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.

While the destroyed bridge was a truss bridge, the new plans show a cable-stayed bridge, the first in Maryland according to the Maryland Transportation Authority (MBTA). Renders show a ...