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Venetian inventor Fausto Veranzio was the rst to design cable stayed bridges (he was
also the rst to design modern suspended bridge). He published his works in 1595 in his
book “Machinae Novae”. First built cable-stayed bridges appeared in the 19th century and
many early suspension bridges (/facts-about-bridges/suspension-bridges/) were cable-
stayed like footbridge (/facts-about-bridges/footbridge/) Dryburgh Abbey Bridge, James
Dredge's Victoria Bridge, in Bath, England (Built in 1836), Albert Bridge (built in 1872) and
Brooklyn Bridge (1883). Other early cable-stayed bridges in the United States were Barton
Creek Bridge between Huckabay, Texas and Gordon, Texas (built in 1889), bridge over
Blu Dale, Texas, (built in 1890a and it still largely stands).
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“A side-spar cable-stayed bridge” has only one tower and is supported only on one
side. One bridge built on this principle is bridge in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and is
made to carry pedestrians. Other is Jerusalem Chords Bridge which is also made to be
curved which this design allows for.
“Cantilever-spar cable-stayed bridge” has a single cantilever spar on one side of the
span. Its spar is made to resist the bending caused by the cables because cable forces of
this bridge are not balanced by opposing cables and bridge applies large overturning
force on its foundation. Puente de la Mujer (2001), Sundial Bridge (2004) and Chords
Bridge (2008), all in Spain, are bridges of this type.
“Extradosed bridge” has sti er and stronger deck and its cables are connected to the
deck further from the towers which are also lower than those of standard cable-stayed
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