Some people are so stupid they don’t know enough to even ask the right questions
The pylon and suspension cables are the things that keep it from COLLAPSING
they are not there to make it look pretty, or for decoration.
There is a special kind of stupid that occurs in Miami construction, we get it built, but usually have to do it twice.
I would assume on paper, the span was designed to support itself unloaded. It seems to me if the stability of the span came into question or just tinkering with the stability, they should have shut down the road. The end result looks like they were alpha testing their product on the general public.