.06097 N 122.22639 W	728	Images
2003	Potwisha	Three Rivers vicinity, California, USA	Middle Fork Kaweah River - Sequioa National Park	36.512310 N 118.800187 W
2006	(footbridge)	Mount Hermon, California, USA	Zayante Creek - Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center	37.05149 N 122.06182 W		Images
2011	Harbor Drive	San Diego, California, USA		32.705049 N 117.156972 W
2012	Point Bonita Lighthouse	Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Marin County, California, USA		37.815823 N 122.529254 W
2013	Fleish	Fleish, Mystic vicinity, California, USA	Truckee River - Tahoe-Pyramid Trail	39.452421 N 120.005687 W
2013	San Francisco-Oakland Bay Eastern Span	Oakland and Yerba Buena Island, California, USA	San Francisco Bay	37.816217 N 122.356859 W		Images
	(footbridge)	Annapolis, California, USA	Wheatfield Fork Gualala River - Camp Liahona Redwoods	38.678412 N 123.285527 W
	(footbridge)	Burnt Ranch vicinity, California, USA	Trinity River - Six Rivers National Forest
	(footbridge)	Fleish, Mystic vicinity, California, USA	Truckee River	39.452067 N 120.00555 W	60.96	Images
	(footbridge)	Hayfork vicinity, California, USA	Hayfork Creek	40.592680 N 123.262755 W		Images
	(footbridge)	Hayfork, California, USA	Hayfork Creek	40.552217 N 123.1815 W	91.44	Images
	(footbridge)	Horse Creek, California, USA	Klamath River
	(footbridge)	Michigan Bluff vicinity and Last Chance vicinity, California, USA	North Fork of the Middle Fork American River - Last Chance Trail	39.10149 N 120.65495 W
	(footbridge)	Mount Hermon, California, USA	Bean Creek - Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center	37.052667 N 122.06005 W	25.6	Images
	(footbridge)	Mount Hermon, California, USA	Zayante Creek - Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center
	(footbridge)	Mount Hermon, California, USA	Zayante Creek - Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center			Images
	(footbridge)	Salyer vicinity, California, USA	South Fork Trinity River	40.841942 N 123.567809 W	78	Images
	(footbridge)	Zumwalt Meadow, Cedar Grove, California, USA	Kings River - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks	36.791148 N 118.600442 W
	(pipeline bridge)	Blythe, California and Ehrenberg, Arizona, USA	Colorado River	33.60182 N 114.53324 W
	(pipeline bridge)	Burbank, California, USA	Los Angeles River	34.15051 N 118.32908 W
	(pipeline bridge)	Canyon Country, California, USA	Soledad Canyon	34.43219 N 118.39074 W	187.45	Images
	(pipeline bridge)	Castaic vicinity, California, USA	Castaic Creek	34.47552 N 118.61212 W		Images
	(pipeline bridge)	Chula Vista vicinity, California, USA	Otay River	32.6003 N 116.92888 W
	(pipeline bridge)	Elk, California, USA	Greenwood Creek	39.126247 N 123.714382 W
	(pipeline bridge)	Junction City, California, USA	Trinity River
	(pipeline bridge)	Long Beach, California, USA	Los Angeles River	33.82366 N 118.20550 W		Images
	(pipeline bridge)	Long Beach, California, USA	San Gabriel River	33.76792 N 118.09772 W		Images
	(pipeline bridge)	Mojave Heights, Victorville vicinity, California, USA	Mojave River	34.56782 N 117.31254 W
	(pipeline bridge)	Mokelumne City vicinity, California, USA	Cosumnes River	38.25772 N 121.43273 W
	(pipeline bridge)	Montebello and Pico Rivera, California, USA	Rio Hondo - Whittier Narrows Dam vicinity	34.01791 N 118.08627 W
	(pipeline bridge)	Pyramid Lake vicinity and Liebre Gulch vicinity, California, USA		34.68632 N 118.73605 W	114.3
	(pipeline bridge)	Pyramid Lake vicinity, California, USA	Liebre Gulch	34.69553 N 118.73782 W	152.4	Images
	(pipeline bridge)	Pyramid Lake vicinity, California, USA	Liebre Gulch	34.69357 N 118.73703 W	60.96	Images
	(pipeline bridge)	Pyramid Lake vicinity, California, USA	Canada de Los Alamos - Hungry Valley State Vehicular Rec. Area	34.70264 N 118.79825 W		Images
	(pipeline bridge)	Redding, California, USA	Sacramento River	40.59165 N 122.38395 W	140.21	Images
	(pipeline bridge)	Santa Clarita and Valencia, California, USA	Santa Clara River	34.42707 N 118.57484 W		Images
	(pipeline bridge)	Topock, Arizona and Needles vicinity, California, USA	Colorado River	34.71531 N 114.48255 W
	(pipeline bridge)	Topock, Arizona and Needles vicinity, California, USA	Colorado River	34.71587 N 114.48617 W
	(suspension bridge)	Bridgeville, California, USA	Van Duzen River		87.78
	(suspension bridge)	Henley, Hornbrook, California, USA	Klamath River	41.88649 N 122.55474 W		Images
	(suspension bridge)	Junction City, California, USA	Trinity River			Images
	(suspension bridge)	Kneeland vicinity, California, USA	Mad River	40.662591 N 123.838166 W
	(suspension bridge)	Korbel vicinity, California, USA	North Fork Mad River	40.912293 N 123.915298 W
	(suspension bridge)	Los Angeles and Glendale, California, USA	Los Angeles River	34.11150 N 118.26317 W
	(suspension bridge)	Petrolia, California, USA	Mattole River		87.78
	(suspension bridge)	Salyer and Willow Creek, California, USA	South Fork Trinity River
	(suspension bridge)	White Hall vicinity, California, USA	South Fork American River
	(suspension bridge)	Willow Creek vicinity, California, USA	Trinity River			Images
	Bel-Air Country Club	Los Angeles, California, USA		34.078701 N 118.450619 W	58
	Blaney (Trinity Alps Resort)	Trinity Alps, California, USA	Stuart Fork Trinity River	40.85663 N 122.88776 W	51.21	Images
	Cassidy	Sierra National Forest, California, USA	Middle Fork San Joaquin River - Ansel Adams Wilderness, Minarets Ranger District	37.48328 N 119.20778 W	45.72
	Cazadero	Cazadero, California, USA
	China Flat Tract	Downiesville vicinity and Sierra City vicinity, California, USA	North Yuba River	39.561033 N 120.754067 W	41.45	Images
	Ecklon Toll	Folsom, California, USA	American River	38.682343 N 121.175714 W		Images
	Euchre Bar	Casa Loma vicinity, California, USA	North Fork American River - Tahoe National Forest	39.18558 N 120.7612 W
	Fairview (McNally's)	Fairview, California, USA	Kern River	35.927731 N 118.494214 W
	Goodwin Dam	Jamestown, California, USA	Stanislaus River	37.862621 N 120.630156 W
	Goodwin Dam	Jamestown, California, USA	Stanislaus River	37.862536 N 120.630411 W
	Hartman Bar	Hartman Bar, Plumas County, California, USA	Middle Fork Feather River	39.777210 N 121.158777 W
	Horse	Tassajara Hot Springs vicinity, California, USA	Arroyo Seco - Los Padres National Forest	36.218867 N 121.502183 W	29.57	Images
	Hyampom	Hyampom, California, USA	South Fork Trinity River	40.617562 N 123.463327 W		Images
	Ishi Pishi	Orleans vicinity, California, USA	Klamath River	41.378467 N 123.496315 W
	Mariposa Equestrian (Horse)	Burbank, California, USA	Los Angeles River	34.15550 N 118.31265 W	41.15	Images
	Martins Ferry	Martins Ferry, Weitchpec vicinity, California, USA	Klamath River			Images
	Martins Ferry	Martins Ferry, Weitchpec vicinity, California, USA	Klamath River
	South Fork Trinity River Trail	Forest Glen vicinity, California, USA	South Fork Trinity River - Trinity National Forest	40.361383 N 123.306617 W	39.62	Images
	Swinging	Philo, California, USA	Navarro River	39.058029 N 123.442550 W
	Swinging	Richardson Springs, California, USA		39.838927 N 121.769790 W
	Wawona	Wawona, California, USA	South Fork Merced River	37.540392 N 119.623170 W
	Weitchpec	Weitchpec, California, USA	Klamath River			Images
	Wood's Creek	Rae Lakes vicinity, California, USA	Wood's Creek - John Muir Trail, Kings Canyon National Park	36.873689 N 118.438052 W		Images
	Workman's Bar	Rock Creek, Plumas County, California, USA	North Fork Feather River	39.905172 N 121.344949 W

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