They also tend to be the most expensive to build. True to its name, a suspension bridge suspends the roadway from huge main cables, which extend from one end of the bridge to the other.

The four main cables are each made up of 26,474 individual ... that drivers never think about when crossing the mighty ...

The bridge's designers carefully calculated the graceful dip of the suspension cables between ... compressed 61 strands to make a cable. Each of the two main cables is just over three feet in ...

The "Little Mac" suspension bridge is now open to pedestrians after a four-month closure of construction. The bridge over the ...

Westbound lanes from Long Beach-Terminal Island into San Pedro will close for 48 hours starting 7 p.m. Friday, March 28.

The PANYNJ says another part of the project will be replacing the sidewalk and rehabilitating the bridge's main cables. The main cables -- otherwise known as the backbone of the bridge -- were ...

CADILLAC, MI – A suspension bridge that connects popular ... which support the bridge from the main cable, and a few new stringers, Meeks said. Visitors can get trail conditions and closure ...

The construction of the main structure of the world’s tallest bridge has been completed in China. The suspension bridge ... the world’s largest span cable hoisting system,” said Wu Chaoming ...

March 30 for structural inspections of the main cable bands along the bridge’s suspension cables. An additional weekend closure of the westbound lanes may be required the weekend of April 4 ...