suspension cables
Spanning support lines
Suspension cables are the main load-bearing cables in a suspension bridge, running between towers and anchored at each end.
Smaller vertical cables hang from these primary cables to support the roadway below.
The design distributes weight efficiently across the span: The Golden Gate Bridge's suspension cables contain over 27,000 strands of wire.
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- wire ropeStranded metal cordage
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- tensionStretched or strained state
- high tensionElevated electrical potential
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Uprights bearing structural loads
piers · pillars · abutments · buttresses
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Paved surface for traffic
bridge deck · roadbed · pavement · road surface · carriageway
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