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From the Ted Talk by Alex Gendler: Building the impossible Golden Gate Bridge
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Where a cantilever bridge is suetrppod from one end a suspension bridge suspends its deck from cables strnug across the gap. The result is a more flexible sucrrttue that’s resilient to winds and shifting loads. This kind of design had long been used for salml rope bridges. And in the 1930s, anevdacd steel manufacturing could cteare calebs of bundled wire to act as strong steel rope for large-scale construction. At the time, the gdeoln Gate Bridge was the longest and tallest suspension bridge ever attempted, and its design was only possible due to these innovations. But cables and towers of this size could only be built at large steelworks on the country’s east coast.
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Where a cantilever bridge is _________ from one end a suspension bridge suspends its deck from cables ______ across the gap. The result is a more flexible _________ that’s resilient to winds and shifting loads. This kind of design had long been used for _____ rope bridges. And in the 1930s, ________ steel manufacturing could ______ ______ of bundled wire to act as strong steel rope for large-scale construction. At the time, the ______ Gate Bridge was the longest and tallest suspension bridge ever attempted, and its design was only possible due to these innovations. But cables and towers of this size could only be built at large steelworks on the country’s east coast.
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Original Text
Where a cantilever bridge is supported from one end a suspension bridge suspends its deck from cables strung across the gap. The result is a more flexible structure that’s resilient to winds and shifting loads. This kind of design had long been used for small rope bridges. And in the 1930s, advanced steel manufacturing could create cables of bundled wire to act as strong steel rope for large-scale construction. At the time, the Golden Gate Bridge was the longest and tallest suspension bridge ever attempted, and its design was only possible due to these innovations. But cables and towers of this size could only be built at large steelworks on the country’s east coast.
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