Cable-stayed bridges may look similar to suspensions bridges—both have roadways that hang from cables and both have towers. But the two bridges support the load of the roadway in very different ...
The bridge received almost $400 million from the federal Bridge Investment Program, with Tennessee and Arkansas splitting the remaining $787.5-million cost.
But no trip to the Holy City is complete without venturing across the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge — one of the longest cable-stay bridges in the United States. Commonly referred to as the Cooper ...
The cable-stayed bridge, like the suspension bridge, supports the roadway with massive steel cables, but in a different way. The cables run directly from the roadway up to a tower, forming a ...