General Information
Project Type
Structure: |
Single-span two-tower suspension bridge |
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Function / usage: |
Tramway, light or metro rail bridge Road bridge |
Material: |
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Awards and Distinctions
2009 |
for registered users |
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Location
Location: |
Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA |
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Crosses: |
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Coordinates: | 40° 42' 48.46" N 73° 58' 18.63" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
main span | 488 m |
Materials
cables |
steel
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deck |
steel
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pylons |
steel
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Chronology
10 November 1902 | A fire starts in a workers shack on one of the towers and spreads to the cables. The damaged cable sections are repaired by splicing. |
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19 December 1903 | Opening ceremony |
Participants
- Leffert Lefferts Buck (chief engineer)
Architecture
- Henry Hornbostel (architect)
- Holton Duncan Robinson (assistant engineer) (cables)
Material supplier
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken. Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), pp. 12-17. (2002):
- The Bridges of New York. Dover Publications Inc., Mineola (USA), pp. 28-39. (2000):
- Cable anchorage repairs on New York City suspension bridges. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Extending the Lifespan of Structures, San Francisco, CA, USA, August 1995, pp. 513-518. (1995):
- Cable Safety Factors for Four Suspension Bridge. In: Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE), v. 2, n. 4 (November 1997), pp. 157-167. (1997):
- The Casting of the Williamsburg Bridge Entablatures—A Notable Technical Achievement. In: Scientific American, v. 90, n. 22 (28 May 1904), pp. 424-425.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000514 - Published on:
17/11/1999 - Last updated on:
18/06/2016