A floating suspension bridge is a type of
suspension bridge
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...
supported by towers built on floating
pontoons which are tethered to the seabed. The design is intended to overcome the difficulties of building suspension towers in locations where the water is particularly deep. no such bridges have been built, but a project is underway to build one in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
, at Bjørnafjord, designed by engineer
Ian Firth.
See also
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Floating cable-stayed bridge
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Cable-stayed suspension bridge
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Intercontinental and transoceanic fixed links
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Strait of Gibraltar
The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa.
The two continents are separated by 7.7 nautical miles (14.2 kilometers, 8.9 miles) at its narrowest point. Fe ...
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Straits of Tiran
The Straits of Tiran ( ') are the narrow sea passages between the Sinai Peninsula, Sinai and Arabian Peninsula, Arabian peninsulas that connect the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. The distance between the two peninsulas is about . The Multinatio ...
References
Further reading
Floating suspension bridges - Long span bridges - Research - Structural Dynamics - Department of Structural Engineering- NTNU
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*https://www.vegvesen.no/vegprosjekter/ferjefriE39/konferanse/teknologidagene2015/_attachment/1023556?_ts=14ff54620d0&fast_title=11+-+Johannes+Veie++Presentation+of+TLP-concept+Teknologidagene.pdf
Bridges by structural type
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Structural engineering
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