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World's first double-decker cable-stayed suspension bridge for road, rail transport opens to traffic

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/1347493.shtml
luddybuddy [comrade/them] - 1mon

Uh there’s a bridge in Brooklyn that has something to say about that “first”

It’s double decked (in that there’s a public walkway above the roadway) It’s also suspension and cable stayed, because suspension bridges at the time were having stiffness problems, so the Roeblings added a cable stay system overlapping the suspension system.

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LeninWeave [none/use name, any] - 1mon

I think this is the first "for road, rail transport".

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luddybuddy [comrade/them] - 1mon

Brooklyn Bridge was built to carry rail, and I believe it did so for several years, though it doesn’t anymore

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