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cable-stayed bridge
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Noun
cable-stayed bridge (plural cable-stayed bridges)
- A bridge where the deck is supported by cables (wire ropes) attached directly to pillars.
- Hypernyms: bridge < infrastructure
- Coordinate terms: suspension bridge, catenary bridge, truss bridge, trestle bridge, lattice bridge; (movable) movable bridge
Usage notes
The difference between a cable-stayed bridge and a suspension bridge is that in a cable-stayed bridge, the cables supporting the deck are straight and attached directly to the pillar(s), while in a suspension bridge they are attached to a much thicker cable hanging from the pillars in a catenary shape.
Translations
bridge supported by cables attached directly to pillars
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