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Gallery - Suspension Bridges
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Tamar Bridge, Saltash,
England 1961 - the first modern suspension bridge in the UK (335m span) CB |
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Forth Road Bridge, Forth, Scotland
1964 - the first long span suspension bridge outside the USA (1006m span)
CB/DL |
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The Severn Bridge,
Bristol, England 1977 - linking England and Wales. The first aerodynamic box girder suspension bridge (988m span) CB/DL
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Pierre Laporte Bridge, Quebec, Canada 1970 - for which CB provided expertise and fabrication (668m span) CB |
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Bosporus Bridge,
Istanbul, Turkey 1973 - linking Europe to Asia (1074m span) CB
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Humber Bridge, Hull, England 1981 - the world's longest span until 1988 (1410m span) CB/DL |
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Tsing Ma Bridge, Hong
Kong 1997 - the world's longest road and rail span (1377m span) CB |
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Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge,
Jiangyin, China 1999 - China's longest span bridge (1385m span) CB |
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Carquinez Bridge,
California, USA 2003 - first suspension bridge in the USA for over 30 years (1056m span) CB |
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Popolopen Bridge, New York State, USA 2002 - Hybrid suspension/truss footbridge (141m span) CB/DL |