Cable bridge spans the rooftop

The Changtai Yangtze River Bridge in Jiangsu province, China has a main span of 1,176 metres (3,858 ft), the world's longest cable-stayed bridge span as of 2026. A cable-stayed bridge is a type of bridge that has one or more towers (or pylons), from which cables support the bridge deck. A. Highly efficient, cable structures include the suspension bridge, the cable-stayed roof, and the bicycle-wheel roof. The graceful curve of the huge main cables of a suspension bridge is almost a catenary, the shape assumed by any string or cable suspended freely between two points. For the following 65 years, cable-stayed bridges have seen a dramatic increase in both the number of new structures and in long-span achievements. The. Core idea: Cable-stayed structures use inclined tension cables connected directly to pylons to support a deck, roof, or long-span structural element. Engineering use: They are common in medium- and long-span bridges because they create an efficient load path using cable tension, pylon compression. cable stayed bridge belongs to the family of cable supported bridges, such as suspension bridges, but unlike these, the cables directly connect the deck to the towers (often referred to as “pylons” in cable stayed bridges). The Sunniberg Bridge (Figure 1), close to the village of Klosters. [PDF]