Which consequence results when ice accumulates excessively on a historical rope bridge?

💡 Explanation

Increased ice mass leads to higher tensile stress on the ropes due to increased weight from gravitational FORCE and deformation. This results in tensile cable snapping failure modes, because the ropes ultimate stress is locally overcome; therefore, failure modes are likely, rather than enhanced stabilizing.

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