suspension bridge

a bridge having a deck suspended from cables anchored at their extremities and usually raised on towers.

Origin of suspension bridge

First recorded in 1815–25

Here is the entrance to a suspension-bridge, which joins the remaining arches of the Ponte Rotto, and leads to the Trastevere.

Walks in Rome |Augustus J.C. Hare
Our drive took us along the eastern bank till we reached the suspension-bridge which spans the cliffs of the river.

Lands of the Slave and the Free |Henry A. Murray
I heard with consternation that such was about to be the case, and that a suspension-bridge is to replace it.

Barn and the Pyrenees |Louisa Stuart Costello
The solid bricks of the pavement suddenly trembled under her feet as though she were passing over a suspension-bridge.

The Price of Love |Arnold Bennett

The living chain stretched across the igaripé from tree to tree, and, curving slightly, hung like a suspension-bridge.

The Forest Exiles |Mayne Reid

suspension bridge

a bridge that has a deck suspended by cables or rods from other cables or chains that hang between two towers and are anchored at both ends