During a Viking siege using a rope-supported assault bridge, which mechanism most acutely limits bridge span?

💡 Explanation

Bridge span acutely limited by the rope tensile strength failure, because increasing the length increases tension due to its own weight, therefore rope snapping dominates collapse, rather than foundation settling or beam splintering affecting local deck stability alone.

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