Williamsburg Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Tramway, light or metro rail bridge
Road bridge |
| Built: | 1896 - 1903 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Manhattan, New York, New York, USA, North America Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA, North America |
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| Crosses |
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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)
- Henry Hornbostel (architect)
- Holton Duncan Robinson (assistant engineer) (cables)
Material supplier
- John A. Roebling's Sons Company (wire rope)
Relevant Web Sites
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A Span for All Seasons: Williamsburg Bridge
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Bridge Pros: Williamsburg Bridge
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Dave Frieder: Williamsburg Bridge
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HAER: Williamsburg Bridge, Span. East Riv.at S.Sixth St. bet.NYC & Brooklyn, New York City, New York County, NY
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LCPC Image Gallery: Williamsburg Bridge
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NYC Roads: Williamsburg Bridge
Relevant Publications
- Saving the Williamsburg Bridge, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", October 2000, n. 10 v. 70
- A new life for the main cables of Williamsburg Bridge, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
- Main Cable Preservation for the Williamsburg Bridge, in "Structural Engineering International", May 1994, n. 2 v. 4
- Safety of suspension cables of the Williamsburg Bridge, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
- Rehabilitation of the Williamsburg Bridge for rail transit, presented at IABSE Symposium, Antwerp, Belgium, 2003.
- Cable Safety Factors for Four Suspension Bridge, in "Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE)", November 1997, n. 4 v. 2
- Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 139-140
- Construction of Parallel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges, John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Trenton (USA), 1925
- East River Bridge rehabilitation in New York, presented at Bridges — Interaction between construction technology and design, IABSE Symposium, Leningrad, USSR 1991.
- Safety Analysis of Suspension-Bridge Cables, in "Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE)", 1994 v. 120
- Cable anchorage repairs on New York City suspension bridges, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 119
- The Bridges of New York, Dover Publications Inc., Mineola (USA), ISBN 048641230X, 2000; pp. 28-39
- Rehabilitation of the Williamsburg bridge superstructure (USA), presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
- Williamsburg Bridge - Load Test, presented at 5th Annual International Bridge Conference, 1988, Paper IBC 88-15.
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 12-17
- Williamsburg Bridge Cable Replacement, presented at Infrastructure-Repairs and Inspection, 1987.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000514 |
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| Created: | 17/11/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |