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Suspension bridges are built to make use of tension, whereas most other types of bridges make use of compression to bear their load. Suspension bridges are usually designed with the deck suspended below a series of towers by cables. Other types of bridges are generally either designed with the deck being supported from below by pillars, or made up of an arch.
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What do suspension bridges look like?
Suspension bridges look a little bit likecable-stayed bridges.
Where are cable stayed bridges found?
In suspension bridges
What were the very first types of bridges?
suspension bridges
Is the George Washington bridges one of the five suspension bridges?
yes
What country is NOT home to one of three longest suspension bridges in the world?
Egypt is not home to one of the three longest suspension bridges in the world.
Who designs suspension bridges?
Civil Engineers.
What is used to stabilize suspension bridges?
Cables .
How did the suspension bridge get its name?
Suspension bridges are held, or suspended, from cables above the roadway's surface. This contrasts with bridges whose roadways are supported from underneath.
What are the two types of suspension bridges found in the world?
Cantilever bridgesCable stayed bridges
How much are suspension cables in suspension bridges allowed to stretch?
Strictly speaking, I do not know the answer
How is the suspension bridge different from most other modern bridges?
In simple terms, cable stayed use less cables then a suspension bridge. They are a combination of both beam and suspension. Suspension bridges hold the "deck" (where vehicles cross), via the cables, hence the term "suspension"; whereas, a cable stayed has the deck connected via the cables to anchorage points.
Why are suspension bridges safe?
they go use your mom
