Verrazano Narrows Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Built: | 1959 - 1964 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Staten Island, New York, New York, USA, North America Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA, North America |
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| Crosses |
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| Coordinates: | 40° 36' 23.00" N 74° 2' 43.00" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 1 298.45 m | |
| number of cables | 4 | |
| suspended length | 1.6 km | |
| clearance | 66 m | |
| number of lanes | 12 | |
| main bridge | span lengths | 370.33 m - 1 298.45 m - 370.33 m |
| pylons | height | 207 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 144 000 t |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| pylons |
steel
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| deck truss |
steel
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Notes
The main span of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge is so long, that the curvature of Earth's surface had to be taken into account in the design of the towers.
Participants
Design
Contractor
- American Bridge Company (deck)
- Arthur Johnson (anchorages)
- Bethlehem Steel Co. (Staten Island Tower)
- Frederick Snare Corp (tower foundations)
- Harris Structural Steel Co. Inc. (Brooklyn Tower)
- J. Rich Steers (tower foundations)
- Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc. (anchorages)
Cables
Relevant Web Sites
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A Span for All Seasons: Verrazano Narrows Bridge
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Bernd Nebel: Brücken Weltweit: Die Verrazano Narrows Bridge
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Bridge Pros: Verrazano Narrows Bridge
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Dave Frieder: Verrazano Narrows Bridge
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HAER: Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Spanning Narrows between Fort Hamilton (Brooklyn), Brooklyn, Kings County, NY
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NYC Roads: Verrazano Narrows Bridge (I-278)
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Wikipedia: Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Relevant Publications
- Le pont Verrazano, sur le détroit des Narrows, à l'entrée du port de New York, in "La Technique des Travaux", March 1965, n. 3-4 v. 41
- Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 110-111
- Landmarks in American Civil Engineering History, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", November - December 2002, n. 11-12 v. 72
- L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France), ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 145
- Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 96-97
- Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 96-97
- Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 138
- L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 534
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 129
- Die Verrazano-Narrows-Brücke – die weitestgespannte Hängebrücke der Welt [Teil 2], in "Stahlbau", July 1965, n. 7 v. 34
- Die Verrazano-Narrows-Brücke – die weitestgespannte Hängebrücke der Welt [Teil 1], in "Stahlbau", May 1965, n. 5 v. 34
- The Bridges of New York, Dover Publications Inc., Mineola (USA), ISBN 048641230X, 2000; pp. 140-147
- Horizons architecture / Architectural Horizons, Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France), ISBN 2281191478, 2001
- Verrazano Narrows Bridge: Fabrication and Construction of Superstructure of Bridge Proper, presented at ASCE Structural Engineering Conference and Annual Meeting, 19-23.10.1964.
- The Bridge, Walker & Co, ISBN 0802776442, 2002
- Buiding bridges, Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany), ISBN 3764001763, 1984
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000085 |
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| Created: | 28/10/1998 |
| Last Updated: | 26/03/2013 |