Connecting Brooklyn with Staten Island, it is still the longest suspension bridge in the Americas, 11th in the world. The crowning achievement of the structural engineer Othmar Ammann and of New ...

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.

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 ...

The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge is an iconic Cincinnati feature, spanning 1,075 feet across the Ohio River. It was the longest bridge in the world when it was built in 1867 and utilized new ...