Group 06

• Danial Zafar Gondal 13-ME-027

• Muhammad Ali Khan 13-ME-071

• Muhammad Ali Khan 13-ME-072

• Faizan Shabbir 13-ME-032

• Muhammad Ibrahim Munir 13-ME-102

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SUSPENSION BRIDGE

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Suspension Bridge• A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in

which the deck (the load-bearing portion)

is hung below suspension cables on

vertical suspenders.

• The first modern examples of this type of

bridge were built in the early 19th

century .

• Simple suspension bridges, which lack

vertical suspenders, have a long history in

many mountainous parts of the world.

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Suspension Bridge

• This type of bridge has cables

suspended between towers, plus

vertical suspender cables that

carry the weight of the deck

below, upon which traffic

crosses.

• This arrangement allows the

deck to be level or to arc upward

for additional clearance.

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Construction of Model

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Oldest Suspension Bridge

• Roebling's Delaware

Aqueduct (USA, 1847), the

oldest wire suspension bridge

still in service in United

States.

• Construction of the Roebling

Bridge began in 1847 under

the supervision of John A.

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Roebling Bridge

• John A. Roebling

Suspension Bridge (USA,

1866), then the longest wire

suspension bridge in the

world at 1,057 feet (322m)

main span.

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Working of Bridge

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Popular Suspension Bridges

• Golden gate Suspension Bridge

• Clifton Suspension Bridge

• Capilano Suspension Bridge

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Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust

Bridgemaster's Office

Bridge Road

Bristol BS8 3PA, United Kingdom

Capilano Suspension Bridge3735 Capilano RoadNorth Vancouver, BC V7R 4J1Canada

San Francisco1937

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Longest Bridge

• The longest suspension bridge for many years was the

Humber Bridge (1981-1998) in England with a center span of

1410 meters. It was superseded by the Akashi – Kalkyo Bridge

in Japan which has a center span of 1991 meters and two

sided spans of 950 meters each. It was completed in 1998.

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Advantages• Economic Advantage

• Height Advantage

• Construction Advantage

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Disadvantages

• Flexibility• Heavy Loads• Foundation Disadvantage

Ibrahim

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