How to Draw a Suspension Bridge – Easy Step-by-Step Bridge Drawing for Kids

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Stretch your drawing skills from tower to tower with Monkey Pen and learn how to draw a suspension bridge step by step using sweeping cables and simple structural shapes.

Step 1: Draw a tall, narrow bridge tower with a small cap and two short feet.

Step 2: Add vertical detail lines inside the tower.

Step 3: Draw a wide base beneath the tower.

Step 4: Draw a smaller tower on the right.

Step 5: Add a small base beneath the second tower.

Step 6: Draw a long, gently curved line connecting the two towers.

Step 7: Add another curved line below it to form the bridge deck.

Step 8: Draw a row of small triangles underneath the bridge deck.

Step 9: Add another curved line along the top of the bridge deck.

Step 10: Draw the main suspension cable over the two towers.

Step 11: Add the outer frame and supports to the first tower.

Step 12: Draw three rounded rectangular openings inside the first tower.

Step 13: Add smaller openings inside the second tower.

Step 14: Draw a second suspension cable below the main cable.

Step 15: Add short vertical bars along the top of the bridge deck.

Step 16: Draw vertical hanging cables from the suspension cables to the bridge deck.

Step 17: Add more triangular supports underneath the bridge deck. 

Step 18: Draw the cross-braces and lower supports on both towers.

Step 19: Draw bushes or rocks in the lower-left corner.

Step 20: Add a long shoreline beneath the bridge.

Step 21: Draw supporting posts at the far-right end of the bridge.

Step 22: Add distant hills and a sloping riverbank.

Step 23: Draw small wavy lines to create the water. 

Step 24: Add more wavy lines across the foreground.

Step 25: Draw two fluffy clouds in the sky.

Step 26: Erase unwanted lines and finish your suspension bridge drawing.

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