33 suspension bridges were found for search criteria: BOB. All 33 bridges from the search results appear below. Click the Bridgemeister ID number to isolate the bridge on its own page. If you don't see what you were looking for, try an image search with the same criteria: BOB. This will find the bridge if it is pictured on the site, but is not a catenary suspension bridge.
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Bridgemeister ID: | 3 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1801 |
Name: | Jacob's Creek |
Also Known As: | Iron Bridge, Chain Bridge |
Location: | Iron Bridge, Mount Pleasant vicinity, Pennsylvania, USA |
Crossing: | Jacob's Creek |
Coordinates: | 40.112598 N 79.553186 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Principals: | Judge James Finley |
References: | AAJ, ASB, BBR, BOB, BPL, CAB, DSE20000116, HBE, LAB, PTS2 |
Use: | Vehicular |
Status: | Removed, 1833 |
Main Cables: | Chain (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 3 |
Main Span: | 1 x 21.3 meters (70 feet) |
Deck width: | 12.5 feet |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 20 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1816 |
Name: | Spider |
Location: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Crossing: | Schuylkill River |
Principals: | Josiah White, Erskine Hazard |
References: | AAJ, BOB, BPL, GHD, HBE, LAB, PTS2 |
Use: | Footbridge |
Status: | Removed |
Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
Main Span: | 1 x 120 meters (393.75 feet) |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 373 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1820 |
Name: | Union |
Location: | Horncliffe, Berwick-upon-Tweed vicinity, England and Fishwick, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Crossing: | River Tweed |
Coordinates: | 55.75256 N 2.10677 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Principals: | Sir Samuel Brown |
References: | AAJ, BBR, BC3, BEM, BOB, HBE, MOS, NTB, PTS2, SBR |
Use: | Vehicular (one-lane) |
Status: | In use (last checked: 2023) |
Main Cables: | Chain (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Main Span: | 1 x 136.9 meters (449 feet) |
Deck width: | 18 feet |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 376 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1823 |
Name: | Brighton Pier |
Location: | Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
Principals: | Sir Samuel Brown |
References: | AAJ, BEM, BOB, HBE, MOS, SBR |
Use: | Footbridge |
Status: | Destroyed, 1896 |
Main Cables: | Chain (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 4 |
Main Spans: | 4 x 77.7 meters (255 feet) |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 379 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1826 |
Name: | Broughton |
Also Known As: | Gerald Road |
Location: | Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
Crossing: | River Irwell |
References: | AAJ, BOB, HBE, MOS, SBR |
Use: | Vehicular |
Status: | Replaced, 1914 |
Main Cables: | Chain (iron) |
Main Span: | 1 x 44.3 meters (145.5 feet) |
Deck width: | 18.25 feet |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 388 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1829 |
Name: | Montrose |
Location: | Montrose, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Crossing: | South Esk River |
Coordinates: | 56.705802 N 2.475390 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Principals: | Sir Samuel Brown |
References: | AAJ, BEM, BOB, HBE, PTS2, SBR |
Use: | Vehicular |
Status: | Demolished, 1929 |
Main Cables: | Chain (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 24 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1842 |
Name: | Fairmount |
Also Known As: | Callowhill Street, Upper Ferry |
Location: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Crossing: | Schuylkill River |
Principals: | Charles Ellet |
References: | BBR, BOB, BPL, HBE, LAB, PTS2, WHSB |
Use: | Vehicular |
Status: | Replaced, 1875 |
Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Main Span: | 1 x 104.2 meters (342 feet) |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 25 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1843 |
Name: | (suspension bridge) |
Location: | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
Crossing: | Miami Canal |
References: | BOB |
Status: | Removed |
Suspended Spans: | 3 |
Bridgemeister ID: | 27 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1845 |
Name: | Pittsburgh Aqueduct |
Location: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
Crossing: | Allegheny River |
Principals: | John A. Roebling |
References: | BOB, BOP, BPL, HBE, ONF, PTS2, RDH, SJR |
Use: | Aqueduct |
Status: | Removed, 1861 |
Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 7 |
Main Spans: | 7 x 49.4 meters (162 feet) |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 28 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1846 |
Name: | Monongahela |
Also Known As: | Smithfield Street |
Location: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
Crossing: | Monongahela River |
Principals: | John A. Roebling |
References: | BOB, BOP, BPL, HBE, ONF, PBR, PTS2 |
Use: | Vehicular |
Status: | Removed, 1882 |
Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 8 |
Main Spans: | 8 x 57.3 meters (188 feet) |
Deck width: | 20 feet |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 30 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1848 |
Name: | Delaware Aqueduct |
Also Known As: | Roebling Aqueduct |
Location: | Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania and Minisink Ford, New York, USA |
Crossing: | Delaware River |
Coordinates: | 41.48262 N 74.98461 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Principals: | John A. Roebling |
References: | AAJ, BDR, BOB, BPL, GBD, LAB, LACE, RDH, SJR |
Use: | Aqueduct and Vehicular (one-lane), with walkway |
Status: | In use (last checked: 2006) |
Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 4 |
Main Spans: | 1 x 43.3 meters (142 feet), 3 x 39.9 meters (131 feet) |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 29 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1848 |
Name: | Niagara Suspension |
Location: | Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada |
Crossing: | Niagara River |
Principals: | Charles Ellet |
References: | BOB, BPL, HBE, ONF, PTS2 |
Use: | Vehicular (one-lane) |
Status: | Removed |
Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Main Span: | 1 x 234.7 meters (770 feet) |
Deck width: | 7.5 feet |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 31 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1849 |
Name: | Lackawaxen Aqueduct |
Location: | Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, USA |
Crossing: | Lackawaxen River |
Principals: | John A. Roebling |
References: | AAJ, BOB, BPL, RDH, SJR |
Use: | Aqueduct |
Status: | Removed |
Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 2 |
Main Spans: | 2 x 34.9 meters (114.37 feet) |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 32 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1849 |
Name: | Wheeling |
Also Known As: | Wheeling and Belmont |
Location: | Wheeling, West Virginia, USA |
Crossing: | Ohio River |
Coordinates: | 40.07167 N 80.72667 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Principals: | Charles Ellet |
References: | AAJ, BBR, BC3, BOB, BPL, CEJ, COB, GBD, HBE, LAB, LACE, ONF, PTS2, RWS, WCC, WHSB |
Use: | Vehicular (two-lane, light vehicles only) |
Status: | Restricted to foot traffic, since September 2019 (last checked: 2020) |
Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Main Span: | 1 x 307.8 meters (1,010 feet) |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 34 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1851 |
Name: | High Falls Aqueduct |
Location: | High Falls, New York, USA |
Crossing: | Rondout Creek |
Principals: | John A. Roebling |
References: | AAJ, BOB, BPL, RDH, SJR |
Use: | Aqueduct |
Status: | Removed, August, 1921 |
Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Main Span: | 1 x 44.2 meters (145 feet) |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 35 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1851 |
Name: | Lewiston-Queenston |
Location: | Lewiston, New York, USA and Queenston, Ontario, Canada |
Crossing: | Niagara River |
Principals: | Edward Serrell |
References: | AAJ, BOB, BPL, HBE, PTS2 |
Use: | Vehicular |
Status: | Wrecked, 1864 |
Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Main Span: | 1 x 258.8 meters (849 feet) |
Deck width: | 21 feet (AAJ: 19.5 feet) |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 36 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1851 |
Name: | Neversink Aqueduct |
Location: | Cuddebackville, New York, USA |
Crossing: | Neversink River |
Principals: | John A. Roebling |
References: | AAJ, BOB, RDH, SJR |
Use: | Aqueduct |
Status: | Removed |
Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Main Span: | 1 x 51.8 meters (170 feet) |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 47 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1854 |
Name: | Licking River I |
Location: | Covington and Newport, Kentucky, USA |
Crossing: | Licking River |
Principals: | John Gray, George C. Tarvin |
References: | BOB, BPL, EOV |
Status: | Collapsed, 1854 |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 51 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1855 |
Name: | Niagara Suspension |
Location: | Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada |
Crossing: | Niagara River |
Principals: | John A. Roebling |
References: | AAJ, BAAW, BBR, BFL, BMA, BOB, BPL, HBE, LIR, NSB, ONF, PTS2, SA18810716, SJR |
Use: | Rail (heavy rail) and Vehicular (double-deck), with walkway |
Status: | Replaced, 1897 |
Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Main Span: | 1 x 250.3 meters (821.3 feet) |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 59 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1860 |
Name: | Allegheny River |
Also Known As: | Sixth Street, St. Clair |
Location: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
Crossing: | Allegheny River |
Principals: | John A. Roebling |
References: | BOB, BOP, BPL, HBE, PBR, PTS2, SJR |
Use: | Vehicular, with walkway |
Status: | Replaced, 1892 |
Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 4 |
Main Spans: | 2 x 104.9 meters (344 feet) |
Side Spans: | 2 x 52.1 meters (171 feet) |
Deck width: | 40 feet |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 65 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1867 |
Name: | John A. Roebling |
Also Known As: | Cincinnati, Cincinnati and Covington |
Location: | Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky, USA |
Crossing: | Ohio River |
Coordinates: | 39.09167 N 84.50833 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Principals: | John A. Roebling |
References: | BAAW, BC3, BOB, BPL, COB, EOV, HBE, LAB, LACE, ONF, PTS2, SJR, TOB |
Use: | Vehicular (two-lane), with walkway |
Status: | Closed, February, 2021 (last checked: 2021) |
Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
Suspended Spans: | 3 |
Main Span: | 1 x 322.2 meters (1,057 feet) |
Side Spans: | 2 |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 89 (added before 2003) |
Year Completed: | 1883 |
Name: | Brooklyn |
Also Known As: | Great East River |
Location: | New York and Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Crossing: | East River |
Coordinates: | 40.706 N 73.99667 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Principals: | John A. Roebling, Washington A. Roebling |
References: | AAJ, BAAW, BBR, BBTS, BC3, BFL, BLD, BMA, BOB, BOU, BPL, COB, CTW, GB, GBD, HBE, LAB, LACE, NG198305, ONF, PTS2, SJR |
Use: | Rail (light rail) and Vehicular (major highway), with walkway |
Status: | In use (last checked: 2022) |
Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
Suspended Spans: | 3 |
Main Span: | 1 x 486.3 meters (1,595.5 feet) |
Side Spans: | 2 x 283.5 meters (930 feet) |
Deck width: | 85 feet |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 775 (added 2003-03-14) |
Year Completed: | 1940 |
Name: | H. Wallace Caldwell Memorial |
Also Known As: | Swinging |
Location: | Riverside, Illinois, USA |
Crossing: | Des Plaines River |
Coordinates: | 41.826083 N 87.8176 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Use: | Footbridge |
Status: | In use (last checked: 2021) |
Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Main Span: | 1 x 64 meters (210 feet) estimated |
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"What was thought to be a pretty straightforward project to refurbish the 210-foot long H. Wallace Caldwell Memorial Bridge – known to local residents as the Swinging Bridge – has turned into something of a nightmare for the Riverside Township Board of Trustees… It turns out that not only was the $75,000 earmarked in the 2021-22 budget far below what it’s going to take to do the job, the township board has had trouble getting companies to even submit bids."
"A long-awaited project to overhaul the painted surfaces of the Swinging Bridge will start March 27 after Riverside Township trustees voted 4-0 on March 14 to approve an ordinance announcing their intention to issue up to $500,000 in alternate revenue bonds to fund the work…"
Bridgemeister ID: | 6349 (added 2021-07-25) |
Year Completed: | 1964 |
Name: | Gates Park Pack |
Location: | Augusta vicinity, Montana, USA |
Crossing: | North Fork of the Sun River |
At or Near Feature: | Bob Marshall Wilderness |
Coordinates: | 47.553636 N 112.944389 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Use: | Pack and Footbridge |
Status: | Replaced, 2011 |
Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Main Span: | 1 x 39 meters (128 feet) |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 6347 (added 2021-07-25) |
Year Completed: | 1964 |
Name: | Medicine Springs Pack |
Location: | Augusta vicinity, Montana, USA |
Crossing: | North Fork Sun River |
At or Near Feature: | Bob Marshall Wilderness |
Coordinates: | 47.632222 N 112.857444 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Use: | Pack and Footbridge |
Status: | Replaced, 2016 |
Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Main Span: | 1 x 35.1 meters (115 feet) estimated |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 2697 (added 2019-05-27) |
Year Completed: | 2003 |
Name: | Bob Mac's Crossing |
Location: | Athens, Texas, USA |
At or Near Feature: | East Texas Arboretum |
Coordinates: | 32.207487 N 95.878114 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Principals: | Bob McDonald, San Jacinto Engineering |
Use: | Footbridge |
Status: | In use (last checked: 2019) |
Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
Bridgemeister ID: | 6350 (added 2021-07-25) |
Year Completed: | 2011 |
Name: | Gates Park Pack |
Location: | Augusta vicinity, Montana, USA |
Crossing: | North Fork of the Sun River |
At or Near Feature: | Continental Divide Trail, Bob Marshall Wilderness |
Coordinates: | 47.553624 N 112.944214 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Use: | Pack and Footbridge |
Status: | In use (last checked: 2011) |
Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Main Span: | 1 x 39 meters (128 feet) |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 6348 (added 2021-07-25) |
Year Completed: | 2016 |
Name: | Medicine Springs Pack |
Location: | Augusta vicinity, Montana, USA |
Crossing: | North Fork Sun River |
At or Near Feature: | Bob Marshall Wilderness |
Coordinates: | 47.632292 N 112.857250 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Use: | Pack and Footbridge |
Status: | In use (last checked: 2016) |
Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Main Span: | 1 x 35.1 meters (115 feet) estimated |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 2408 (added 2007-12-24) |
Name: | (footbridge) |
Location: | Burnt Ranch vicinity, California, USA |
Crossing: | Trinity River |
At or Near Feature: | Six Rivers National Forest |
Use: | Footbridge |
Status: | Removed |
Main Cables: | Wire |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 1371 (added 2004-07-03) |
Name: | (footbridge) |
Location: | Wood vicinity, Virginia, USA |
Crossing: | Clinch River |
Coordinates: | 36.78314 N 82.56162 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Principals: | VDOT |
Use: | Footbridge |
Status: | In use (last checked: 2007) |
Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
Suspended Spans: | 3 |
Main Span: | 1 x 68.6 meters (225 feet) estimated |
Side Spans: | 1 x 11.6 meters (38 feet) estimated, 1 x 14 meters (46 feet) estimated |
Bridgemeister ID: | 510 (added before 2003) |
Name: | (suspension bridge) |
Location: | Durham, England, United Kingdom |
Principals: | Sir Samuel Brown |
References: | BOB |
Main Cables: | Chain (iron) |
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Bridgemeister ID: | 6351 (added 2021-07-25) |
Name: | Benchmark Pack |
Location: | Augusta vicinity, Montana, USA |
Crossing: | South Fork Sun River |
At or Near Feature: | Continental Divide Trail, Bob Marshall Wilderness |
Coordinates: | 47.506399 N 112.890707 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
Use: | Pack and Footbridge |
Status: | In use (last checked: 2018) |
Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Main Span: | 1 x 27.4 meters (90 feet) estimated |
Bridgemeister ID: | 323 (added before 2003) |
Name: | Clarendon Gorge |
Also Known As: | Robert Brugmann Memorial |
Location: | Rutland vicinity, Vermont, USA |
Crossing: | Mill River |
At or Near Feature: | Appalachian Trail |
Coordinates: | 43.520240 N 72.925480 W |
Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
References: | PQU |
Use: | Footbridge |
Status: | In use (last checked: 2021) |
Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
Main Span: | 1 |
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