General Information
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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| Material: |
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Awards and Distinctions
| 1951 |
award winner
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Location
| Location: |
Pennsville, Salem County, New Jersey, USA New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Carries: |
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| Next to: |
Delaware Memorial Bridge (1968)
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| Coordinates: | 39° 41' 18.02" N 75° 31' 6.43" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 655.75 m | |
| total length | 4 023.4 m | |
| span lengths of main bridge | 228.6 m - 655.75 m - 228.6 m | |
| number of lanes | 4 | |
| main bridge | ||
|---|---|---|
| length | 1 112.5 m | |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 44 000 000 |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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|---|---|
| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
steel
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Participants
- Homer R. Seely (project engineer)
Design
- Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff
- Enoch R. Needles (designer)
- Henry C. Tammen (designer)
- Ellis Paul (designer)
Architecture
- A. Gordon Lorimer (architect)
Design consultants
- Othmar Ammann (design consultant)
Engineering
- Frank L. Stahl (engineer) (cables)
Consulting engineers
- Ammann & Whitney
- Moran, Proctor, Freeman & Mueser (foundations)
Contractor
- American Bridge Company (towers)
- Merritt, Chapman, Scott (foundations)
Cables
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1994): Brücken / Bridges. Ästhetik und Gestaltung / Aesthetics and Design. 4th edition, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), pp. 288-289.
- (1926): The Building of the Delaware River Bridge. Connecting Philadelphia, Pa. and Camden, N.J.. Enterprise Publishing Co., Burlington (USA), pp. 68.
- The Delaware Memorial Bridge. Final Engineering Report. technical report, 1953.
- Le "Delaware Memorial Bridge", à Wilmington (Etats-Unis). In: La Technique des Travaux, v. 33, n. 1-2 (January 1957), pp. 43.
- (1953): The Delaware Memorial Bridge: A Symposium: Design Problems. In: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, v. 118, n. 1 ( 1953), pp. 411-419.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20000511 - Published on:
16/11/1999 - Last updated on:
01/04/2022
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