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===Existing bridges === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Bridge || Image ||width=10%| City ||width=10%| Country || Completed ||width=7%| Span || Clearance || Height || In Use? || Coordinates || Notes |- |bgcolor=EAECF0| [[Vizcaya Bridge]] || [[File:Zubia jun.jpg|175px]] || [[Portugalete]]/[[Getxo]] || {{flag|Spain}} ||align="center"| 1893 || {{convert|164|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|45|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|61.3|m|abbr=on}} || {{Yes}} || {{coord|43|19|23|N|3|1|1|W|type:landmark|name=Vizcaya Bridge}} || In use 24/7, passenger fare 0.45 euro in 2022 (1.60 at night), fares between 1.65 and 3.50 for vehicles. It was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 2006. It has become a prototype for subsequent bridges. |- |bgcolor=EAECF0| [[Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge]] || [[File:Charente Maritime Rochefort pont transbordeur sud.jpg|175px]] || [[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime]] || {{flag|France}} ||align="center"| 1900 || {{convert|140|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|50|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|66.5|m|abbr=on}} || {{Yes}} || {{coord|45|54|58|N|0|57|38|W|type:landmark|name=Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge}} || In use during the summer. This bridge may be seen in the film ''[[The Young Girls of Rochefort]]''. |- |bgcolor=EAECF0| [[Aerial Lift Bridge]] || [[File:Aerial lift bridge duluth mn.jpg|175px]] || [[Duluth, Minnesota]] || {{flag|United States}} ||align="center"| 1905 || {{convert|120|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|41.1|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|69.5|m|abbr=on}} || {{No}} || {{coord|46|46|44|N|92|5|34|W|type:landmark|name=Aerial Lift Bridge}} || No longer a transporter bridge; converted into a [[lift bridge]] in 1929, in use. |- |bgcolor=EAECF0| [[Newport Transporter Bridge]] || [[File:Transporter Bridge, from Coronation Park.jpg|175px]] || [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] || {{flag|United Kingdom}} ||align="center"| 1906 || {{convert|196.6|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|50|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|73.6|m|abbr=on}} || {{No}} The bridge is closed for restoration work and the construction of the new visitor centre. || {{coord|51|34|14|N|2|59|8|W|type:landmark|name=Newport Transporter Bridge}} || Currently [2023] closed again for repairs and construction of the new visitor centre with a planned Summer 2024 reopening.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transporter Bridge |url=https://www.newport.gov.uk/heritage/en/Transporter-Bridge/Transporter-Bridge.aspx |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=newport.gov.uk}}</ref> Appears in the film ''[[Tiger Bay (1959 film)|Tiger Bay]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Friends of Newport Transporter Bridge |url=http://www.fontb.org.uk/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=fontb.org.uk}}</ref> |- |bgcolor=EAECF0| [[Osten Transporter Bridge]] || [[File:Osten.jpg|175px]] || [[Osten]] || {{flag|Germany}} ||align="center"| 1909 || {{convert|80|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|30|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|38|m|abbr=on}} || {{Yes}} || {{coord|53|41|39|N|9|10|58|E|type:landmark|name=Osten Transporter Bridge}} || In use, but only as a tourist attraction. |- |bgcolor=EAECF0| [[Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge]] || [[File:Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, stockton side.jpg|175px]] || [[Middlesbrough]] || {{flag|United Kingdom}} ||align="center"| 1911 || {{convert|180|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|49|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|68|m|abbr=on}} || {{No}}. The bridge has been closed for essential repairs and maintenance.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-05-19|title=Tees Transporter Bridge|url=https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-footpaths/tees-transporter-bridge|access-date=2021-03-04|website=www.middlesbrough.gov.uk|language=en}}</ref> || {{coord|54|35|4|N|1|13|40|W|type:landmark|name=Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge}} || Refitted motors in 2010. Still in use, not in high winds |- |bgcolor=EAECF0| [[Rendsburg High Bridge]] || [[File:Rendsburgerhochbruecke.jpg|175px]] || [[Rendsburg]] || {{flag|Germany}} ||align="center"| 1913 || {{convert|140|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|42|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|68|m|abbr=on}} || {{Yes}} || {{coord|54|17|37|N|9|40|56|E|type:landmark|name=Rendsburg High Bridge}} || Only known combo railroad/transporter bridge. Gondola was destroyed in a collision with a ship in 2016, but has been replaced by an exact replica in 2022. |- |bgcolor=EAECF0| [[Puente Transbordador|Puente Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda]] || [[File:Buenos Aires Most Transportowy 2.jpg|175px]] || [[Buenos Aires]]/[[Dock Sud]] || {{flag|Argentina}} ||align="center"| 1914 || 103.6 m (340 ft) || {{convert|43.5|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|52|m|abbr=on}} || {{Yes}} || {{coord|34|38|18|S|58|21|22|W|type:landmark|name=Puente Transbordador}} || In use. It was closed in 1960 but was restored and reopened in September 2017. |- |bgcolor=EAECF0| [[Warrington Transporter Bridge]] || [[File:Wartranny.jpg|175px]] || [[Warrington]] || {{flag|United Kingdom}} ||align="center"| 1916 || {{convert|57|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|23|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|27|m|abbr=on}} || {{No}} || {{coord|53|23|1|N|2|36|27|W|type:landmark|name=Warrington Transporter Bridge}}|| Disused. Originally for rail wagons. Converted for road vehicles in 1940. Listed as an "ancient monument", but still at risk. (One of two originally at this site; the other, from 1905 did not survive.) |- |bgcolor=EAECF0| [[Puente Nicolás Avellaneda]] || [[File:The new Nicolas Avellaneda Transporter Bridge, La Boca.jpg|175px]] || [[Buenos Aires]]/[[Dock Sud]] || {{flag|Argentina}} ||align="center"| 1940 || 60 m (197 ft) || {{convert|21|m|abbr=on}} (not lifted), {{convert|43|m|abbr=on}} (lifted) || {{convert|57|m|abbr=on}} || {{Yes}} || {{coord|34|38|17|S|58|21|21|W|type:landmark|name=Puente Nicolás Avellaneda}} || Transporter bridge below a liftable section of a vertical lift bridge. Since 1960 only used, when the road on the bridge is closed for maintenance work. |- |bgcolor=EAECF0| [[Royal Victoria Dock Bridge]] || [[File:Royal Victoria Dock Bridge.jpg|175px]] || [[London]] || {{flag|United Kingdom}} ||align="center"| 1998 || {{convert|128|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|15|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|45|m|abbr=on}} || {{No}} || {{coord|43|19|23|N|3|1|1|W|type:landmark|name=Royal Victoria Dock Bridge}} || Designed to allow use as a transporter bridge but currently only in use as a high-level footbridge. |- |bgcolor=EAECF0| [[Erlebnisbrücke]] || [[File:Brücke über die Niers.jpg|175px]] || Near [[Mönchengladbach]] || {{flag|Germany}} ||align="center"| 2003 || {{convert|10|m|abbr=on}} || || || {{Yes}} || {{coord|51|14|17.1|N|6|28|28.52|E|type:landmark|name=Erlebnisbrücke}} || Small human-powered transporter bridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/erlebnisbrucke|title=Erlebnisbrücke (Mönchengladbach, 2003)|website=Structurae|language=en|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref> |- |bgcolor=EAECF0| [[Hamrštejn]] Footbridge || [[File:Transbordér pod Hamrštejnem (02).jpg|175px]] || [[Liberec]] and [[Chrastava]], over [[Lusatian Neisse]] || {{flag|Czech Republic}} ||align="center"| 2010 || {{convert|23|m|abbr=on}} || || || {{Yes}} || {{coord|50|47|16.5|N|14|58|13|E|type:landmark|name=Hamrštejn Bridge}} || Small human-powered transporter bridge. |}
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