Jesse H. Jones Memorial Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Box girder bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Construction method: |
Balanced cantilever method
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| Other name(s): | Houston Ship Channel Bridge |
| Built: | 1980 - 1982 |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA, North America |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 3.2 km | |
| clearance | 53 m x 152 m | |
| span lengths of main bridge | 114 m - 229 m - 114 m | |
| deck | deck depth | 4.60 - 14.30 m |
| deck width | 18 m | |
| main bridge | ||
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| length | 475.5 m | |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 60 000 000 |
Materials
| deck |
prestressed concrete
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| deck of approaches |
precast prestressed concrete
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Participants
Owner
Structural engineering
Consulting engineers
General contractor
Subcontractor
- Prescon Corporation (deck)
Prestressing
Relevant Web Sites
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- Pont du canal maritime de Houston (Texas – USA), in "Bulletin annuel AFPC", 1983- 1984
- Pont du canal maritime de Houston aux USA, presented at Technique française du Béton Précontraint, IXe Congrès de la FIP Stockholm 1982.
- Pont du canal maritime de Houston (Texas - USA), in "Bulletin annuel AFPC", 1980- 1982
- Concrete Bridges, Taylor & Francis, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 0415393620, 2006
- Le pont sur le canal maritime de Houston au Texas (USA), presented at Technique française du Béton Précontraint, IXe Congrès de la FIP Stockholm 1982.
- Pont du canal maritime de Houston au Texas, in "Travaux", November 1983, n. 582
- Design and Construction of the Houston Ship Channel Bridge, in "PCI Journal", May - June 1982, n. 3 v. 27
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0007186 |
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| Created: | 10/12/2002 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |