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A cable-stayed suspension bridge or CSS bridge merges the designs of
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge Istanbul
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A cable-stayed suspension bridge or CSS bridge merges the designs of cable-stayed bridges
A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, normally forming a fan-like pattern ...
and suspension bridge
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridges, which lack vertical ...
s. The suspension bridge's architecture is better at handling the load in the middle of the bridge, while the cable stayed bridge is better suited to handle the load closest to the tower. Combining these two architectural engineering
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ideas into a hybrid has been done in Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
with the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge ( tr, Yavuz Sultan Selim Köprüsü) is a bridge for rail and motor vehicle transit over the Bosphorus strait, to the north of two existing suspension bridges in Istanbul, Turkey. It was initially named the Third ...
. A bridge over the Krishna River in India
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has been approved in October 2022 that will be a CSS bridge design.
Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
In Turkey the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge over theBosporus Strait
The Bosporus Strait (; grc, Βόσπορος ; tr, İstanbul Boğazı 'Istanbul strait', colloquially ''Boğaz'') or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul in northwestern ...
opened in August 2016. The main span is long and is the 13th longest bridge span in the world./ref>
See also
*List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans
This list ranks the world's Cable-stayed bridge, cable-stayed bridges by the length of main span, i.e. the distance between the suspension towers. The length of the main Span (engineering), span is the most common way to rank cable-stayed bridges. ...
*List of longest suspension bridge spans
The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e. the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of suspen ...
* List of cable-stayed bridges in the United States
*List of bridge types
Here are all types of bridges.
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, 575 meters (Ping'nan Third Bridge)
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* Floating cable-stayed bridge
*Floating suspension bridge
A floating suspension bridge is a type of suspension bridge 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 t ...
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