Notes:

• Carried a water pipeline with eight iron chains.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20017520

Notes:

• Often claimed to be the oldest surviving suspension bridge in continental Europe.
• 1909: Wooden towers are damaged by flood and eventually replaced with steel towers.
• 1930: Bridge deck is stiffened and several intermediate piers are added to support the bridge.
• 2010: Bridge is reconstructed retaining some original components and eliminating the need for the intermediate piers. The bridge is again functioning as a suspension bridge.

External Links:

• Chain Bridge (Nuremberg) - Wikipedia
• Structurae - Structure ID 20000255

Notes:

• Replaced by 1926 Nassau - Nassau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20025228

Notes:

• Eckhard Bernstorff notes: "Oldest fully functional suspension bridge in Germany; 2 x 3 chains; 2 different sags; Located in the park of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's garden house."

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20035419

Notes:

• Now supported by wire cable.
• In the early 2010s, the bridge was closed and the deck was removed (see accompanying 2013 photo set). By 2019 it had been further dismantled awaiting rehabilitation.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20020906

Notes:

• Replaced in the 1890s by a (likely) cantilever bridge having the general shape of a suspension bridge.
• AAJ writes: "the first use of triangular bracing between double chain cables" and mentions that it was dismantled and moved to Hessisch Oldendorf 1880-1890 or 1899. Most accounts suggest the bridge was reassembled in the 1898-1899 time frame.
• Moved to 1899 Weserbrücke - Hessisch Oldendorf and Fuhlen, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20051983

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20021163

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008871

Notes:

• Replaced by 1891 Friedrichsbrücke - Mannheim, Germany.

External Links:

• Wikipedia - Kurpfalzbrücke. A history of several bridges at this location.
• Structurae - Structure ID 20010180

Notes:

• At the time of completion, the bridge connected the villages of Barkhausen and Hausberge, later merged into Porta Westfalica.

Notes:

• A "stiffened" braced chain suspension bridge. Like several other similar eastern European bridges constructed in the late 1800s and early 1900s it is somewhat questionable whether this bridge should be included in a list of suspension bridges. It was replaced in 1912 by a cantilever bridge that resembles the shape and lines of the former suspension bridge.

External Links:

• Eiserner Steg (Frankfurt am Main) - Wikipedia

Notes:

• Near future location of 1948 Luitpoldbrücke - Passau, Bavaria, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20029224

Notes:

• 1940: Destroyed by ice.
• Replaced by 1940 Draht (Wire) - Kassel, Hessen, Germany.

External Links:

• Drahtbrücke – Wikipedia

Notes:

• This may be the shortest span suspension bridge ever constructed.

Notes:

• Eckhard Bernstorff notes: "Suspended with connections from 'chains' to towers, gravity anchored in the ground (backstays), but 'hangers' not adjustable (like truss)."

Notes:

• This bridge likely functioned more as a cantilever bridge than a suspension bridge.
• 1938-1940: The bridge undergoes a major reconstruction to widen the bridge. The towers appear to have been replaced at this time, but the suspension/cantilever system is retained. The resulting structure is listed separately.
• Replaced 1845 Kettenbrücke (Chain, Ketten) - Mannheim, Germany.
• Replaced by 1940 Friedrichsbrücke - Mannheim, Germany.

External Links:

• Wikipedia - Kurpfalzbrücke. History of several bridges at this location.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20021313

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20016519

Notes:

• Large hybrid truss/suspension bridge. While often classified as a suspension bridge, it is unclear if this bridge functioned as more of a cantilevered truss than a suspension bridge.

External Links:

• Kaisersteg – Wikipedia
• Structurae - Structure ID 20000469

Notes:

• Othmar Ammann worked as an intern on this bridge.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20001542

Notes:

• Long footbridge.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20022304

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20035349

Notes:

• Like several similar eastern European bridges constructed in the late 1800s and early 1900s it is questionable whether this rigid trussed bridge functions more like a cantilever bridge than a suspension bridge.
• Near Schwanenbrücke - Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

External Links:

• Peißnitzbrücke – Wikipedia

Notes:

• Moved from 1839 Hameln - Hameln, Niedersachsen, Germany and reassembled in the 1898-1899 timeframe likely opening in 1899.

Notes:

• Hybrid truss/suspension bridge where truss comes up to meet the cables for much of the main span. The "cables" appear to be riveted plates.
• Similar to Great Volkhov - Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008764

Notes:

• Abutments are still present (as of 2021).
• 1915: Damaged and rebuilt.

Notes:

• Reconstructed 1965, and 1993.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20011738

Notes:

• Reconstructed 1996, and after damaged by flood, 2003.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20086018

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20002353

Notes:

• Near former location of 1869 Drahtsteg - Passau, Bavaria, Germany.
• Replaced by 1948 Luitpoldbrücke - Passau, Bavaria, Germany.

Notes:

• First long-span self-anchored suspension bridge.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000175

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20074239

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20017639

Notes:

• Rebuilt, 1949. Reconstruction, 1989, 1998, and in 2003 after 2002 flood damage.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20033145

Notes:

• The "cables" of this bridge appear to have been steel plates riveted together. The deck is plate girder. Not surprisingly, recent photos of the bridge show it resting on two intermediate piers. AAJ describes the cables: "'laminated chains' made of flat iron plates, there being two such chains to a side, each of five plates riveted together."
• Replaced 1830 (suspension bridge) - Nassau, Germany.
• Replaced by 2005 Nassau - Nassau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20025229

Notes:

• Coordinates are for likely alignment of this former bridge, with at least one pier remaining (as of 2020).

Notes:

• Replaced by a cable-stayed bridge April, 2004.

Notes:

• Replaced by 1951 Köln-Mülheimer - Köln (Cologne) and Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000182

Notes:

• Destroyed 1945, rebuilt 1950.

External Links:

• Krefeld-Uerdinger Brücke – Wikipedia
• Structurae - Structure ID 20001728

Notes:

• Replaced the previous suspension bridge that had been heavily damaged by ice. Reconstructed 1946, and 1997.
• Replaced 1870 Draht (Wire) - Kassel, Hessen, Germany.

External Links:

• Drahtbrücke – Wikipedia
• Structurae - Structure ID 20006228

Notes:

• This bridge likely functioned more as a cantilever bridge than a suspension bridge.
• Bombed multiple times during WWII and finaly destroyed March 25, 1945.
• Replaced 1891 Friedrichsbrücke - Mannheim, Germany. Translated from the linked Wikipedia page, "Due to the constant increase in traffic, it became necessary to expand the Friedrichsbrücke. Instead of an expensive new building, an engineering balancing act was decided: between 1938 and 1940, the bridge was cut lengthwise, pushed two meters apart, filled in the middle and further structurally adapted. With a lane width of 13.5 m, a total of four lanes including tram tracks could be created."

External Links:

• Wikipedia - Kurpfalzbrücke. History of the bridges at this location.

Notes:

• Replaced by 1954 Rodenkirchen (Rodenkirchener, Köln-Rodenkirchen) - Köln (Cologne), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000186

Notes:

• Eckhard Bernstorff notes the bridge was built by local residents after World War II using cables from cable cars.

Notes:

• No tower on one side, cables are anchored directly into hillside.
• c. 2017: Closed for renovation.
• Replaced 1911 Prinzregent-Luitpoldbrücke - Passau, Bavaria, Germany.
• Near former location of 1869 Drahtsteg - Passau, Bavaria, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20029085

Notes:

• Replaced by 1994 Wehlen - Wehlen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20004795

Notes:

• Carries four lanes of vehicular traffic, two sets of rail tracks, and pedestrian/bicycle paths on both sides.
• Replaced 1929 Köln-Mülheim - Köln (Cologne) and Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000183

External Links:

• Saarbrücke Mettlach - Wikipedia
• Structurae - Structure ID 20039356

Notes:

• Replaced Bad Kreuznach - Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20083497

Notes:

• Self-anchored.
• 1999-2003: Bridge overhauled and strengthened.

External Links:

• Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke (Duisburg) – Wikipedia
• Structurae - Structure ID 20001730

Notes:

• 2023: At least one of the two towers is still standing, next to the replacement suspension bridge.
• Eckhard Bernstorff notes: "Cable forces guided through truss of towers and side spans. Replacement for older suspension bridge destroyed by flood, 1954."
• Replaced Rochsburg (Schwankender) - Rochsburg, Lunzenau, Saxony, Germany.
• Replaced by 2011 Rochsburg - Rochsburg, Lunzenau, Saxony, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20086017

Notes:

• Substantial retrofit completed 1994, doubled the width of the bridge and towers and added extra cable. The bridge's 52.8 meter width makes this the widest catenary suspension bridge in the world (the Boston's Zakim-Bunker Hill cable-stayed bridge is wider) with ten vehicular lanes (eight lanes for highway and two service lanes) and two lanes for pedestrians and bicycles. It may also be the only large suspension bridge with three main cables. The unusual proportion of deck width to main span (52.8 meters/378 meters) is also interesting.
• Replaced 1941 Rodenkirchen (Rodenkirchener, Köln-Rodenkirchen) - Köln (Cologne), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000187

Notes:

• Replaced (footbridge) - Waldbreitbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
• Replaced by 1987 (footbridge) - Waldbreitbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Notes:

• Replaced Wolkenburg-Kaufungen - Wolkenburg, Saxony, Germany.
• Replaced by 1997 Wolkenburg-Kaufungen - Wolkenburg, Saxony, Germany.

Notes:

• Completed 1957 or 1958.
• Replaced Sörnzig-Fischheim - Sörnzig and Fischheim, Saxony, Germany.
• Replaced by 2002 Sörnzig-Fischheim - Sörnzig and Fischheim, Saxony, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20033144

Notes:

• Replaced Thierbach-Zinnberg - Thierbach and Zinnberg, Saxony, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20086020

Notes:

• Replaced Zassnitzer (Rochlitz, Rochlitzer) - Rochlitz and Zassnitz, Saxony, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20018973

Notes:

• Carries a fresh water pipeline.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20001724

Notes:

• Carries two water pipelines (1 fresh water, 1 waste water) with a gated service walkway above the pipes. Eckhard Bernstorff notes: "it supplies Neckargröningen with fresh water and pipelines waste water back (central waterworks and waste water treatment plant are on the other side of Neckar river)."

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20022681

Notes:

• Monotower, self-anchored footbridge with inclined stays. Crosses a road.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000312

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20018045

Notes:

• Monocable over A-shaped towers.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000456

Notes:

• Unconventional design, curved deck, only suspended along one edge.
• Similar to 2003 Erzbahnschwinge - Bochum, Germany.
• Similar to 2004 Liberty - Greenville, South Carolina, USA.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20001223

Notes:

• Eckhard Bernstorff notes: "Hangers are 'plates' with cross-section 1 x 5 cm, backstays 3 x 5 cm. Steel towers."
• Replaced 1956 (footbridge) - Waldbreitbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Notes:

• This bridge only has three sets of suspenders on each side of the deck along the 77-meter main span.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20005380

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20001581

Notes:

• Eckhard Bernstorff notes the bridge has "only one Pylon at one end of span, but [it is a] real suspension bridge, gravity anchored at both ends of span."

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20001583

Notes:

• Eckhard Bernstorff notes: "Asymmetric self-anchored bridge. Horizontal rest force and vertical force at highest point of cable conducted to walls of hotel (tower function)."

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20001582

Notes:

• Large narrow bridge carrying an industrial conveyor belt across a river.
• Eckhard Bernstorff notes that this was a temporary bridge: "This bridge was built only to support construction of a big railway bridge (arch bridge) for high speed ICE trains and then removed."

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20006231

Notes:

• Two cables over A-shaped towers. Longest suspension footbridge in Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20005257

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20001224

Notes:

• Two cables over a single center tower.
• Near 1992 (footbridge) - Pforzheim, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20005312

Notes:

• Visually similar to the "convertible" bridge in Duisburg, but without the lifting action.
• Near 1992 (footbridge) - Pforzheim, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20005313

Notes:

• Eckhard Bernstorff describes the bridge as having a "Central single tower with self-anchored spans to three directions. Anchored to the ground is only rest force at tower because of unequal forces from spans."
• Connects to 1992 Brünner - Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008422

Notes:

• Eckhard Bernstorff describes the bridge as having a "Central single tower with self-anchored spans to three directions. Anchored to the ground is only rest force at tower because of unequal forces from spans."
• Connects to 1992 Bombay - Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20008423

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20002035

Notes:

• Replaced 1949 Wehlen - Wehlen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20030542

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20005976

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20005525

Notes:

• Self-anchored. This is an enclosed footbridge that connects two buildings crossing a roadway.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20005305

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20073186

Notes:

• Damaged by flood and reconstructed, 2002.
• Replaced 1957 Wolkenburg-Kaufungen - Wolkenburg, Saxony, Germany.

Notes:

• This appears to be a real mast-style suspension bridge inside the "Bridge Room" at the Deutsches Museum.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20006151

Notes:

• Eckhard Bernstoff notes the bridge has one lane for light shuttle buses for special events and that the anchor system is similar to that of the WiHa-dukt bridge.
• See 2005 WiHa-dukt - Wilkau-Haßlau, Saxony, Germany.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20006427

Notes:

• Very short self-anchored underspanned footbridge.

External Links:

• Waschhaussteg - Architektenkammer M-V
• Waschhaussteg - Wikipedia. Image of the bridge
• Structurae - Structure ID 20000901

Notes:

• This footbridge is "convertible" because it can be raised to make way for boats. The backstays are shortened using jacks causing the towers to tilt back and the deck to arch up and out of the way. Eckhard Bernstorff notes, "the deck (weight 150 tons) has 14 segments. When the towers tilt back by shortening the main cables about 2.5 meters, the deck lifts 9 meters."

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20000605

Notes:

• Modern footbridge distinct from 1898 Langenargen bridge.

Notes:

• Monocable over A-shaped towers.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20004816

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20006879

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20024526

Notes:

• Eckhard Bernstorff notes: "Cable forces guided through truss of towers and side spans."
• Replaced 1958 Sörnzig-Fischheim - Sörnzig and Fischheim, Saxony, Germany.

Notes:

• Unconventional design with curved deck which is suspended along one edge.
• Similar to 1987 (footbridge) - Kelheim, Germany.
• Similar to 2004 Liberty - Greenville, South Carolina, USA.

External Links:

• Structurae - Structure ID 20010796