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Structure-ID: s0000939
Created on: 16/09/00
Modified on: 13/10/07


Hercilio Luz Bridge

Built: 1924 - 1926
Status: out of service
Location: Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Hercilio Luz Bridge.
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Structural Type:
Suspension bridge
gravity-anchored, deck truss
Function / usage:
Road bridge

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer Holton Duncan Robinson
  David Bernard Steinman
Structural engineer David Bernard Steinman

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Design Robinson & Steinman
Construction Byngton
  Sunddstron
Contractor American Bridge Company

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  steel eye-bars
pylons  steel
deck truss  steel
Dimensions
  main span 340 m
pylon   pylon height 74 m

Chronology
1991
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External LinkarchINFORM: Brücke vom brasilianischen Festland zur Insel Florianopolis English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkWikipedia: Hercilio Luz Bridge English
External LinkWikipedia: Hercílio-Luz-Brücke German
External LinkWikipédia: Pont Hercílio Luz French
External LinkWikipédia: Ponte Hercílio Luz Portuguese
External LinkWikipedia: Puente Hercílio Luz Spanish

Relevant Literature
* Fernández Troyano, Leonardo   Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain) , ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 507.
* Péron, Marie-Véronique   Le projet de rénovation du pont Hercilio-Luz, Brésil, in "Bulletin ouvrages métalliques", 2004, n. 3 .
* Prade, Marcel   Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 177.
* Steinman, David B.   Pont suspendu du type "Florianopolis", in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", January 1957 v. 22 .

 
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