(CNN) - It's just physics. Friendly civil engineering. Take a load bearing deck held by vertical suspender cables attached to larger main support lines anchored by a pair of towers and the ground -- ...

Once hotly debated as an experimental, costly pitch to restore the vulnerable eastern span in the wake of the 1989 Loma ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On a good day, commuters traveling between the city of Lapseki on ...

The collective image of a bridge in the United States is likely a pair of towers looming over a road deck. The deck is suspended over water by massive cables strung between the towers and anchorages ...

Being as invisible as possible was a key requirement for the suspension bridge emerging between the verdant south side of the Danube valley in Linz, Austria, and an up-market community on the other.

On either side of a gorge high in the Peruvian Andes, an aging rope bridge sags precariously over the Apurímac River. 1 of 13 A Quechua man walks across the old suspension bridge at the start of the ...

Aesthetic, light, and strong, suspension bridges can span distances from 2,000 to 7,000 feet—far longer than any other kind of bridge. They also tend to be the most expensive to build. True to its ...

Construction of what would be the world's longest suspension bridge is scheduled to begin this year, according to the Italian government. The bridge between the island of Sicily and the Italian ...