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SUSPENSION BRIDGE [5 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

suspension bridge: an item in the "Structures" class of the "Built Environment Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

pont suspendu : objet de la classe «Constructions» de la catégorie «Éléments du bâtiment».

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
DEF

A road bridge hung from a pair of steel cables, each carried by two towers, one at each bank. The cables are anchored into the rock or to a large mass of masonry behind the towers. The weight of the road is carried by vertical rods (suspenders) which are spaced at uniform intervals between road and cables at each side.

CONT

In the cable-suspended bridges the deck is supported at relatively short intervals by vertical hangers, which are in turn suspended from a main cable.

OBS

Compare with cable supported bridge and cable-stayed bridge.

OBS

suspension bridge: Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
DEF

pont dans lequel la structure porteuse de la voie (en général une route) est soutenue par des suspentes, elles-mêmes accrochées à des câbles qui s'appuient, dans leur partie haute, sur des pylônes et sont, dans les ponts modernes, d'une seule longueur couvrant l'ensemble des travées et ancrés à leurs extrémités dans des massifs ou des puits d'ancrage.

DEF

pont dont le tablier est suspendu par l'intermédiaire de suspentes à des câbles paraboliques.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
  • Field Engineering (Military)
OBS

suspension bridge: term officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
  • Génie (Militaire)
OBS

pont suspendu : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Facilities (Recreation)
  • Tourist Activities
OBS

Term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Loisirs)
  • Activités touristiques
OBS

Terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
CONT

The different types of cable supported bridges are distinctively characterized by the configuration of the cable system. The suspension system ... comprises a parabolic main cable and vertical or slightly inclined hanger cables connecting the stiffening girder to the main cable. The cable stayed system ... contains straight cables connecting the stiffening girder to the pylons.

CONT

Bridges that depend on high-strength steel cables as major structural elements may be classified as suspension bridges, specifically as cable-suspended or cable-stayed bridges - the fundamental difference is the manner in which the bridge deck is supported by the cables.

OBS

Note that the term "suspension bridge" may be confusing as per the authors consulted: the term seems to be used as a generic and as a specific all the same. It is less frequently used as a generic but it had been found so in a highly technical and recent source that can hardly be rejected.

OBS

Compare with cable-suspended bridge and cable-stayed bridge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
CONT

Ces types d'ouvrages (les bow-strings en acier, les arcs en béton armé, les arcs en acier) ne sont plus utilisés en France pour des raisons économiques. Dans la situation actuelle, les ponts à câbles, à haubans ou suspendus s'avèrent moins coûteux pour les très grandes portées.

Spanish

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