For Roebling's company, our suspension bridge "was a real-time laboratory," Hull said. Here, Roebling refined his ideas to the core building blocks he needed for his next design: The Brooklyn Bridge.

A historic route across the Salmon River in Colchester County is being restored with the addition of a ...

Suspension bridge design has since changed, with a focus on being more aerodynamic or stiffer against twisting. Extensive wind tunnel testing has also become a regular practice. Silver Bridge collapse ...

The suspension bridge would use less steel and be faster to build. Persuaded by these cost and time considerations, Strauss soon endorsed the suspension plan whole-heartedly.