Notes:

• Test structure, but recognized as first wire bridge in France.
• See 1865 Moulin - Vernosc-lès-Annonay, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20002008

Notes:

• Réunion was known as "Isle of Bourbon" at this time.
• Built as part of same project as 1823 (suspension bridge) - Réunion, France.

Notes:

• Réunion was known as "Isle of Bourbon" at this time.
• MOS: "These bridges were designed by Mr. Brunel, and executed in England, near Sheffield, where they were put together in January, 1823, before being sent out to the Isle de Bourbon."
• Built as part of same project as 1823 (suspension bridge) - Réunion, France.

Notes:

• GHD describes the interesting hybrid chain and cable suspension system of this bridge. GHD also notes the commonly available lithograph image of the Delessert bridge is factually inaccurate showing a cable system similar to the 1823 Saint Antoine bridge, not resembing the actual cable system of the Delessert bridge.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000894

Notes:

• GHD: Built as an experimental bridge in preparation for the Tain-Tournon Bridge. Collapsed 1844.
• Sometimes "Galore".
• See 1825 Tain-Tournon - Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain, Drôme, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20006498

Notes:

• Often credited as being the first large wire suspension bridge in France (and elsewhere). Rebuilt 1847 as a footbridge. Removed 1965.
• Near 1849 Marc Seguin - Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain-L'Hermitage, Drôme, France.
• Near 1958 Gustave Toursier - Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche and Tain-L'Hermitage, Drôme, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000156

Notes:

• Failed when almost complete in 1826. MOS: "On the 6th of September, a water-pipe, which was laid in the ground on the side of the Champs Elysées, and came near the abutments on that side of the river, burst, and, softening the ground about the abutment, it gave way under the strain produced by the weight of the bridge."
• Replaced by 1829 Invalides (l'Allee-d'Antin) - Paris, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000226

Notes:

• Destroyed August 30, 1944. Rebuilt 1946.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008624

Notes:

• Originally built with iron chains. Later replaced with iron wire.
• Near 1831 Masaryk (Masarik, Mazarik, de la Gare) - Lyon vicinity, Métropole de Lyon, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008335

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000214

Notes:

• Destroyed 1870. Rebuilt 1873.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20017738

Notes:

• Replaced by 1859 Doux - St Jean de Muzols and Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20017173

Notes:

• Replaced by 1933 Sablons - Sablons, Isère and Serrières, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20001506

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20012176

Notes:

• 1887: Flooring failed.
• 1944: Bombed by Allied Forces, August 6.

External Links:

• Musée de la résistance en ligne
• Structurae - Structure ID 20012664

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20016373

Notes:

• Replaced 1826 Invalides - Paris, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000897

Notes:

• Damaged by flood, 1840. Rebuilt. Bombed, 1944. Repaired, 1945. Location now occupied by a cable-stayed footbridge, completed 1986.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20017171

Notes:

• Replaced by 1897 Port-Sainte-Foy - Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt, Dordogne and Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Gironde, France.

External Links:

• Le pont suspendu - Le pays foyen

Notes:

• Replaced by 1858 Thoirette - Thoirette, Jura and Ain, France.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Premier pont suspendu de Thoirette - 1830

Notes:

• Damaged by flood in 1840. Rebuilt.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20005249

Notes:

• 1944: Heavily damaged.
• 1945: Repaired and reopened.
• Similar to Saint-Vallier - Saint-Vallier, Drôme, France.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Bourg St-Andéol - 1830
• Structurae - Structure ID 20015893

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20002998

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Guitres - 1830

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de La Madeleine sur le Lot - 1830

Notes:

• Bypassed, 1973.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20002115

Notes:

• Demolished, 1938. Only towers remain.
• Replaced by 1935 Remoulins - Remoulins, Gard, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20003005

Notes:

• Two side spans meeting at a single midstream tower.
• Later at same location 1949 (footbridge) - Valence, Drôme and Guilherand-Granges, Ardèche, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20009700

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Vic-sur-Aisne - 1830

Notes:

• Destroyed to slow advancing Prussian troops during the Franco-Prussian war.

Notes:

• Badly wrecked by flood, October 17, 1907. Replaced, 1910.
• Near 1851 Saint-Just-sur-Loire - Saint-Just-sur-Loire and Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, Loire, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20071041

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20009505

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20044896

Notes:

• Appears to have been replaced with another suspension bridge of similar proportions.
• Single midstream tower.
• Replaced by 1935 Condrieu - Condrieu, Rhône and Les Roches-de-Condrieu, Isère, France.

External Links:

• Pont de Condrieu - Wikipedia

Notes:

• Damaged by flood 1840, repaired 1841.
• Near 1832 Saint-Vincent - Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France.
• Replaced by 1910 La Feuillée - Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20012945

Notes:

• Original iron rod cables replaced by an Arnodin cable system, 1891. Replaced in 1925 with a "rigid suspension bridge of reinforced concrete".
• Replaced by 1925 Luzancy - Luzancy, Seine-et-Marne, France.

Notes:

• Bombed, 1944. Reopened 1945, but not fully restored until 1946.
• This bridge has been referenced by many spellings of "Masaryk", but the sign posted at the actual bridge reads "Masaryk".
• Next to 1844 Mouton - Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France.
• Near 1827 L'île Barbe - Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20003376

Notes:

• The towers from the older of the two Mirabeau suspension bridges are visible alongside the current crossing.
• Damaged by flood, 1843. Rebuilt.
• Replaced by 1935 Mirabeau - Mirabeau, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Unsure if this was an immediate replacement.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20012661

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20017607

Notes:

• One of two bridges separated by a short distance across an island.
• Connects to 1832 L'Ile-Bouchard - Saint Maurice, L'Île-Bouchard and Saint-Gilles, L'Île-Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, France.

Notes:

• One of two bridges separated by a short distance across an island.
• Connects to 1832 L'Ile-Bouchard - Saint Maurice, L'Île-Bouchard and Saint-Gilles, L'Île-Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, France.

Notes:

• Near Yzeures-sur-Creuse - Yzeures-sur-Creuse, Indre-et-Loire, France.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont des Vans - 1832

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20061464

Notes:

• Damaged by flood, 1840.
• Bridge appears to currently be suspended from a combination of wire rope and rigid rods.
• Near 1831 La Feuillée - Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20003372

Notes:

• 1870; Destroyed to slow advancing troops during the Franco-Prussian war.

Notes:

• AAJ notes the contract was let in late 1831 and guesses at 1833 as the year of completion. 1832 is more likely given the rate at which these early iron wire French bridges were constructed.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Chauvigny - 1833

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Collias - 1833

Notes:

• The longer of two suspension bridges separated by a short distance, one over the large branch of the Loire and one over the small branch of the Loire where the river flows around an island.
• Similar to 1846 Mallemort - Mallemort, Bouches-du-Rhône and Mérindol, Vaucluse, France.
• Near 1833 Petit - Cosne-sur-Loire, Nièvre and Boulleret, Cher, France.
• Later at same location 1959 Cosne-sur-Loire - Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre and Cher, France.

Notes:

• Destroyed by flood, 1866.
• Replaced by 1871 Coubon - Coubon and Volhac, Haute-Loire, France.

Notes:

• Towers and cables remain (as of 2020), though possibly from a replacement structure built later in the 1800s.
• Near La Sône - La Sône, Isère, France.

Notes:

• Sometimes confused with the Allier River suspension bridges closer to Mornay-sur-Allier, the Pont du Veurdre was located at (or near) the alignment indicated by the coordinates here.
• See 1840 Mornay-sur-Allier - Mornay-sur-Allier, Cher and St-Pierre-le-Moûtier, Nièvre, France.

External Links:

• Pont du Veurdre - Wikipedia
• Structurae - Structure ID 20062421

Notes:

• AAJ notes that this bridge collapsed during load testing, 1832. Another accident occurred when a hanger failed, December 6, 1832. The bridge opened February 1, 1833.
• Replaced by 1857 Longues - Longues, Vic-le-Comte and Les Martres-de-Veyre, Puy-de-Dôme, France.

Notes:

• Known as the "Petit Pont", crossed a small arm of the Loire just west of the much longer Cosne-sur-Loire suspension bridge across the main channel of the Loire.
• Near 1833 Cosne-sur-Loire - Cosne-sur-Loire, Nièvre and Boulleret, Cher, France.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Bretenoux - 1834

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20045205

Notes:

• Coordinates are for present-day (2022) crossing at Clairac. The suspension bridge was likely at this location.
• Near Roussanes (Clairac) - Roussanes, Clairac vicinity, Lot-et-Garonne, France.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Clairac - 1834

Notes:

• 1847: Partially reconstructed.
• 1870: Partially destroyed during Franco-Prussian War.
• 1872: Repairs completed and bridge reopened.
• Replaced by 1927 Jargeau (Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel) - Jargeau and Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel, Loiret, France.

External Links:

• Pont suspendu de Jargeau - Wikipedia
• Structurae - Structure ID 20008480

Notes:

• 1866: A flood causes a major change in the course of the Allier River such that the main channel no longer flows under the bridge. The bridge, however, is not destroyed. A new suspension bridge is built in the 1880s over the main channel of the Allier just slightly east of the older bridge.
• All three pairs of pylons were still standing in the 2010s.
• Similar to 1833 Cosne-sur-Loire - Cosne-sur-Loire, Nièvre and Boulleret, Cher, France in appearance of towers.
• Similar to 1834 Jargeau (Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel) - Jargeau and Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel, Loiret, France in appearance of towers.
• Near 1884 Lamothe - Lamothe and Brioude, Haute-Loire, France.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Premier pont de Lamothe - 1835

Notes:

• Badly damaged by fire 1848. Replaced 1860 (or soon after).
• Next to 1842 Cité (City, Île de la Cité) - Île de la Cité and Île St-Louis, Paris, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000203

Notes:

• Likely completed in 1834 based on contract let in 1832.

Notes:

• Failed, January 8, 1835. Rebuilt.
• Replaced by 1899 Port-Sainte-Marie - Port-Sainte-Marie and Saint-Laurent, Lot-et-Garonne, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20011387

Notes:

• AAJ supposes bridge was completed in 1834 based on a contract let in 1832 for a construction period of two years.
• Later at same location Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude - Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude and Marcorignan, Aude, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20068030

Notes:

• Cables and deck appear to have been replaced (at least once).
• AAJ describes an accident in 1836: "...some of the iron-work, which was faulty, gave way and the platform fell into the river. Six persons were drowned."

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20013232

Notes:

• AAJ guesses this bridge was completed in 1835 due to contract let in 1833 specifying two-year construction period.
• See 1935 La Réole (Rouergue) - La Réole, Gironde, France. Unsure if the newer bridge is at the same location.

Notes:

• AAJ guesses this bridge was completed in 1835 based on contract let in 1833 specifying a two-year construction period.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Troisième pont suspendu de Langeac - 1868. Indicates the bridge depicted here was competed 1868 after the first (1835) and second (1860) Langeac suspension bridges were destroyed by flood.

Notes:

• Replaced by Les Ormes - Les Ormes, Vienne, France.

Notes:

• 1944: Heavily damaged during WWII. Repaired.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Montmerle sur Saône - 1835
• Structurae - Structure ID 20015059

Notes:

• Repairs needed soon after opening. Damaged by flood 1843, reopened 1844.
• Replaced by 1952 Pertuis - Pertuis, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20012663

Notes:

• One of the four spans, effectively a separate bridge over a small channel of the Rhône to an island that connected to the main river spans, was still standing in early 2005, but closed to all traffic. The deck and cables were removed or destroyed at some point in 2005 or 2006 leaving just the pylons of this span.
• Replaced by Roquemaure - Roquemaure, Gard and Orange, Vaucluse, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20010789

Notes:

• Replaced by 1939 Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac - Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac and Lavagnac, Gironde, France.

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Serrieres-s-ain - 1835

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20062341

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont d'Attichy - 1836

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont de Branne près de Libourne - 1836

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20016372

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20016371

Notes:

• Dynamited in 1940 or 1941. Eventually replaced by a long low-lying truss bridge.

Notes:

• Replaced by 1849 Fourneau - Le Fourneau, Bourbon-Lancy vicinity, Saône-et-Loire and Allier, France.

Notes:

• Replaced by 1930 Le Guétin - Le Guétin, Cuffy vicinity, Cher and Gimouille, Nièvre, France.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20068209

Notes:

• 1872-1874: Bridge is partially rebuilt.
• 1925: Bridge undergoes heavy reconstruction, keeping the original piers, pillars, and abutments, but with modifications.
• 1935: Suspension system is reinforced.
• 1940: Destroyed June, 1940.
• Replaced by 1948 Meung-sur-Loire - Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret, France.

External Links:

• Pont de Meung-sur-Loire — Wikipédia
• Structurae - Structure ID 20008481

External Links:

• Art-et-Histoire - Pont suspendu de Pontavert - 1836