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THE BRIDGES
The Suspension Bridges
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The Bridge Gallery The Suspension Bridges
(m4bridge-suspension-ca-goldengate-bridge) Golden Gate Bridge Photo Credit: Wikipedia
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck, or the load-bearing portion for traffic, is hung below suspension cables, usually with vertical suspenders. The suspension cables are normally strung between tower in a sweeping arch and the suspender cables rise from the deck to the suspension cables. Sometimes, the deck in the middle of the bridge is supported directly by the suspension cables. A suspension bridge allows for the deck to be level or to arch upward for additions clearance for water traffic underneath.
Suspension bridges do not need to have construction support falsework. The suspension cables continue past the towers to supports that are deck level and anchored to the ground on both side of the bridge. The roadway is supported by suspender cables, or sometimes rods, which are also called hangers.
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North America
United States of America
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
McPhaul Suspension Bridge
Arkansas
California
Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, 2003, suspension,
IH 80 southbound, US 40, (38.0609430, -122.2263397)
for west bound IH 80, see Carquinez Strait Cantilever Bridge
Bidwell Bar Bridge, 1965, suspension, steel truss deck, steel pylons
SR 162 (39.549972, -121.429972) Lake Oroville
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco-Oakland Bay (East) Bridge, 2013, self-anchored, steel girder
deck, steel pylons, IH 80 (37.816389, -122.356722) San Francisco Bay
San Francisco-Oakland Bay (West) Bridge, 1936, steel truss deck, steel pylons,
IH 80 (37.803389, -122.371917) San Francisco Bay
Vincent Thomas Bridge, 1963, suspension, steel truss deck, steel pylons
SR 47 (33.749444, -118.271611) Los Angeles Harbor
Colorado
Browns Park Swinging Bridge, Green River (40.8278741, -109.0305444)
Connecticut
Delaware
Delaware Memorial Bridge, steel truss deck, steel pylons
IH 295, US 40 eastbound, Delaware River (39.6888366, -75.5195286)
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Dent Bridge, 1971, suspension, steel girder deck, steel pylons,
Dent Bridge Road, (46.602556, -116.178389) Clearwater River
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge, 1932, suspension, steel girder deck,
steel pylons, US 62, US 68, SH 41 (38.6498147, -83.7597906) Ohio River
John A. Roebling Bridge, 1866, suspension with cable-stays, steel truss deck,
masonry phlons, KY SH 17 (39.092861, -84.509806) Ohio River
Louisiana
Maine
Deer Island Bridge, 1939, suspension, steel girder deck, steel plyons,
SH 15 (44.294222, -68.688694) Eggemoggin Reach
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay North Bridge
US 50, US 301 toll (38.9917798, -76.3707465) Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay South Bridge, 1953, suspension, steel truss deck, steel pylons,
US 50, US 301 toll (38.9906027, -76.3712019) Chesapeake Bay
Massachusetts
Michigan
Ambassador Bridge, 1929, suspension, steel truss deck, steel pylons,
IH 75/IH 96 southbound (42.312, -83.074) Detroit River, US-CAN, CAN Hwy 3
Mackinac Bridge, 1957, suspension, steel truss deck, steel pylons,
IH 75 (45.815556, -84.727944)
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Benjamin Franklin Bridge, suspension, steel truss deck, steel pylons,
IH 676, US 30 westbound, Delaware River (39.952917, -75.13425)
Delaware Memorial Bridge, steel truss deck, steel pylons
IH 295, US 40 westbound, Delaware River (39.6894866, -75.5192168)
Walt Whitman Bridge
1957, steel truss deck, steel pylons
IH 76 westbound (39.9053606, -75.1294993) Delaware River
New Mexico
New York
Bear Mountain Bridge, 1924
Bronx-Whitstone Bridge, New York, 1939, steel girder deck, steel pylons,
IH 678 (40.801861, -73.829778) East River
Brooklyn Bridge, 1883, suspension, w/cable stays, steel truss deck,
masonry pylons, Road bridge (40.705667, -73.996333) East River
George Washington Bridge, NY-NJ, 1931, suspension, 2 level steel truss deck,
steel pylons, IH 95, US 1, 4, 46. (40.851722, -73.952722) Hudson River
Manhattan Bridge, 1909, suspension, steel truss deck, steel pylons,
Road Bridge, NY City Subway (40.706778, -73.990417) East River
Mid-Hudson Bridge, 1930, suspension, steel truss deck, steel pylons,
US 44, SR 55 (41.702861, -73.946222) Hudson River
Odgensburg-Prescott International Bridge, suspension, steel truss deck,
steel pylons, SR 812 (44.735139, -75.45925) St. Lawrence River, US-Canada
Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
Throgs Neck Bridge, 1961, suspension, steel truss deck, steel pylons
IH 295-toll (40.802, -73.793) East River, Long Island Sound
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, 1964-1969, double-deck, steel, suspension,
IH 278-toll (40.606389, -74.045556)
Williamsburg Bridge, 1903, suspension, steel truss deck, steel pylons
SH 27, NY City Subway (40.713444, -73.971833) East River
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge, 1931, suspension, steel girder deck,
steel pylons, US 62, US 68, Ohio SR 41 (38.6498117, -83.7598636) Ohio River
John A. Roebling Bridge, 1866, suspension with cable-stays, steel truss deck,
masonry pylons, KY SH 17 (39.092861, -84.509806) Ohio River
Oklahoma
Oregon
St. Johns Bridge, 1931, suspension, steel girder deck, steel pylons
US 30 Bypass (45.585222, -122.76475) Willamette River
Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin Bridge, suspension, steel truss deck, steel pylons,
IH 676, US 30 eastbound (39.952828, -75.1340604) Delaware River
Walt Whitman Bridge
1957, steel truss deck, steel pylons
IH 76 eastbound (39.9052551, -75.1295322) Delaware River
Rhode Island
Claiborn Pell Newport Bridge
SR 138-toll (41.502856, -71.339378) Narragansett Bay
Mount Hope Bridge, suspension, steel truss deck, steel pylons,
SH 114 (41.639806, -71.25825) Mount Hope Bay
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Roma International Bridge
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Tacoma Narrows East Bridge, 1950, steel truss deck, steel pylons,
SH 16 (47.2691142, -122.5511357)
Tacoma Narrows West Bridge, 2015, steel truss deck, concrete pylons,
SH 16 (47.2688309, -122.5517323)
West Virginia
Wheeling Bridge, 1849, suspension w/ cable-stays, steel truss deck
masonry pylons, Road (40.0702, -80.7273) Ohio River
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Hellroaring Suspension Foot Bridge (44.9595192, -110.4465729)
Trailhead Parking (44.9490342, -110.4505856) One mile footpath.
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