Suspension Bridge - Other Suspended-deck Suspension Bridges

Other Suspended-deck Suspension Bridges

See also: History of longest vehicle suspension bridge spans

(Chronological)

  • Union Bridge (England/Scotland, 1820), The longest span (137 m) from 1820 to 1826. The oldest in the world still in use today.
  • Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct (USA, 1847) The oldest wire suspension bridge still in service in United States.
  • John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge (USA, 1866), Then the longest wire suspension bridge in the world at 1,057 feet (322 m) main span.
  • Brooklyn Bridge (USA, 1883), The first steel-wire suspension bridge.
  • Bear Mountain Bridge (USA, 1924), The longest suspension span (497 m) from 1924 to 1926. The first suspension bridge to have a concrete deck. The construction methods pioneered in building it would make possible several much larger projects to follow.
  • Ben Franklin Bridge (Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1926), Replaced Bear Mountain Bridge as longest span at 1,750 feet between the towers. Includes an active subway line and never-used trolley stations on the span.
  • San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (USA, 1936), Until recently, this was the longest steel high-level bridge in the world (704 m). The eastern portion (a cantilever bridge) is being replaced with a self-anchored suspension bridge which will be the longest of its type in the world.
  • Mackinac Bridge (USA, 1957), The longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western hemisphere.
  • Si Du River Bridge (China, 2009), The highest bridge in the world (at least 472 meters).

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