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 |
| 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 | |
| 1809 | Schuylkill Falls | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Schuylkill River | | 46.63 | |
| 1810 | Chain (Essex-Merrimack) | Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA | Merrimack River - Deer Island | 42.833947 N 70.906811 W | 74.07 | 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 |
| 1822 | (footbridge) | Annonay, Ardèche, France | Cance River | | 18 | |
| 1825 | Tain-Tournon | Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain, Drôme, France | Rhône River | | 85 | |
| 1826 | Conwy (Conway) | Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom | River Conwy | 53.280476 N 3.823742 W | 99.67 | Images |
| 1826 | Menai Strait | Menai Bridge and Bangor vicinity, Wales, United Kingdom | Menai Strait | 53.221367 N 4.1646 W | 176.48 | Images |
| 1834 | Zaehringen (Grand Pont Suspendu) | Fribourg, Switzerland | Sarine River | | 273.1 | Images |
| 1842 | Fairmount (Callowhill Street, Upper Ferry) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Schuylkill River | | 104.24 | Images |
| 1845 | Hungerford | London, England, United Kingdom | River Thames | | 206.04 | Images |
| 1849 | Wheeling (Wheeling and Belmont) | Wheeling, West Virginia, USA | Ohio River | 40.07167 N 80.72667 W | 307.85 | Images |
| 1855 | Niagara Suspension | Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | Niagara River | | 250.33 | Images |
| 1864 | Clifton | Bristol, England, United Kingdom | River Avon | 51.45496 N 2.62781 W | 213.97 | Images |
| 1883 | Brooklyn (Great East River) | New York and Brooklyn, New York, USA | East River | 40.706 N 73.99667 W | 486.31 | Images |
| 1903 | Williamsburg | New York and Brooklyn, New York, USA | East River | 40.71355 N 73.97226 W | 487.68 | Images |
| 1909 | Manhattan | New York and Brooklyn, New York, USA | East River | 40.70667 N 73.99167 W | 448.06 | Images |
| 1924 | Bear Mountain | Anthony's Nose and Bear Mountain, New York, USA | Hudson River | 41.32 N 73.985 W | 497.43 | Images |
| 1926 | Benjamin Franklin (Philadelphia-Camden) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey, USA | Delaware River | 39.95333 N 75.135 W | 533.4 | Images |
| 1926 | Hercilio Luz (Florianopolis) | Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil | | 27.59393 S 48.56619 W | 339.47 | Images |
| 1931 | George Washington (GWB) | New York, New York and Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA | Hudson River | 40.85333 N 73.955 W | 1,066.8 | Images |
| 1937 | Golden Gate | San Francisco and Marin County, California, USA | San Francisco Bay | 37.82 N 122.47667 W | 1,280.16 | Images |
| 1939 | Bronx-Whitestone | The Bronx and Queens, New York, USA | East River | 40.80167 N 73.83 W | 701.04 | Images |
| 1939 | Deer Isle | Sedgwick, Maine, USA | Eggemoggin Reach | 44.290167 N 68.691383 W | 329.18 | Images |
| 1940 | Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) | Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA | Puget Sound | 47.267015 N 122.548462 W | 853.44 | Images |
| 1941 | Rodenkirchen (Rodenkirchener, Köln-Rodenkirchen) | Köln (Cologne), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Rhine River | 50.898518 N 6.989139 E | | |
| 1950 | Tacoma Narrows (Sturdy Gertie, Second Tacoma Narrows) | Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA | Puget Sound | 47.270540 N 122.552895 W | 853.44 | Images |
| 1957 | Mackinac (Mighty Mac) | St. Ignace and Mackinaw City, Michigan, USA | Straits of Mackinac | 45.820533 N 84.727667 W | 1,158.24 | Images |
| 1962 | Tamar | Devon and Cornwall, England, United Kingdom | Tamar River estuary | 50.40917 N 4.2033 W | 336.4 | Images |
| 1964 | Forth Road | Queensferry, Scotland, United Kingdom | Firth of Forth | 56.004020 N 3.404095 W | 1,006 | Images |
| 1964 | Verrazzano Narrows (Verrazano Narrows) | Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York, USA | Verrazano Narrows | 40.60667 N 74.045 W | 1,298.45 | Images |
| 1966 | 25 de Abril (Tagus, Salazar, April 25th) | Lisbon, Portugal | Tagus River | 38.6968 N 9.179 W | 1,012.85 | Images |
| 1966 | Severn (First Severn Crossing) | Aust and Beachley, England, United Kingdom | River Severn | 51.610422 N 2.641658 W | 987.55 | Images |
| 1984 | Ohnaruto (Onaruto) | Awajishima, Hyogo and Naruto, Tokushima, Japan | Naruto Strait | 34.238877 N 134.651243 E | 876 | Images |
| 1987 | Kita Bisan-Seto (北備讃瀬戸大橋) | Yoshima Island and Sakaide, Kagawa, Japan | Seto Inland Sea | 34.379065 N 133.820065 E | 990 | Images |
| 1988 | Fatih Sultan Mehmet (Bosporus II) | Istanbul, Türkiye | Bosporus Strait | 41.091363 N 29.061628 E | 1,091.18 | Images |
| 1988 | Minami Bisan-Seto (南備讃瀬戸大橋) | Yoshima Island (与島) and Sakaide (坂出市), Kagawa, Japan | Seto Inland Sea | 34.364167 N 133.825278 E | 1,100 | Images |
| 1988 | Shimotsui-Seto (下津井瀬戸大橋) | Kojima, Okayama and Hitsuishijima (櫃石島), Kagawa, Japan | Seto Inland Sea | 34.431483 N 133.807833 E | 940 | Images |
| 1998 | Akashi Kaikyo (明石海峡大橋) | Maiko, Tarumi-ward, Kobe and Matsuho, Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan | Akashi Strait | 34.630617 N 135.0327 E | 1,991 | Images |
| 1998 | Great Belt (Great Belt Fixed Link, Storebaelt, East, Storebælt, East Belt) | Korsør and Nyborg, Denmark | Great Belt - Storebaelt | 55.342087 N 11.036430 E | 1,624 | Images |