Projects
- 1844 Allegheny Aqueduct Bridge – Pittsburgh; 162 feet (49m) spans; demolished 1861
- 1846 Smithfield Street Bridge – Pittsburgh; 188 feet (57m) spans; replaced 1881–1883
- 1848 Lackawaxen Aqueduct – spanning the Lackawaxen River at Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania; two spans of 115 feet (35m) each, two 7-inch (18 cm) cables; no longer extant
- 1849 Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct – spanning the Delaware River from Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania to Minisink Ford, New York, four spans of 134 feet (41m) each, two 8-inch (20 cm) cables; converted to vehicular and pedestrian use, restored in 1965 and 1995
- 1850 High Falls Aqueduct – one span of 145 feet (44m), two 8½-inch (22 cm) cables
- 1850 Neversink Aqueduct – spanning the Neversink River; one span of 170 feet (52m), two 9½-inch (24 cm) cables
- 1854 Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge – spanning the Niagara River from Niagara Falls, New York to Niagara Falls, Canada, 821 feet (250m) span
- 1859 Allegheny Bridge – Pittsburgh; 344-foot (105m) spans
- 1866 John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge – spanning the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio to Covington, Kentucky; 1,057 feet (322m) long with a deck clearance of 100 feet (30m)
- 1870 Waco Suspension Bridge – Waco, Texas; one 475 feet (145 m) span
- 1883 Brooklyn Bridge – spanning the East River from Manhattan to Brooklyn in New York City; 1595 feet (486m) span
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