Composite cable-stayed bridges are elegant and efficient solutions. Today, they are the most adopted solution for 400–600m span range. Design developments of composite cable-stayed decks are resumed. Particular reference is made to medium-span road and railroad composite decks and to truss decks. Slenderness of the decks, material quantities of stays cables and decks are referred to. Future trends of composite cablestayed bridges are at last discussed. Particular reference is made to the prospective developments in the field of structural materials, cables, and bridge concepts.
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