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| About this data sheet: |
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s0000913 |
| Created on: |
09/07/00 |
| Modified on: |
11/09/06 |
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Function / usage:
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| Next to: |
Carquinez Strait Bridge (1958)
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| Replaces: |
Carquinez Strait Bridge (1927)
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| Part of: |
Interstate 80
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| Description | Value |
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main span |
728 m | | |
total length |
1 056 m | | |
span lengths |
147 m - 728 m - 181 m |
| deck |
deck width |
25.6 m |
| pylon |
pylon height |
125 m |
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cost of construction |
US$ 200 000 000 |
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| 7 November 2003
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| Official opening. |
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| There is a 3.5 m Class III two-way bicycle / pedestrian facility just to the West of the highway lanes. This is an essential link in the Bay Trail that will encircle the bay. |
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Speedy mover, in
"Bridge Design & Engineering", 1st Quarter 2004, n. 34 v. 10 .
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Marquez, M. New Carquinez Strait Suspension Bridge, San Francisco, California, in
"Structural Engineering International", May 2003, n. 2 v. 13 .
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Rosenbaum, David B. Suspension Span Defies Tradition, in
"Engineering News Record", 24 December 2001 .
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Thimmhardy, Eugene New Carquinez bridge - North America's newest suspension bridge, presented at Steelbridge 2004, Millau, 23-25 June 2004.
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Torres Arcila, Martha Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico) , ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 18-23.
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