General Information
| Other name(s): | Third Carquinez Bridge; New Carquinez Bridge |
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| Beginning of works: | 2000 |
| Completion: | 7 November 2003 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Three-span suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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Location
| Location: |
Vallejo, Solano County, California, USA Crockett, Contra Costa County, California, USA |
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| Part of: | |
| Next to: |
Carquinez Bridge (1958)
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| Replaces: |
Carquinez Strait Bridge (1927)
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| Coordinates: | 38° 3' 41.78" N 122° 13' 34.56" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 728 m | |
| total length | 1 056 m | |
| span lengths | 147 m - 728 m - 181 m | |
| number of spans | 3 | |
| number of lanes | 8 | |
| deck | deck width | 25.6 m |
| pylon | pylon height | 125 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 200 000 000 |
Materials
| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
reinforced concrete
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Chronology
| 7 November 2003 | Official opening. |
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Notes
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.
Participants
Owner
Design
-
De Leuw Cather
- Gregory Orsolini (designer)
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OPAC Consulting Engineers
- Mark Ketchum (designer)
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Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist & Birdsall
- Thomas Spoth (designer)
Construction engineers
Co-contractor
Steel construction
Cable steel supplier
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2001): Advances In Suspension Bridge Design - The New Carquinez Bridge. Presented at: IABSE Conference: Cable-Supported Bridges - Challenging Technical Limits, Seoul, South Korea, 12-14 June 2001, pp. 81-88.
- (2002): Bridges - Ponts - Brücken. Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), pp. 18-23.
- (2008): Dynamic Testing of Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge. In: Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), v. 134, n. 6 (June 2008), pp. 1006-1015.
- (2013): Internet-Enabled Wireless Structural Monitoring Systems: Development and Permanent Deployment at the New Carquinez Suspension Bridge. In: Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), v. 139, n. 10 (October 2013), pp. 1688-1702.
- (2004): New Carquinez bridge - North America's newest suspension bridge. Presented at: Steelbridge 2004, Millau, 23-25 June 2004, pp. 57-58.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000913 - Published on:
07/09/2000 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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