ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT: Suspension bridge typology among other types of bridges is the most optimal for spans higher than 1100 m.

In recent years, suspension bridges have had a breakthrough in technology, materials and methods of design and construction, which has led them to be bigger and longer. Furthermore, with the emergence of the new typology as multi-span bridges, such as Taizhou Bridge in China and will be the Chacao Bridge in Chile with two asymmetric spans of 1055 and 1155 m each.