The average weight is around 14tons
suspension bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is a suspension bridge.
suspension bridge
The first bridges resembling the modern suspension bridgewere built in Tibet and Bhutan by the Tibetan architect and engineer Thangtong Gyalpo.
I just found a website that said it was a cable-stayed bridge and a suspension bridge. I wonder why...
It is a type of bridge that is built by suspending the roadway from cables attached to a master cable, which runs above the length of the bridge. In addition to being strong and lightweight, suspension bridges are also beautiful, and some of the most famous bridges in the world are also suspension bridges, including New York's Brooklyn Bridge and San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge. The design of a suspension bridge is quite simple and uncomplicated, and takes advantage of several techniques to distribute the weight of the bridge safely and evenly.
Frank Barber has written: 'Stiffened suspension bridge, applied to a short span' -- subject(s): Design and construction, Bridges, Suspension bridges
The Oresund Bridge is a Cable-stayed bridge. The primary difference between a suspension bridge and a cable stayed bridge is the load bearing structure. In suspension bridges, this is the cable itself, which transfers the load into large structures set into the earth at the ends of the bridge. In the cable stayed bridge design, the load is taken primarily by the bridge towers. A more detailed explanation of the differences is available in the related link.
The Inca people were the first to build a suspension bridge. The date of when they started building them is unknown but it predates 1532.
arches are old fashion suspension are new system depand on design with the records of maximum wind pressure as well as intensity of natural calmities about the surroundings at least 100years back
Roebling - designed the Roebling Suspension Bridge that connects downtown Cincinnati, OH with Northern Kentucky. This brige was the design for the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel created the original design, however he died before work on the bridge was completed and some modifications to the design were made by William Henry Barlow and Sir John Hawkshaw.