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28/10/98 |
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31/12/04 |
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steel
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steel
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clearance |
45.7 m |
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span |
504 m |
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structural steel |
16 520 t |
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| World's longest arch bridge until completion of New River Gorge Bridge (1978). |
| The abutments were originally meant to be covered with a stone veneer that was however never realized for lack of funding. |
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Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 138-140.
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Brown, David J. Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA) , ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 96.
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Deswarte, Sylvie L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 118.
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Gain, Louis Deux grands arcs de 500 mètres d'ouverture: le pont Kill van Kull à New-York et le mont de Sydney en Australie, in
"La Technique des Travaux", June 1931, n. 6 v. 7 .
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Godon, Robert Deux grands ponts en construction près de New-York, sur l'Arthur Kill, in
"La Technique des Travaux", July 1928, n. 7 v. 4 .
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Jackson, Donald C. Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 122-123.
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Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 76-77.
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Prade, Marcel Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 124.
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Russell, Lisa Ammann's masterpieces reach 75, in
"Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2006, n. 45 v. 12 .
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