Walt Whitman Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Built: | 1953 - 1957 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA, North America Gloucester City, Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA, North America |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 610 m | |
| total length | 9.98 km | |
| number of cables | 2 | |
| clearance | 46.5 m | |
| span lengths of main bridge | 234.7 m - 610 m - 234.7 m | |
| number of lanes | 7 |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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|---|---|
| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
steel
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Participants
- Frank M. Masters (senior partner)
- Othmar Ammann (senior partner)
- Milton Brumer (chief engineer)
- Frank L. Stahl (project engineer)
- Homer R. Seely (project engineer)
- Herb Rothman (designer)
Design
Construction
- Bethlehem Steel Co. (deck of main bridge)
- Booth & Flinn Company (anchorages)
- Fehlhaber Corporation (piers)
- Merritt, Chapman, Scott (anchorage foundations)
Cables
Material supplier
- U.S. Steel Corporation (suspenders)
Cable steel supplier
Rehabilitation
Consulting engineers
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Die Walt Whitman Brücke in Philadelphia(technical report)
- Development and Design of the Walt Whitman Bridge, in "Journal of the Structural Division (ASCE)", 1956
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 134
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000566 |
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| Created: | 21/11/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 19/03/2013 |