What is the oldest existing cable-stayed bridge?
What is the oldest existing cable-stayed bridge? The earliest known surviving example of a true cable-stayed bridge in the United States is E.E. Runyon's largely intact steel or iron Bluff Dale Suspension bridge with wooden stringers and decking in Bluff Dale, Texas (1890), or his weeks earlier but ruined Barton Creek Bridge between Huckabay, Texas and Gordon, Texas ...
Are cable-stayed bridges safe?
Stay cables can also be applied to tie-downs, bow strings, extradosed bridges, or hangers in suspension bridges. They are safe and durable structures that can be inspected (or have its cables replaced) with minimum impact on daily operations.