Catherine, I guess this is a combination of a cable stay and suspension bridge?

Catherine, I guess this is a combination of a cable stay and suspension bridge?

Location
New York City
Photographer
John Hovell
Date taken

Comments

  • Love! Also, bizarrely similar to a picture Brigitt Roman took and put on facebook recently...

    — Catherine Hovell

  • There's a name I haven't heard in forever! Monica suggested this would look better in black and white, but I haven't had a chance to try that out.

    — John Hovell

  • Oh, it might. I want to see it when you do!

    — Catherine Hovell

  • Ok. But you never answered my original question!

    — John Hovell

  • As I understand it, the Brooklyn Bridge is structurally suspension only. I believe the diagonally-oriented strands are there for purposes of stability of the vertical cables, but I might need to do some research. Cable stayed technology as we know it today didn't exactly exist that far back.

    — Catherine Hovell