Chain bridges are

suspension bridges A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...

built with chains. Some chain bridges built using this design have retained the name Chain Bridge. Thus as a proper noun, it may refer to: In Hungary: * Chain Bridge (Budapest), a bridge over the Danube in Budapest, Hungary (completed 1849) In Germany: *

Chain Bridge (Nuremberg) The Chain Bridge () is a pedestrian chain bridge in Nuremberg, Germany. The bridge crosses the river Pegnitz just a few meters upriver of Fronveste and Schlayerturm, fortifications in the course of the medieval city wall guarding the river's exi ...

, a pedestrian bridge over the river Pegnitz in Nuremberg, Bavaria (opened 1924) In the United Kingdom: * Union Bridge (Tweed), a bridge over the River Tweed between England and Scotland (opened 1820) * Chain Bridge, a bridge over the River Usk in Monmouthshire, Wales (opened 1829) * Chain Bridge (Berwyn), a bridge over the River Dee at Berwyn, Llangollen, Denbighshire, North Wales (completed 1818) In the United States: * Chain Bridge (Easton, Pennsylvania), a historic change bridge spanning the Lehigh River (completed 1857) * Chain Bridge (Potomac River) a bridge at the Little Falls of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. (completed 1808) * Chain Bridge (Massachusetts), a bridge which crosses the Merrimack River, connecting Amesbury and Newburyport, Massachusetts (completed 1810)

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