Meanings
nounsuspension bridge (plural suspension bridges)
plural suspension bridges
- A bridge whose deck or roadway is suspended from wire ropes (cables) or (for some pedestrian bridges) fibrous rope.
Translations
Arabic جِسْر مُعَلَّق
- جِسْر مُعَلَّق (jisr muʕallaq)bridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Bulgarian висящ мост
- висящ мост (visjašt most)bridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Catalan pont penjant
- pont penjantbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Chinese Mandarin 懸索橋 /悬索桥, 吊橋 /吊桥
- 懸索橋 /悬索桥 (xuánsuǒqiáo)bridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
- 吊橋 /吊桥 (diàoqiáo)bridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Czech visutý most
- visutý mostbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Danish hængebro
- hængebrobridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Dutch hangbrug
- hangbrugbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Estonian rippsild
- rippsildbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Finnish riippusilta
- riippusiltabridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
French pont suspendu
- pont suspendubridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
German Hängebrücke
- Hängebrückebridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Greek κρεμαστή γέφυρα
- κρεμαστή γέφυρα (kremastí géfyra)bridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Hebrew גֶּשֶׁר תָּלוּי
- גֶּשֶׁר תָּלוּי (gésher talúi)bridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Hindi झूला पुल
- झूला पुल (jhūlā pul)bridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Hungarian függőhíd
- függőhídbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Indonesian jembatan gantung
- jembatan gantungbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Irish droichead crochta
- droichead crochtabridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Italian ponte sospeso
- ponte sospesobridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Japanese 吊橋, 吊り橋
- 吊橋 (tsuribashi)bridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
- 吊り橋 (tsuribashi)bridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Korean 현수교
- 현수교 (hyeonsugyo)bridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Latvian iekārtais tilts
- iekārtais tiltsbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Lithuanian kabantis tiltas
- kabantis tiltasbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Malay jambatan gantung
- jambatan gantungbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Māori piriti whakatārewa
- piriti whakatārewabridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Norwegian Bokmål hengebro, hengebru
- hengebrobridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
- hengebrubridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Polish most wiszący
- most wiszącybridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Portuguese ponte pênsil
- ponte pênsilbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Romanian pod suspendat
- pod suspendatbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Russian вися́чий мост
- вися́чий мост (visjáčij most)bridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Slovak visutý most
- visutý mostbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Spanish puente colgante
- puente colgantebridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Swedish hängbro
- hängbrobridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Thai สะพานแขวน
- สะพานแขวนbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Turkish asma köprü
- asma köprübridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Vietnamese cầu dây võng, cầu treo dây võng
- cầu dây võngbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
- cầu treo dây võngbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Welsh pont grog
- pont grogbridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables
Cite this entry
APA
suspension bridge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suspension%20bridge
MLA
“suspension bridge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suspension%20bridge. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suspension bridge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suspension%20bridge.
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