Title: Crossover Hits: A Look at Some of the Most Heralded Monuments to Design, Engineering and Construction Technique Ever Built
Abstract:This article ranks Roads & Bridges magazine's top 10 bridges, and describes why they made the cut. The article opens with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, which opened in 1883 and was the longest...This article ranks Roads & Bridges magazine's top 10 bridges, and describes why they made the cut. The article opens with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, which opened in 1883 and was the longest suspension bridge in the world at that time. Total cost was $15.1 million. San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge places second, followed by the region's Bay Bridge, now under reconstruction. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington, takes fourth place, while the George Washington Bridge, linking New York to New Jersey comes in fifth. The next five, in order of rank, include: the Carquinez Bridge between Vallejo and Crockett in California; the Cooper River Bridge, linking Charleston to Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa, Florida; the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge in Boston; and the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville West Virginia.Read More
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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