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Ellet's Niagara Falls suspension bridge (1847–48) was abandoned before completion. It was used as scaffolding for John A. Roebling's double decker railroad and carriage bridge (1855). The Otto Beit Bridge (1938–1939) was the first modern suspension bridge outside the United States built with parallel wire cables. [19]
The Sunda Strait Bridge ( Indonesian: Jembatan Selat Sunda, JSS, Jembatan Selsun, sometimes referred to in English-language reports as the SSB) was a planned road and railway megaproject between the two large Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java . The suggestion for a bridge was reportedly first put forward in 1960 by Professor Sedyatmo from ...
Kurushima Kaikyō Bridge (Japan). Opened in 1999, it is the world's longest suspension bridge structure. Great Seto Bridge (Japan). Opened in 1978 and 1988, it is the longest two-tiered bridge system (but not all of the spans that make up the bridge system are suspension bridges). Sky Bridge 721 (Czech Republic).
The Shuiyuan Suspension Bridge or Shuanglong Rainbow Suspension Bridge (traditional Chinese: 雙龍七彩吊橋; simplified Chinese: 双龙七彩吊桥; pinyin: Shuānglóng Qīcǎi Diàoqiáo) is a suspension bridge in Xinyi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan.
Transport in Indonesia. Bogor-Ciawi–Sukabumi Toll Road or Bocimi Toll Road is a highway of 53.6-kilometre (33.3 mi) toll road link, which is under construction that will connect Bogor Regency, Bogor city, Sukabumi Regency and Sukabumi city in West Java, Indonesia. The 15.35-kilometre (9.54 mi) first section of the toll road between Ciawi and ...
Types. Types of suspension bridge include: Simple suspension bridge: the earliest known type of suspension bridge, and usually a footbridge. The deck is flexible and lies on the main cables, which are anchored to the earth. Underspanned suspension bridge: an early 19th-century descendant of the simple suspension bridge.
Malacca Strait Bridge. The Central Spine Road 2 or Malacca Strait Bridge (Indonesian: Jembatan Selat Malaka, Malaysian: Jambatan Selat Melaka or JSM and Jembatan Selmal) is a proposed bridge that would connect Telok Gong, near Masjid Tanah, Malacca in Peninsular Malaysia to Rupat Island and Dumai in Sumatra island, Indonesia. [ 1 ]
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 of San Diego, California. It was built in 1912 by Edwin M. Capps. It can hold a maximum of 327,900 lb (148,700 kg) and crosses Kate Sessions Canyon. [2]