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- Back up north
Cycling over the Severn Bridge a couple of days ago (lovely bridge!).
I've seen these things on the suspension cables before - anyone know what they are for?
They only appear on the cables once the cables are longer than the lamp posts, and are in pairs (i.e. two bits of wire mounted near each other, both with those 'blobs' on the ends).
When the suspension cables get even longer (i.e. 2 x lamp post height), another single 'thing' appears higher up.
My only guess is something to help stop the cables vibrating in the wind? But why pairs, and why the weird shaped blobs on the ends?
I've seen these things on the suspension cables before - anyone know what they are for?
They only appear on the cables once the cables are longer than the lamp posts, and are in pairs (i.e. two bits of wire mounted near each other, both with those 'blobs' on the ends).
When the suspension cables get even longer (i.e. 2 x lamp post height), another single 'thing' appears higher up.
My only guess is something to help stop the cables vibrating in the wind? But why pairs, and why the weird shaped blobs on the ends?