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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 ...

  3. Simple suspension bridge - Wikipedia

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    The simple suspension bridge is the oldest known type of suspension bridge and, ignoring the possibility of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact, there were at least two independent inventions of the simple suspension bridge, in the wider Himalaya region and South America. [7] 18th-century rope bridge in Srinagar, Garhwal Kingdom

  4. Types of suspension bridges - Wikipedia

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    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 bridges, when unqualified with adjectives the term ...

  5. Calling all daredevils: Switzerland opens the longest ... - AOL

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    This attraction is *not* for the faint of heart.

  6. List of bridge types - Wikipedia

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    Integral bridge: Extradosed bridge: 1,920 m Arrah–Chhapra Bridge: Moon bridge: Movable bridge: Pigtail bridge: Plate girder bridge: Pontoon bridge: Rigid-frame bridge: Roving bridge: Segmental bridge: Self-anchored suspension bridge: Side-spar cable-stayed bridge: Simple suspension bridge (Inca rope bridge) Step-stone bridge: Stressed ribbon ...

  7. Category:Suspension bridges - Wikipedia

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    List of longest suspension bridge spans; Through arch bridge; Underspanned suspension bridge + Types of suspension bridges; 0–9. 14th of July Bridge; B. Barito Bridge;

  8. To Hatch the Longest Suspension Bridge Ever, Engineers Are ...

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    A monster and a child of Greek gods may impact this technological marvel.

  9. Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge stood from 1855 to 1897 across the Niagara River and was the world's first working railway suspension bridge.It spanned 825 feet (251 m) and stood 2.5 miles (4.0 km) downstream of Niagara Falls, where it connected Niagara Falls, Ontario to Niagara Falls, New York.