SUSPENSION BRIDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suspension bridge mean? 

• SUSPENSION BRIDGE (noun)
  The noun SUSPENSION BRIDGE has 1 sense:

1. a bridge that has a roadway supported by cables that are anchored at both ends

  Familiarity information: SUSPENSION BRIDGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUSPENSION BRIDGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bridge that has a roadway supported by cables that are anchored at both ends

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("suspension bridge" is a kind of...):

bridge; span (a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.)

Meronyms (parts of "suspension bridge"):

cable (a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire)

Instance hyponyms:

Angostura Bridge (a suspension bridge across the Orinoco River at Ciudad Bolivar)

Benjamin Franklin Bridge (a suspension bridge across the Delaware River)

Bosporus Bridge (a suspension bridge across the Bosporus at Istanbul)

Bronx-Whitestone Bridge (a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City)

Brooklyn Bridge (a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City; opened in 1883)

Delaware Memorial Bridge (a suspension bridge across the Delaware River)

George Washington Bridge (a suspension bridge across the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey)

Golden Gate Bridge (a suspension bridge across the Golden Gate)

Humber Bridge (a suspension bridge at Hull, England; 4,626 feet long)

Kammon Strait Bridge (a suspension bridge between Kyushu and Honshu)

Mackinac Bridge (a suspension bridge across the channel between the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan)

Pierre Laporte Bridge (a suspension bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at Quebec)

Ponte 25 de Abril (a suspension bridge across the Tagus River at Lisbon)

Tacoma Narrows Bridge (a suspension bridge across Puget Sound at Tacoma)

Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (a suspension bridge across the Verrazano Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island)

Walt Whitman Bridge (a suspension bridge across the Delaware River)