State of the Art new Products and Methods for Cable Bridges Small and Big

Various materials have been used as tension members carrying most if not all loads in all sorts of bridge-like structures for thousands of years. In modern times, one of the pioneers in engineering long span tension structures was Eng. John Roebling. His first wire rope suspension aqueduct was built in Pittsburgh in 18441845 and was, arguably the “game changing” use of new material for long span structures.