Restoration and strengthening strategies for 19th century iron pedestrian suspension bridges Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The history of mainland Europe's oldest suspension bridges dates back to the beginning of the first half of the 19th century. The two World Wars as well as continued renovations to these bridges make that the earliest suspension bridges in central Europe (Belgium, France and Germany) can only be physically documented by decorative private suspension bridges. Europe's second oldest surviving suspension bridge (1824,Wissekerke, Belgium) is used ...