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 |
1834 | Zaehringen (Grand Pont Suspendu) | Fribourg, Switzerland | Sarine River | | 273.1 | Images |
1855 | Niagara Suspension | Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | Niagara River | | 250.33 | Images |
1883 | Brooklyn (Great East River) | New York and Brooklyn, New York, USA | East River | 40.706 N 73.99667 W | 486.31 | Images |
1926 | Benjamin Franklin (Philadelphia-Camden) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey, USA | Delaware River | 39.95333 N 75.135 W | 533.4 | 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 |
1931 | St. Johns | Portland, Oregon, USA | Willamette River | 45.585 N 122.76333 W | 367.89 | 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 |
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 | | |
1949 | Wehlen | Wehlen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Moselle/Mosel River | 49.943276 N 7.045824 E | 132 | Images |
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 |
1951 | Köln-Mülheimer | Köln (Cologne) and Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Rhine River | 50.964427 N 6.995124 E | 315 | Images |
1955 | Oro (San Marcos) | San Marcos Lempa and San Nicolas Lempa, El Salvador | Lempa River | 13.424671 N 88.699982 W | 203.91 | 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 |
1957 | Walt Whitman | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey, USA | Delaware River | 39.905 N 75.13 W | 610 | 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 |
1965 | Emmerich | Emmerich, Germany | Rhine River | 51.828918 N 6.226379 E | 501 | 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 |
1970 | New Little Belt (New Lillebaelt, Nye Lillebæltsbro) | Jutland and Funen, Denmark | Little Belt | 55.518516 N 9.750336 E | 600 | Images |
1973 | Bosporus (Bogaziçi, 15 July Martyrs, First, Bosphorus) | Istanbul, Türkiye | Bosporus Strait | 41.046655 N 29.033788 E | 1,073.81 | |
1981 | Humber | Hull, Humberside, England, United Kingdom | Humber River | 53.70654 N 0.44997 W | 1,410 | Images |