Talk:President Bridge

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Did you know... that the New Ulyanovsk Bridge, one of Europe's longest bridges, took more than 23 years to complete due to economic difficulties following the collapse of the Soviet Union?

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Bridge type?[edit]

Can anyone verify the type of bridge? This appears to be an under-truss or girder bridge in the photos here and any I can find online. Certainly none of the images show it as suspension. That doesn't mean it isn't partly suspension, quite often bridges are suspension for part of the span...e.g. over shipping channels. Bigjimleo (talk) 01:29, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User:Dpshaw changed it to a truss bridge using Structurae as a source. That seems to be correct. It's easier to leave out any references to it possibly being partly a suspension bride, since that was something I found unreferenced on another enwp page. jonkerz ♠ 14:07, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]