Why are sea crossing bridges all beam bridges?

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Why not use multiple lengths of suspension/cable-stayed or any other types of bridges?

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Cost. Cost for a suspension bridge is much higher than multispan bridges. It’s also lower maintenance costs.

Suspension and cable stayed bridges also require lots of vertical building on top of the building to sea floors which is costly.

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