The first iron suspension bridge was built in 1819 ... and has a span of 870 feet. In the United States, the most remarkable suspension bridges are Ellet's Wheeling bridge over the Ohio, with ...

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 ...

That's what Turkish officials had in mind when they decided to construct the world's longest suspension bridge, the 1915 ...