Floating suspension bridge

A floating suspension bridge is a type of suspension bridge supported by towers built on floating pontoons which are tethered to the seabed. The design is intended to overcome the difficulties of building suspension towers in locations where the water is particularly deep. As of 2021^[update] no such bridges have been built, but a project is underway to build one in Norway, at Bjørnafjord, designed by engineer Ian Firth.^[1]

Floating suspension bridge

Floating cable-stayed suspension bridge
Ancestor	Suspension bridge
Related	Suspension bridge; Underspanned suspension bridge; see also cable-stayed bridge
Carries	Pedestrians, bicycles, livestock, automobiles, trucks, light rail
Span range	long
Movable	No

See also

• Floating cable-stayed bridge
• Cable-stayed suspension bridge
• Intercontinental and transoceanic fixed links
• Strait of Gibraltar
• Straits of Tiran