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|image = 1915 Çanakkale Bridge 20220327.jpg
|image_title = The [[1915 Çanakkale Bridge]] on the [[Dardanelles]] strait in [[Turkey]], connecting [[Europe]] and [[Asia]], is the [[List of longest suspension bridge spans#Completed suspension bridges|longest suspension bridge in the world]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzrdNIsGVc0|title=Why Turkey Built the World's Longest Suspension Bridge|date=11 May 2022 |publisher=The B1M|access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="hdn">{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/groundbreaking-ceremony-for-bridge-over-dardanelles-to-take-place-on-march-18.aspx?pageID=238&nID=110948&NewsCatID=345 |newspaper=[[Hürriyet Daily News]] |title=Groundbreaking ceremony for bridge over Dardanelles to take place on March 18 |date=2017-03-17 |access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref>
|type_name = Suspension bridge
|sibling_names = [[Underspanned suspension bridge]]; see also [[cable-stayed bridge]]
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The [[Inca]] used [[Inca rope bridge|rope bridges]], documented as early as 1615. It is not known when they were first made. [[Queshuachaca]] is considered the last remaining Inca rope bridge and is rebuilt annually.
[[File:Burr Bridge, Schenectady, NY.jpg|thumb|left|The wooden 1808 Burr Suspension Bridge in Schenectady, NY, USA, during demolition in 1871, showing wooden cables.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bridgemeister.com/pic.php?pid=1785 | title=Bridgemeister - Mohawk Wooden Suspension Bridge }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vizettes.com/kt/upstateny-history/historical/burr-bridge.htm | title=Burr Bridge - Scotia, NY }}</ref> Spans of 160, 190, 180 and 157 feet on 3 piers began to sag, and 4 supporting piers were added in 1833 making 8 spans.<ref>p.62, Schenectady and the Great Western Gateway, 1926, Schenectady, NY, Chamber of Commerce</ref>]]
===Chain bridges===
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===Wire-cable===
[[File:Manhattan_Bridge_2007.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Manhattan Bridge]], connecting [[Manhattan]] and [[Brooklyn]] in New York City, opened in 1909 and is considered to be the forerunner of modern suspension bridges; its design served as the model for many of the long-span suspension bridges around the world.]] The first wire-cable suspension bridge was the [[Spider Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill]] (1816), a modest and temporary footbridge built following the collapse of James Finley's nearby [[Chain Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill]] (1808). The footbridge's span was 124 m, although its deck was only 0.45 m wide.
[[File:Pont de Tournon-sur-Rhône de 1825.jpg|thumb|[[Marc Seguin]] suspension bridge near [[Annonay]], 1825]]
Development of wire-cable suspension bridges dates to the temporary simple suspension bridge at [[Annonay]] built by [[Marc Seguin]] and his brothers in 1822. It spanned only 18 m.<ref name="Peters"/> The first permanent wire cable suspension bridge was [[Guillaume Henri Dufour]]'s Saint Antoine Bridge in [[Geneva]] of 1823, with two 40 m spans.<ref name="Peters">{{cite book
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The principles of suspension used on a large scale also appear in contexts less dramatic than road or rail bridges. Light cable suspension may prove less expensive and seem more elegant for a cycle or footbridge than strong girder supports. An example of this is the [[Nescio Bridge]] in the Netherlands, and the Roebling designed 1904 Riegelsville suspension pedestrian bridge across the Delaware River in Pennsylvania.<ref>As exists with signage re the history.</ref> The longest pedestrian suspension bridge, which spans the River Paiva, [[Arouca, Portugal|Arouca]] [[Geopark]], Portugal, opened in April 2021. The 516 metres bridge hangs 175 meters above the river.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=29 April 2021|title=World's longest pedestrian suspension bridge opens in Portugal|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/29/worlds-longest-pedestrian-suspension-bridge-opens-in-portugal|access-date=29 April 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
Where such a bridge spans a gap between two buildings, there is no need to construct
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==Other examples==
{{See also|List of longest suspension bridge spans#History of longest suspension spans|l1=History of longest vehicle suspension bridge spans}}
[[File:Mackinac Bridge 2022.jpg|thumb|The [[Mackinac Bridge]] in [[Michigan]], opened in 1957]]
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==Notable collapses==
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[[File:Tacoma-narrows-bridge-collapse.jpg|thumb|The [[Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse|Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse]] on 7 November 1940]]
[[Broughton Suspension Bridge]] (England) was an iron chain bridge built in 1826. One of Europe's first suspension bridges, it collapsed in 1831 due to mechanical resonance induced by troops marching in step. As a result of the incident, the British Army issued an order that troops should "break step" when crossing a bridge.
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[[Peace River Suspension Bridge]] (Canada), which was completed in 1943, collapsed when the north anchor's soil support for the suspension bridge failed in October 1957. The entire bridge subsequently collapsed.
On 30 October 2022, [[2022_Morbi_bridge_collapse|Jhulto Pul]], a pedestrian suspension bridge over the [[Machchhu River]] in the city of Morbi, Gujarat, India collapsed, leading to the deaths of at least 141 people.
==See also==
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