In 1830, the world’s first railway suspension bridge was opened over what British river?
Tees Bridge wooden trestles of the 1830 bridge were found during work for the construction of the 2009 Tees Bridge. The 1830 bridge needed a replacement. With site investigations in 1841 by John Harris, Robert Stephenson designed a five span cast iron trussed girder bridge on piled masonry piers. This was built over the period 1841–1844 by contractor Grahamsley and Read and when it opened in May 1844 it replaced the suspension bridge. The bridge was similar in design to Stephenson's 1846 bridge over the River Dee in Chester that had collapsed in the year following its completion. To ensure the same
Beipan River Guanxing Highway Bridge highest. The first was the Beipanjiang River Railway Bridge, which opened in 2001 and was the highest train bridge in the world until 2016 when China’s Najiehe Railway Bridge and Qinglong Railway Bridge were opened. The Beipan River Hukun Expressway Bridge, the third bridge to cross high above the Beipanjiang, opened in 2009 on the Guiyang-to-Kunming Highway with a suspension span 1,083 feet (330 m) above the river. Beipan River Guanxing Highway Bridge The Beipan River Guanxing Highway Bridge or Beipanjiang River 2003 Bridge is a 366-metre-high suspension bridge on the Guanxing Highway near Xingbei Town (Xinbeizhen), Zhenfeng County, Guizhou