suspension bridge
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- noun
- /səˈspɛnʃən brɪdʒ/
- Specialized
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puente colgante
- The Golden Gate is an iconic suspension bridge that spans the San Francisco Bay.
- build suspension bridges
- world's highest suspension bridge
- cross a suspension bridge
Examples
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Just as iconic as the Brooklyn Bridge, which has become a symbol of all suspension bridges, is the Rion-Antirion bridge at the west end of the Gulf of Corinth in Greece.
Academic text (2012) -
A small pedestrian suspension bridge led across the water beside a brick home that was once the Harper Hotel.
Academic text (2001) -
The most beautiful thing in the world, in my eyes, was a suspension bridge.
Fiction book (1993) -
Or perhaps some place in the mountains where you can find a suspension bridge.
Fiction book (2002) -
Suspension bridges are built to support incredible weight.
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Completed in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States.
Blog text (17) -
The first steel-wire suspension bridge in the world, the Brooklyn Bridge connects Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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The Royal Gorge Bridge is the world's highest suspension bridge at 359 meters above the Arkansas River.
Blog text (17) -
The 2.2 km Tsing Ma Bridge is the world's heaviest, longest road-and-rail suspension bridge.
Blog text (9) -
The Royal Gorge is one of America's most spectacular attractions and is home to the world's highest suspension bridge, which spans the blue-green Arkansas River at a height of 1,053 feet.
Academic text (1994)
How Stable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a bridge hung by suspension cables' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'suspension' (the act/condition of hanging) with 'bridge' (a span for crossing). This compositional pattern is literal and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Suspension bridge is named for how it works: the suspension part means the road is 'suspended', or hung from long cables stretched between towers like a hammock. That's why the name means a bridge whose road is held up by hanging cables.