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Suspension bridge

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 19th century. Simple suspension bridges, which lack vertical suspenders, have a long history in many mountainous regions worldwide.

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Design effort
medium
Falsework required
No
Material
Steel rope, multiple steel wire strand cables or forged or cast chain links
Movable
No
Span range
Medium to long

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Structure

Variations

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Construction sequence (wire strand cable type)

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Notable collapses

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Suspension bridge

Nodes132
Edges131
Triples270
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015152
Components1

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Suspension bridge

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related to Bibliography · 43
Suspension bridge → Alessio, ASCE Press, Atsushi, B978-0-12-800058-8, Boca Raton, Bridge Engineering Handbook, Butterworth-Heinemann, Chapter, Construction, CRC Press, Dilemma, Duan, Economy, Harazaki, Harukazu, History, Ikuo, In Chen, In Pipinato, Innovative Bridge Design Handbook
related to Chain bridges · 41
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related to Construction sequence (wire strand cable type) · 33
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related to Other examples · 24
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related to External links · 20
Suspension bridge → Archived, Civil Engineers, Contextual Essay, HAER, Historic American Engineering Record, How, Inca Leapt Canyons, John Noble, July, June, May, Mostly, New Brunswick Canada, NJ-132, No, Society, The New York Times, Wayback Machine History, Wayback MachineStructurae, Wire Bridges
related to Precursors · 17
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related to Wire-cable · 16
Suspension bridge → Annonay, Antoine Bridge, Chain Bridge, Development, Falls, Fribourg, Geneva, Guillaume Henri Dufour's Saint, It, James Finley's, Joseph Chaley's Grand Pont, Marc Seguin, Schuylkill, Spider Bridge, Suspendu, The
related to Use other than road and rail · 15
Suspension bridge → An, April, Arouca Geopark, Cable, Delaware River, Light, Nescio Bridge, Netherlands, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Riegelsville, River Paiva, Roebling-designed, The, Where
related to Underspanned · 12
Suspension bridge → Bergues, Edinburgh, Examples, Guillaume Henri Dufour, In, James Smith's Micklewood Bridge, Pont, River Almond, Robert Stevenson, Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct, The, Very
related to Notable collapses · 10
Suspension bridge → As, British Army, Broughton Suspension Bridge, England, Europe's, Following, One, Silver Bridge, The, USA

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bridge suspension cables deck main bridges towers span wire may first built cable spans type construction longest chain used suspender

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Suspension bridgeDesign effortmedium1.00infobox
Suspension bridgeFalsework requiredNo1.00infobox
Suspension bridgeMaterialSteel rope, multiple steel wire strand cables or forged or cast chain links1.00infobox
Suspension bridgeMovableNo1.00infobox
Suspension bridgeSpan rangeMedium to long1.00infobox
Suspension bridgeis atype of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders0.90text
changes in temperatureinstance ofLive load refers to traffic that moves across the bridge as well as normal environmental factors0.80text
precipitationinstance ofLive load refers to traffic that moves across the bridge as well as normal environmental factors0.80text
and windsinstance ofLive load refers to traffic that moves across the bridge as well as normal environmental factors0.80text
sudden gusts of windinstance offactors0.80text
earthquakesinstance offactors0.80text
a span over a canyoninstance ofor flat in other cases0.80text

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