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How are suspension-bridge deck sections installed after the cables are complete?
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The multiple-span Seto Great Bridge over the Inland Sea, linking Kojima, Honshu, with Sakaide, Shikoku, Japan.
Once the main cables of a suspension bridge are complete, the construction process proceeds by hanging suspenders from those cables. The deck is then erected by floating individual deck sections out to the site on ships, hoisting them into position using cranes, and securing them to the suspended structure.12