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 |
| 1859 | General Dean (Carlyle) | Carlyle, Illinois, USA | Kaskaskia River | 38.611125 N 89.357476 W | 80.47 | Images |
| 1870 | (footbridge) | Rockford, Illinois, USA | Kent Creek - Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum | | | |
| 1893 | Cable | Chicago, Illinois, USA | Garfield Park Lagoon - Garfield Park | 41.883548 N 87.714527 W | | Images |
| 1893 | Watson's | Riverside, Illinois, USA | Des Plaines River | 41.825778 N 87.817795 W | | |
| 1898 | (footbridge) | Pontiac, Illinois, USA | Vermilion River - Chautauqua Park | 40.87696 N 88.62358 W | | Images |
| 1898 | (footbridge) | Pontiac, Illinois, USA | Vermilion River - Chautauqua Park | 40.87554 N 88.62279 W | | Images |
| 1902 | Iron | Peoria, Illinois, USA | Glen Oak Park | 40.716042 N 89.573082 W | 15.24 | Images |
| 1905 | Swinging | Riverside, Illinois, USA | Des Plaines River | 41.825603 N 87.817864 W | | |
| 1919 | Greenwood Cemetery | Shelbyville, Illinois, USA | | | | Images |
| 1928 | (suspension bridge) | Galesburg, Illinois, USA | Lake Bracken - Lake Bracken Country Club Boat Harbor | 40.861999 N 90.350571 W | | |
| 1929 | Ogden Park | Chicago, Illinois, USA | Ogden Park | | 35.97 | |
| 1935 | Iowa-Illinois Memorial (Interstate 74 Bridge, I-74 Bridge) | Bettendorf, Iowa and Moline, Illinois, USA | Mississippi River | 41.520264 N 90.513034 W | 225.55 | Images |
| 1936 | (footbridge) | Tower Lakes, Illinois, USA | Tower Lake | 42.230815 N 88.154552 W | | |
| 1939 | Sullivan-Hutsonville | Hutsonville, Illinois and Sullivan, Indiana, USA | Wabash River | 39.1101 N 87.6551 W | 106.68 | |
| 1940 | H. Wallace Caldwell Memorial (Swinging) | Riverside, Illinois, USA | Des Plaines River | 41.826083 N 87.8176 W | 64.01 | Images |
| 1955 | (pipeline bridge) | Grand Tower, Illinois and Wittenberg vicinity, Missouri, USA | Mississippi River | 37.6417 N 89.513217 W | 658.83 | Images |
| 1955 | Camp Saukenauk | Tioga vicinity, Adams County, Illinois, USA | Camp Saukenauk Lake | 40.183546 N 91.319748 W | | |
| 1955 | Gateway | Clinton, Iowa and East Clinton, Illinois, USA | Mississippi River | 41.83785 N 90.18455 W | 196.29 | Images |
| 1960 | Iowa-Illinois Memorial (Interstate 74 Bridge, I-74 Bridge) | Bettendorf, Iowa and Moline, Illinois, USA | Mississippi River | 41.519372 N 90.513259 W | | Images |
| 1964 | Citizens Bank | East Alton, Illinois, USA | Citizens Bank building | 38.884986 N 90.099109 W | | |
| 1973 | (footbridge) | Lincoln, Illinois, USA | Kickapoo Creek - Kickapoo Creek County Park | 40.17338 N 89.37623 W | | |
| 1978 | (footbridge) | Pontiac, Illinois, USA | Vermilion River - Humiston Riverside Park | 40.876867 N 88.63325 W | | Images |
| 2005 | (footbridge) | Rockford, Illinois, USA | Kent Creek - Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum | 42.2645 N 89.101667 W | | Images |
| 2008 | North Avenue | Chicago, Illinois, USA | North Branch Chicago River | 41.910792 N 87.656883 W | | |
| 2016 | 35th Street | Chicago, Illinois, USA | | 41.831468 N 87.606227 W | | |
| | (conveyor bridge) | Joliet, Illinois, USA | Des Plaines River - Joliet 29 Generating Station | 41.494281 N 88.119729 W | | |
| | (footbridge) | Aurora, Illinois, USA | Blackberry Creek - Virgil L. Gilman Trail | 41.760533 N 88.388141 W | 33 | Images |
| | (footbridge) | Batavia, Illinois, USA | Fox River - Clark Park | 41.846869 N 88.307962 W | 25 | Images |
| | (footbridge) | Batavia, Illinois, USA | Fox River - Clark Park | 41.846270 N 88.307685 W | 25 | Images |
| | (footbridge) | North Riverside, Illinois, USA | Des Plaines River - Riverside Golf Club | 41.84336 N 87.82781 W | 45.72 | Images |
| | (footbridge) | Peoria, Illinois, USA | Madison Park | | | Images |
| | (footbridge) | Rockford vicinity, Illinois, USA | Kishwaukee River - Atwood Park | 42.183113 N 89.055943 W | 64.92 | Images |
| | (footbridge) | St. Charles, Illinois, USA | Fox River arm - Pottawatomie Golf Course | 41.924122 N 88.318123 W | 30 | Images |
| | (pipeline bridge) | Alsip, Illinois, USA | Calumet Sag Channel | 41.651809 N 87.699943 W | | |
| | (pipeline bridge) | Alsip, Illinois, USA | Calumet Sag Channel | 41.651663 N 87.703783 W | | |
| | (pipeline bridge) | Alsip, Illinois, USA | Calumet Sag Channel | 41.651633 N 87.706524 W | | |
| | (pipeline bridge) | Alsip, Illinois, USA | Calumet Sag Channel | 41.651614 N 87.713846 W | | |
| | (suspension bridge) | Cornell, Illinois, USA | Vermilion River - Valley View Acres | | | |
| | Acme Conveyor | Chicago, Illinois, USA | Calumet River | 41.69399 N 87.55206 W | 121.92 | |
| | Kankakee River Trail | Altorf vicinity, Illinois, USA | Rock Creek - Kankakee River State Park | 41.205533 N 87.984933 W | | |
| | Pedestrian Swinging | Belvidere, Illinois, USA | Kishwaukee River | 42.255262 N 88.855792 W | 54 | Images |
| | Pilgrim Park | Princeton, Illinois, USA | Brush Creek - Pilgrim Park | | | |
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