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 suspension bridge runs 5 miles long, the Mackinac Bridge Authority says.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Taroko Gorge, however, carves breathtaking grandeur from marble stone; a natural cathedral of cliffs, where suspension bridges sway above rapids and swallows dart through narrow canyons.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The Roebling Bridge, the first to connect Cincinnati and Covington, is a wire-cable suspension bridge that opened to pedestrian traffic in 1866.
—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
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Taroko Gorge, however, carves breathtaking grandeur from marble stone; a natural cathedral of cliffs, where suspension bridges sway above rapids and swallows dart through narrow canyons.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The Roebling Bridge, the first to connect Cincinnati and Covington, is a wire-cable suspension bridge that opened to pedestrian traffic in 1866.
—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
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“Suspension bridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suspension%20bridge. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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