More funding has been available for public works projects in recent years, while demand for improved communications links has steadily risen. Consequently the humble suspension bridge has become a vanishing species as these are replaced by concrete bridges wherever possible in order to provide maximum capacity for vehicular traffic.
近年來，各地建設經費不再是問題，對外聯繫的需求卻日漸殷切；為了大量而便捷的運輸，凡是能改建水泥橋的地方，便不再見吊橋蹤影，真個是「過河拆橋」了。