What are suspension bridges used for?

There are many reasons and each scenario that requires a bridge may use different reasons. Commonly, suspension or cable stay bridges are used when the span is too great for any other form. read more

Modern suspension bridges use a box section roadway supported by high tensile strength cables. In the early nineteenth century, suspension bridges used iron chains for cables. The high tensile cables used in most modern suspension bridges were introduced in the late nineteenth century. read more

This bridge was the first to have all the necessary components of a modern suspension bridge and was designed by James Finley who patented a system for suspending a rigid deck from a bridge's cables in 1808. This years is considered as a begging o the era of the modern suspension bridges. read more

A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (the load-bearing portion) is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. read more

Suspension bridge is a type of bridge which has cables between towers (so called “suspension cables”) and from them vertical “suspender cables” (or hangers”) that hold the deck. Suspension cables are anchored at each end of the bridge and they carry the majority of the load. read more