Although they may look alike, they are not intirely the same. They both use cables and they both cross over water, but they are not the exact same. *Note: they have some similarities but they aren't totally the same.*
They both have there cables made of hard steel or concrete
A cable stayed bridge utilizes a single tower to absorb and deal with compressional forces. Cables are attached from the tower to multiple spots along the roadway to support it.
It is built like a cable-stayed, four laned bridge
i believe it is a cable stayed bridge
The Nelson Mandela Bridge, the largest cable-stayed bridge in southern Africa
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A cable-stayed bridge is one where the deck is 'held up' by steel tensile cables which fan out from the bridge pylons or towers.
Cable-stayed bridge
The main advantage of a cable-stayed bridge is that it is under compression by the cables which makes it stronger. The main disadvantage of the cable-stayed bridge is that it is more susceptible to wind than other types of bridges.
Its a cable-stayed bridge.
The Sutong Bridge in China, the longest cable-stayed bridge in the World, has a span of 1,088 metres or 3,570 feet
The cable-stayed bridge is a type of bridge that is optimal for spans longer than is practical for cantilever bridges, and shorter than is economical for suspension bridges.