SUSPENSION BRIDGES

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Deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders Usually has two towers that hold up the horizontal cables. From these main horizontal cables hang vertical cables that are attached to the deck of the bridge Used for the longest spans.

Suspension Bqidge- Paqts

Cables- suspend the roadway (tension)

Towers- stabilize wire cables (compression)

Anchorages- key to the structure, mass that keeps cables tight, gives the bridge structure

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With anchorages

Without anchorages

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The main forces are tension in the cables and compression in the pillars. Since almost all the force on the pillars is vertically downwards and they are also stabilized by the main cables, the pillars can be made quite slender.

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Cables suspended via towers hold up the road deck. The weight is transferred by the cables to the towers, which in turn transfers the weight to the ground. This is a type of bridge that is able to stretch to extreme lengths and be capable of lasting a very long time. It is suspended in the air, is able to withstand natural

disasters such as earthquakes or tornadoes better than another

type of bridge.

Suspension Bqidge- Histoqy

Early suspension bridges - simple and crude with a narrow walkway that was suspended from chains or rope.

Used in the 7th century by the Mayans, and later in China and
Tibet. However these theories werent proved, the first suspension

bridge design was drawn by Faust Vrancic in his book

Machinae Nove in 1595.

Suspension Bqidge- Types

Simple Suspension Bridge It is the oldest type of suspension bridge, usually constructed as a foot bridge. In this type a flexible deck is provided which is supported by the cables anchored to the earth.

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

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Types

the main cables hang entirely below the bridge deck, but are still anchored into the ground in a similar way to the conventional type

Kingston Rhinecliff Bridge, New York

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Stressed Ribbon Bridges A modern descendant of the simple suspension bridge. The deck lies on the main cables, but is stiff, not flexible.

Maldonado Bridge, Uruguay

Suspension Bqidges - Advantages

-They can span longer distances than any other type of bridge. - They require less material to build, resulting in reduced

construction cost.
- Dont have to shut down a waterway in order to build the bridge. -They can withstand earthquakes better than stiff conventional bridges.

Suspension Bqidges - Disadvantages

-Road deck can vibrate and even twist is high winds.

-The road deck lacks the stiffness required to carry heavy railroad traffic.

- Some areas of the bridge are difficult to install and

maintain.

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The Great Belt Bridge, Denmark

The Akashi-Kaikyo bridge in Japan The longest bridge in the world - 6529 feet long.

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Humber Bridge, United Kingdom

Mackinac Bridge, USA