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    A simple suspension bridge (also rope bridge, swing bridge (in New Zealand), suspended bridge, hanging bridge and catenary bridge) is a primitive type...
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    The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridges, which lack vertical suspenders, have a long...
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    The Capilano Suspension Bridge is a simple suspension bridge crossing the Capilano River in Upper Capilano, British Columbia, Canada, in the District...
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  • suspension bridge is one without additional stay cables and in which the main cables are anchored in the ground. This includes most simple suspension...
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    Inca rope bridges are simple suspension bridges over canyons, gorges and rivers (pongos) constructed by the Inca Empire. The bridges were an integral part...
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    types of bridges. Cable-stayed suspension bridge "The five main bridge designs". ECL Civil Engineering. 21 March 2022. "Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, Istanbul...
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    ribbon bridge (also stress-ribbon bridge or catenary bridge) is a tension structure similar in many ways to a simple suspension bridge. The suspension cables...
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    Footbridge (redirect from Foot bridge)
    only access to medical clinics, schools, businesses and markets. Simple suspension bridge designs have been developed to be sustainable and easily constructed...
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    The same is true of a simple suspension bridge or "catenary bridge," where the roadway follows the cable. A stressed ribbon bridge is a more sophisticated...
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  • developed in the early 19th century. It differs from its ancestor, the simple suspension bridge, in that the deck is raised on posts above the main cables. The...
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    era Trajan's Bridge (105 AD) featured open-spandrel segmental arches in wooden construction. Rope bridges, a simple type of suspension bridge, were used...
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    The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge (formerly the Cincinnati-Covington Bridge) is a suspension bridge that spans the Ohio River between Cincinnati...
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    The Trift Bridge (German: Triftbrücke) is a pedestrian-only suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps. The bridge is a simple suspension bridge design spanning...
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    longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e., the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers)....
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  • studied with Swiss engineers a model of durable, easy-to-build simple suspension bridge, adapted to the Nepalese relief and therefore to large spans ranging...
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    The Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge is the third longest hanging bridge for pedestrian use in the world. It is located in Randa, Switzerland and replaced...
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    Dryburgh Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge erected near Dryburgh Abbey, Scottish Borders. The footbridge across the River Tweed was erected in 1872...
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    Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge (locally pronounced carrick-a-reed) is a rope bridge near Ballintoy in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The bridge links the mainland...
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    Danyore Suspension Bridge is in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, and is one of the oldest makeshift suspension bridges in the region. The bridge connects...
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    Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge was a construction project to replace a seismically unsound portion of the Bay Bridge with a new self-anchored suspension bridge (SAS) and...
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    narrower, although numerous new bridges are being added. The oldest bridge still in use is the Jinlong, a simple suspension bridge over the Jinsha section of...
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    Lac de Monteynard-Avignonet (category Simple suspension bridges)
    Saint-Arey, Sinard, Treffort. In 2007 two simple suspension bridges were built across the Drac and Ebron. The bridges are 220 and 180 metres long, respectively...
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    cross-section. Arch bridge Catenary Gothic arch Lancet window Mathematics and architecture Parabolic arch Simple suspension bridge Steel catenary riser...
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  • NRHP Swing Bridge, River Tyne, UK Simple suspension bridge, also called a "swing bridge" (in New Zealand) Swinging Bridge (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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    The Silver Bridge was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 which carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting Point Pleasant, West...
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    The Spruce Street Suspension Bridge, colloquially known as the Wiggly Bridge, is a historic 375 ft (114 m) long footbridge in the Bankers Hill neighborhood...
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  • arch Suspension Bridge Cable-stayed bridge Simple suspension bridge Inca rope bridge Tubular bridge Extradosed bridge Moveable Bridge Drawbridge (British...
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    A liana bridge is a suspended bridge made of liana vines. These bridges are most widespread in the tropical climates of Latin America, Africa and South-East...
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    The Bambuco Bridge was a temporary outdoor sculpture in the form of a simple suspension bridge spanning the River Tyne, England, made entirely from bamboo...
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    the form of a parabola. A simple hanging rope bridge describes a catenary, but if they were in the form of a suspension bridges they usually describe a...
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