General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Cantilever truss bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA Staten Island, New York, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
|
| Replaced by: |
Goethals Bridge (2018)
|
| Coordinates: | 40° 38' 9" N 74° 11' 49" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 204.8 m | |
| total length | 2 164.1 m | |
| clearance | 41.1 m | |
| number of lanes | 4 | |
| main bridge | ||
|---|---|---|
| length | 351.1 m | |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 7 200 000 |
Materials
| truss |
steel
|
|---|
Participants
Owner
Bridge engineering
- Othmar Ammann (bridge engineer)
Design
Design consultants
Consulting engineers
- John Alexander Low Waddell (consulting engineer)
- William H. Burr (consulting engineer)
- George Washington Goethals (consulting engineer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2000): The Bridges of New York. Dover Publications Inc., Mineola (USA), pp. 111-116.
- (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 123.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20001772 - Published on:
18/08/2001 - Last updated on:
27/12/2019
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