suspension bridge
noun
: a bridge that has its roadway suspended from two or more cables usually passing over towers and securely anchored at the ends see bridge illustration
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The Roebling Bridge, the first to connect Cincinnati and Covington, is a wire-cable suspension bridge that opened to pedestrian traffic in 1866.
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David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 July 2025
Making the short trek across that suspension bridge delivers you to a viewing platform called Raven’s Eye.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Don’t miss the preserve’s Henry David Thoreau footbridge, a timber suspension bridge that stretches 134 feet across the Shepaug River and features quotes by the famed 19th-century philosopher.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
On demand, the album’s intro started again, giving everyone under the suspension bridge a simultaneous Deja Vu.
—Elise Brisco, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
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David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 July 2025
Making the short trek across that suspension bridge delivers you to a viewing platform called Raven’s Eye.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Don’t miss the preserve’s Henry David Thoreau footbridge, a timber suspension bridge that stretches 134 feet across the Shepaug River and features quotes by the famed 19th-century philosopher.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
On demand, the album’s intro started again, giving everyone under the suspension bridge a simultaneous Deja Vu.
—Elise Brisco, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
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“Suspension bridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suspension%20bridge. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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