General Information
| Other name(s): | Newport Bridge |
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| Completion: | 1969 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Three-span suspension bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 41° 29' 58.27" N 71° 19' 18.57" W |
| Coordinates: | 41° 30' 28.21" N 71° 21' 40.74" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 486 m | |
| main bridge | ||
|---|---|---|
| span lengths | 95.5 m - 110.5 m - 95.5 m - 209 m - 486 m - 209 m - 95.5 m - 110.5 m - 95.5 m | |
| number of spans | 9 | |
Materials
| cables |
steel
|
|---|---|
| pylons |
steel
|
| deck truss |
steel
|
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1971): Design and Construction of Newport Bridge. In: Journal of the Structural Division (ASCE), v. 97, n. 11 (November 1971), pp. 2635-2651.
- (1971): Main Cables of Newport Suspension Bridge. In: Journal of the Structural Division (ASCE), v. 97, n. 12 (December 1971), pp. 2825-2835.
- (1983): Newport bridge collision. Presented at: IABSE Colloquium: Ship Collision with Bridges and Offshore Structures = Collision des bâteaux avec des ponts et des constructions en mer = Kollision von Schiffen mit Brücken und "Offshore"-Bauten, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1983.
- (1971): Newport Bridge Superstructure. In: Journal of the Structural Division (ASCE), v. 97, n. 11 (November 1971), pp. 2653-2678.
- (1967): Die Newport-Brücke über die Narragansett-Bay. In: Stahlbau, v. 36, n. 10 (October 1967), pp. 315-317.
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20000541 - Published on:
21/11/1999 - Last updated on:
28/01/2024
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