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| Ancestor | Suspension bridge |
|---|---|
| Related | Suspension bridge; Underspanned suspension bridge; see also cable-stayed bridge |
| Carries | Pedestrians, bicycles, livestock, automobiles, trucks, light rail |
| Span range | long |
| Movable | No |
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 the water is particularly deep. As of 2021 no such bridges have been built, but a project is underway to build one in Norway, at Bjørnafjord, designed by engineer Ian Firth.
See also
- Floating cable-stayed bridge
- Cable-stayed suspension bridge
- Intercontinental and transoceanic fixed links
- List of straits
- Strait of Gibraltar
- Straits of Tiran
References
- "Norway is getting a floating suspension bridge tethered to the bottom of the sea — and it could change the way we make bridges". BusinessInsider.
Further reading
- Floating suspension bridges - Long span bridges - Research - Structural Dynamics - Department of Structural Engineering - NTNU
- Moe, Ole Harald; Aas-Jakobsen, Ketil; Amdahl, Jørgen (2017). "Analysis of tether anchored floating suspension bridge subjected to extreme environmental loads". Procedia Engineering. 199: 3033–3038. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2017.09.536.
- https://www.vegvesen.no/vegprosjekter/ferjefriE39/konferanse/teknologidagene2015/_attachment/1023556?_ts=14ff54620d0&fast_title=11+-+Johannes+Veie++Presentation+of+TLP-concept+Teknologidagene.pdf Archived 17 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine
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