suspension cable
Span's hanging support
A suspension cable is a heavy steel cable that supports a bridge deck by hanging from towers at each end.
The main cables of a suspension bridge curve downward under their own weight and the load they carry, with vertical cables descending to hold the roadway: The suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge are each nearly a meter thick.
- wireThin metallic conductor
- steel wireDrawn iron-alloy strand
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- tensionStretched or strained state
high tension · span · hang · tower · support · sway · anchor · strand · Golden Gate · Brooklyn Bridge · catenary · load · wind load · strength · engineering · deck · pylons · structural support
suspension cablecantilever
Beam supported one end
truss · support column · pier · abutment
suspension cablecolumn
Vertical structural element
pillar · abutment · foundation · beam · load-bearing wall
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