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What are the two types of suspension bridges found in the world?
Cantilever bridgesCable stayed bridges
Why are suspension bridges used for long spans?
The longest bridges in the world are viaducts or trestle bridges. It is easier to design a high, elevated roadway by directly supporting it with many towers or piers (as in a viaduct or trestle bridges). It is more difficult to design an elevated roadway with a large unobstructed span (as in a suspension bridge or arch bridge). However, the bridges with the longest unobstructed spans in the world are invariably suspension bridges, because ...
How long is a suspension bridge?
There are many different lengths of suspension bridges.
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.
What invention made suspension bridges possible?
Steel
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.
What are the two types of suspension bridges found in the world?
Cantilever bridgesCable stayed bridges
What do suspension bridges look like?
Suspension bridges look a little bit likecable-stayed bridges.
Why are suspension bridges used for long spans?
The longest bridges in the world are viaducts or trestle bridges. It is easier to design a high, elevated roadway by directly supporting it with many towers or piers (as in a viaduct or trestle bridges). It is more difficult to design an elevated roadway with a large unobstructed span (as in a suspension bridge or arch bridge). However, the bridges with the longest unobstructed spans in the world are invariably suspension bridges, because ...
Many bridges are constructed using this type of architecture..?
steel cable suspension
What were the very first types of bridges?
suspension bridges
Where are cable stayed bridges found?
In suspension bridges
What are the 5 longest suspension bridges in the world?
they are in japan, california, rome, ltaly, and chicago
When were suspension bridges discovered?
We're not sure about their discovery, but the absence of suspension bridges was discovered in 1492, when Columbus, attempting to walk from Portugal to India, realized he couldn't. Engineers such as Roebling and Eiffel, many years later, discovered steel. And cheese. Suspension bridges were thus implied, if not actually observed.
What type of architecture is used to construct many bridges?
steel cable suspension
How long is a suspension bridge?
There are many different lengths of suspension bridges.
Is the George Washington bridges one of the five suspension bridges?
yes
