General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
|---|---|
| Structure: |
Cable-stayed bridge with semi-fan system Three-span cable-stayed bridge |
| Material: |
Steel-reinforced concrete composite bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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Location
| Location: |
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA Staten Island, New York, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Replaces: |
Goethals Bridge (1928)
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| Coordinates: | 40° 38' 7.79" N 74° 11' 50.37" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 2 225 m | |
| number of lanes | 2 x 3 | |
| walkway width | 3.05 m | |
| vertical navigation clearance | 42.2 m | |
| horizontal navigation clearance | 152.4 m | |
| eastern approach viaduct | ||
|---|---|---|
| total length | 850 m | |
| main bridge | ||
| main span | 274.3 m | |
| span lengths | 58 m - 112 m - 274.3 m - 112 m - 48 m | |
| number of spans | 5 | |
| pylons | height | 83 m |
| western approach viaduct | ||
| total length | 776 m | |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| pylons |
reinforced concrete
|
| deck of main bridge |
composite steel-reinforced concrete
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| deck of approach viaducts |
prestressed concrete
|
Participants
Owner
Wind tunnel testing
Technical advisor to the owner
Structural engineering
Checking engineering
Co-contractor
Steel construction
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2019): The 200 Year Bridge - The New Goethals Bridge as a Roadmap. Presented at: IABSE Congress: The Evolving Metropolis, New York, NY, USA, 4-6 September 2019, pp. 202-209.
- (2019): The New Goethals Bridge. In: Structural Engineering International, v. 29, n. 1 (January 2019), pp. 94-100.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20066545 - Published on:
07/10/2014 - Last updated on:
27/12/2019
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