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| About this data sheet: |
| Structure-ID: |
s0002485 |
| Created on: |
06/12/01 |
| Modified on: |
29/07/05 |
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Function / usage:
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| Replaces: |
Grace Memorial Bridge (1929)
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| Description | Value |
| cables |
polyethylene-wrapped steel wire
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| deck |
precast prestressed concrete
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| pylons |
prestressed concrete
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main span |
471 m | | |
total length |
4 558 m | | |
clearance |
max. 57 m |
| deck |
width |
40 m |
| pylons |
pylon height |
174 m |
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cost of construction |
US$ 531 000 000 |
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| 16 July 2005
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| Opened to traffic. |
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Double première au Nouveau Monde, in
"Sols et Structures", 2005, n. 221 .
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Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France) , 2004; pp. 76.
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Buckland, Peter Designing difference, in
"Bridge Design & Engineering", 1st Quarter 2006, n. 42 v. 12 .
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Cho, Aileen Charleston's New Signature Span, in
"Engineering News Record", 14 July 2003 .
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