Additional cables, called backstays, were connected to anchorages behind each tower to balance the horizontal forces, similar to the way suspension bridges work with their towers and abutment anchorages.
额外的缆索(称为后拉索)连接到每个塔后面的锚地,以
衡水
力,类似于悬索桥与其塔和桥台锚地的工作方式。