a suspension bridge spans even more space with its roadway hanging from steel cables supported by massive towers each cable can hold thousands of pounds of weight probably the most familiar suspension bridge is california's golden gate,with a main span of 4200 feet(1280 m) when completed in 1937,it was the world's longest,but in 1964,new york's verrazano-narrows bridge beat that with a span of 4260 feet (1298 m) then in 1981, england's humber bridge beat that with a span of 4626 feet (1410 m) and since 1998, japan's akashi-kaikyo bridge has held the record,with a span of 1991 feet (6529 m) will that record be beaten? stay tuned