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  2. Suspension bridge - Wikipedia

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    A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. [ 5 ][ 6 ] Simple suspension bridges, which lack vertical suspenders, have a long history in many mountainous parts of the world.

  3. Simple suspension bridge - Wikipedia

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    Falsework required. No. A simple suspension bridge (also rope bridge, swing bridge (in New Zealand), suspended bridge, hanging bridge and catenary bridge) is a primitive type of bridge in which the deck of the bridge lies on two parallel load-bearing cables that are anchored at either end. They have no towers or piers.

  4. Androscoggin Swinging Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Built in 1892, the Androscoggin Swinging Bridge has two steel A-frame towers, each 30 feet 6 inches (9.30 m) in height, mounted on concrete abutments. Wire ropes are suspended from the tower, supporting a wooden plank deck suspended from the cables by metal rods, and railings 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m) high.

  5. Suspended structure - Wikipedia

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    A suspended structure is a structure which is supported by cables coming from beams or trusses which sit atop a concrete center column or core. The design allows the walls, roof and cantilevered floors to be supported entirely by cables and a center column. Another type of suspended structure, suspended catenary, uses outer-wall concrete ...

  6. Types of suspension bridges - Wikipedia

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    The deck is raised on posts above the main cables. Stressed ribbon bridge: a modern descendant of the simple suspension bridge. The deck lies on the main cables, but is stiff, not flexible. Suspension bridge (more precisely, suspended-deck suspension bridge): the most familiar type. Though technically all the types listed here are suspension ...

  7. Self-anchored suspension bridge - Wikipedia

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    Usually. A self-anchored suspension bridge is a suspension bridge type in which the main cables attach to the ends of the deck, rather than directly to the ground or via large anchorages. [1] The design is well-suited for construction atop elevated piers, or in areas of unstable soils where anchorages would be difficult to construct.

  8. Cable-stayed bridge - Wikipedia

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    Øresund Bridge from Malmö to Copenhagen in Sweden and Denmark. A cable-stayed bridge has one or more towers (or pylons), from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, normally forming a fan-like pattern or a series of parallel lines.

  9. List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans - Wikipedia

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    The definition of cable-stayed bridge deck length used here is: A continuous part of the bridge deck that is supported only by stay-cables and pylons, or are free spans. This means that columns supporting the side span as for example found in Pont de Normandie , excludes most of the side span decks from the cable-stayed deck length.

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