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Rio de Janeiro Transporter Bridge

Completed in:	1915
Status:	demolished (1935)
Location:	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro Transporter Bridge

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Structural Type:

Suspension bridge
truss deck

Function / usage:

Transporter bridge

Technical information
	Description	Value
Construction materials used
cables	steel
towers	steel
truss	steel
Dimensions

	main span	171 m

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Relevant Literature
	Fernández Troyano, Leonardo Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain) , ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 755.

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