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Why in the News?
Recently, a suspension bridge collapsed over the river Machchu killing hundreds of people in Gujarat’s Morbi district.
Key Points:
It is a more than a century-old bridge and has long been a major tourist attraction.
- The town of Morbi is situated on the Machchhu River, 35 km from the sea and 60 km from Rajkot.
- Machchhu is a small river that rises in the Madla Hills and flows 130 km into the Rann of Kutch.
How suspension bridges work?
- A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders.
- It depends on the balance of the forces of compression and tension.
- All of this balancing has to happen within the permissible weight restrictions for the bridge.
