General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Double three-span suspension bridge |
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| Support conditions: |
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| Secondary structure(s): |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
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Awards and Distinctions
| 1936 |
Honorable Mention
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Location
| Location: |
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Part of: | |
| Connects to: |
Yerba Buena Tunnel (1936)
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| Coordinates: | 37° 47' 58" N 122° 22' 35" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 2 x 704 m | |
| length of side spans | 354 m | |
| total length | 3 141 m | |
| pylons | height | 160 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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|---|---|
| pylons |
steel
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| deck truss |
steel
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| anchorages |
reinforced concrete
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Chronology
| 12 November 1936 | Opened to traffic. |
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Participants
Initial construction
Design
- Charles H. Purcell (designer)
Steel construction
Seismic retrofit
Structural engineering
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): Bridges. A history of the world's most famous and important spans. Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), pp. 78-79.
- (1998): Brücken. Die Geschichte berühmter Brücken. Könemann, Cologne (Germany), pp. 78-79.
- (2004): Die Geschichte der San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. In: Bautechnik, v. 81, n. 4 (April 2004), pp. 237-250.
- (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 144-145.
- Les grands ponts en construction à San-Francisco. In: Ossature métallique, v. 3 (November 1934), pp. 543-560.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000262 - Published on:
19/05/1999 - Last updated on:
07/03/2022
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