This" Primer serves "as an initial resource for planning and performing inspection, metallurgical testing, and strength evaluation of suspension bridge cables. Also provides an example of a simplified strength evaluation, flowcharts illustrating the inspection and strength evaluation procedures, and inspection and strength evaluation forms that can be used, or replicated, by bridge inspectors and engineers. FHWA Publication No. FHWA-IF-11-045. Bridge inspectors, bridge engineers, highway construction crews, and others involved in the building and inspection of bridges may be intersted in this resource. Related products: Stream Instability, Bridge Scour, and Countermeasures: A Field Guide for Bridge Inspectors can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/050-002-00112-4Guide for In-Place Treatment of Wood in Historic Covered and Modern Bridges can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/001-001-00695-5Designing and Building File-Folder Bridges: A Problem-Based Introduction to Engineering can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-022-00328-2Controlled Items --require authoring agency approval prior to shipment from GPO warehouse: Best Practices Guide for Identifying Threats to Bridges and Tunnels, June 2006 (Controlled Item) can ber found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-001-00178-9 "