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| About this data sheet: |
| Structure-ID: |
s0000016 |
| Created on: |
10/28/98 |
| Modified on: |
08/26/10 |
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Function / usage:
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| Next to: |
Charlestown Bridge
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| Replaces: |
Old I-93 Charles River Bridge
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| Connects to: |
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Tunnel (2003)
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| Part of: |
Central Artery/Tunnel Project
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| Description | Value |
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steel
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| deck |
steel
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main span |
227.00 m | | |
length of side spans |
2 x 84 m | | |
total length |
436 m |
| deck |
deck width |
56.39 m | | |
girder depth |
3.05 m | | |
number of lanes |
10 |
| pylons |
pylon height |
98.40 m | | |
pylon height (above deck) |
64.00 m |
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cost of construction |
ca. US$ 115 000 000 |
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| 20 December 2003
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| Open to traffic in both directions of the mainline (4 lanes in each direction). |
| 2005
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| Expected completion and opening of another 2 lanes for a local cantilever ramp. |
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Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France) , 2004; pp. 59.
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Pont de Charles River, in
"Freyssinet Magazine", March 2000, n. 207 .
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Chandra, V. A landmark cable-stayed bridge over the Charles River, Boston, Massachusetts, in
"Structural Concrete", December 2002, n. 4 v. 3 .
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Chandra, Vijay Charles River Crossing: a gateway to Boston, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
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Davidson, William A. Below Boston's New Bridge, in
"Civil Engineering Magazine", December 1998, n. 12 v. 68 .
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Kumarasena, S. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts, in
"Structural Engineering International", May 2003, n. 2 v. 13 .
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McCabe, Ray Innovative Association of Materials in the Leonard Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, presented at fib Symposium 2004, 26-28 April 2004, Avignon.
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Menn, Christian Conceptual Design of the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, Boston, MA, USA, in
"Structural Engineering International", February 2004, n. 1 v. 14 .
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Ricci, Anthony A Signature Bridge for Boston, in
"Civil Engineering Magazine", June 1997, n. 6 v. 67 .
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VAVEL, ANTOINE Quand l’Amérique réinvente la circulation urbaine, in
"Construction moderne", 2002 .
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Vizard, Frank The Big Dig, Popular Science, n. 6, v. 258 (2001).
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Vogel, Thomas Christiann Menn, Birkhäuser Verlag (Basel, Boston, Berlin), Basel (Switzerland) , ISBN 3764357525, 1997.
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Wells, Matthew 30 Bridges, Laurence King, ISBN 1856692175, 2002; pp. 122-126.
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Wells, Matthew 30 Brücken, Callwey Verlag, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3766715011; pp. 122-126.
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