| a bridge having a deck suspended from cables anchored at their extremities and usually raised on towers. |
| suspension bridge n. A bridge having the roadway suspended from cables that are anchored at either end and usually supported at intervals by towers. |
suspension bridge
bridge with overhead cables supporting its roadway. One of the oldest of engineering forms, suspension bridges were constructed by primitive peoples using vines for cables and mounting the roadway directly on the cables. A much stronger type was introduced in India about the 4th century AD that used cables of plaited bamboo and later of iron chain, with the roadway suspended
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