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THE BRIDGES
The Cable-stayed Bridges
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The Cable-stayed Bridge Gallery The Fred Hartman Bridge
(m4bridge-cablestayed-tx-fredhartman-wikipedia) Photo Credit: Wikipedia Fred Hartman Bridge
A cable-stayed bridge has one or more towers, which are also called pylons, from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, normally forming a fan-like pattern or a series of near parallel lines.
This is in contrast to the modern suspension bridge, where the cables attaching to and supporting the deck are suspended vertically from the main cable. This main cable is anchored at both ends of the bridge and strung between the towers.
The cable-stayed bridge is optimal for spans longer than cantilever bridges and shorter than suspension bridges, which fits into the range within which cantilever bridges would rapidly grow heavier, and suspension bridge cabling would be more costly.
Tower Structures
There are also seven main arrangements for support tower columns: single, double, portal, A-frame, H-shaped, inverted Y and M-shaped. Although these seven are the primary tower designed, there are, as I have found several other variations.
The last three shown in the drawing are hybrid arrangements that combine two arrangements into one. Finally, and the architects and engineers continue to come with even more combinations, I will endeavor to seek them out.
The Cable-stayed Bridge Gallery The NNN Bridge
(m4bridge-cablestayed-towerdesign) The Cable-stayed Bridge Tower Design
Recent Towers
In 2017, a new hybrid arrangement arrived on the scene above the waters of Hudson River in New York state. This new hybrid tower was built in the W-shape design, or it could be called the inverted M shape. Whatever the name of this tower arrangement, it only shows that the the designers are not done in creating different tower designs.
The Cable-stayed Bridge Index Go Down Go Up
North America
United States of America
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Greenville Bridge, 2010, steel-concrete deck, concrete H-shaped pylons,
US 82, US 278 (33.287228, -91.1542450) Mississippi River
California
Long Beach International Gateway Bridge, 2020, steel-concrete deck, single concrete pylons,
IH 710 (33.764944, -118.221222) Back Channel, Port of Long Beach
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Dames Point Bridge, 1989, concrete deck, H shaped concrete pylons,
IH 295, SH 9A (30.3852403, -81.5572832) St. Johns River
Sunshine Skyway Bridge, 1987, concrete girder deck, single concrete pylon,
IH 275, US 19 (27.6208834, -82.6555830) Tampa Bay
Georgia
Sidney Lanier Bridge, 2003, concrete deck, concrete H-shaped pylons,
US 17 (31.116041, -81.4852418) Brunswick River
Talmadge Memorial Bridge, 1919, concrete deck, H-shaped pylons,
US 14, SH404 (32.089075, -81.0988) Savannah River
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, 2003, steel-concrete deck, H-shaped pylons
SR 146 westbound (37.2951954, -89.5158437) Mississippi River
Stan Musial Veterans Mem. Bridge, Feb. 2014, steel-concrete deck, A-frame
concrete pylons, IH 70 westbound, (38.6459933, -90.1783317) Mississippi River
Indiana
Abraham Lincoln Bridge, 2015, Jeffersonville-Louisville, 38.264444, -85.743611
Lewis and Clark Bridge, 2016, steel-concrete deck, modified A-frame pylons
IH 265, SH 841 toll (37.9014217, -87.0339834) Ohio River
William H. Natcher Bridge, 2002, steel-concrete deck, A-frame concrete pylons,
US 231 (37.9013629, -87.0341181) Ohio River
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln Bridge, 2015, Louisville-Jeffersonville, 38.264444, -85.743611
Lewis and Clark Bridge, 2016, steel-concrete deck, modified A-frame pylons
IH 265, SH 841 toll (37.9014217, -87.0339834) Ohio River
William H. Harsha Bridge, 2000, steel-concrete deck, H-shaped concrete pylons
US 62, US 68 (38.6845602, -83.7819952) Ohio River
William H. Natcher Bridge, 2002, steel-concrete deck, A-frame concrete pylons,
US 231 (37.901422508269796, -87.03398429522873) Ohio River
Louisiana
Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge, 1983, steel girder deck, portal pylons,
IH 310 (29.9430990, -90.3737873) Mississippi River
John James Audubon Bridge, May 2011, concrete-steal deck, H-shaped concrete pylons.
SH 10 (30.720367, -91.351489) Mississippi River Replaces New Roads ferry
Maine
Penobscot Narrows Bridge, 2006, concrete girder deck, single concrete pylon,
US 1, SH 3 (44.559972, -68.801722) Penobscot River
Maryland
Massachusetts
Arthur J. DiTommaso Memorial Bridge, 2002, Fitchburg, 42.5755, -71.7878
Michigan
Gordie Howe International Bridge, 2025, composite steel/concrete deck, concrete
inverted Y pylons, IH 75, CAN 41 (42.2875, -83.097778) Detroit River, US-Canada
Minnesota
Mississippi
Greenville Bridge, 2010, steel-concrete deck, concrete H-shapped pylons,
US 82, US 278 (33.287, -91.15425)
Missouri
Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, 2003, steel-concrete deck, H-shaped pylons
SR 34, SR 74 eastbound (37.2951954, -89.5158437) Mississippi River
Stan Musial Veterans Mem. Bridge, Feb. 2014, steel-concrete deck, A-frame
concrete pylons, IH 70 eastbound, (38.6458806, -90.1783517) Mississippi River
Bayview Bridge, 1987, West Quincy, 38.6458725, -90.1783569
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Tappan Zee Bridge, 2017, steel-concrete deck, W-shaped concrete pylons,
IH 87, IH 287 (41.0711669, -73.8856748) Hudson River
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
William H. Harsha Bridge, 2000, steel-concrete deck, H-shaped concrete pylons
US 62, US 68 (38.6846416, -83.7820512) Ohio River
Toledo Skyway Bridge, 2007
Veterans Memorial Bridge, 1979, Steubenville-Weirton, 40.3775, -80.610556
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, 2005, concrete-steel deck, concrete A-frame pylons
8 lanes US 17, bikes, pedestrians (32.802917, -79.915361) Cooper River
Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, 2005, Charleston, 32.802778, -79.915
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Buffalo Bayou Toll Bridge,
29.7362291, -95.1461600
Harbor Bridge, concrete girder deck, concrete inverted Y pylons
US 181, SH 35 (27.813528, -97.399417) Corpus Christi Ship Channel
For old through arch harbor bridge, see Harbor Arch Bridge
Barton Creek Bridge, 1890, Huckabay (Ruins) 32.50607, -98.3504
Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge, 1891, Bluff Dale, 32.353889, -98.026111
Fred Hartman bridge, 1995, steel-concrete deck, M-shaped concrete pylons, Baytown
SH 146 (29.703806, -95.01675) Houston Ship Channel
Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, 2012, Dallas, 32.78, -96.8221
Veterans Memorial Bridge, 1990, Port Author, 29.9804622, -93.8702692
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Varina-Enon Bridge, 1990, Hopewell, 37.37974, -77.346368
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
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