General Information
| Completion: | 2 February 1933 |
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| Status: | demolished (1934) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Single-span two-pylon cable-stayed bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Transporter bridge |
| Material: |
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| Secondary structure(s): |
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Location
| Location: |
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 564 m | |
| total length | 975 m | |
| pylon | pylon height | 191 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 1 000 000 |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| pylons |
steel
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Chronology
| November 1934 | The "Century of Progress" fair is completely dismantled including the Skyride. |
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Notes
Designed and built in the space of six month for the world exposition "A Century of Progress" in Chicago. It carried ten suspended cars with 36 passengers in each car. During its operation it carried a total of 4 500 000 passengers. It was subsequently demolished using dynamite on one tower and a charge of Thermit packed around the base of the other.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1999): Geschichte der Weltausstellungen. 1st edition, Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt (Germany), pp. 192.
- : Highways Over Broad Waters. Life and Times of David B. Steinman, Bridgebuilder. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, pp. 224-227.
- (1999): Tierra sobre el agua. Visión histórica universal de los puentes. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), pp. 755.
- (1934): Le Voyage Aérien à l'Exposition "Un siècle de progrès", à Chicago, 1933. In: Ossature métallique, v. 3 (February 1934), pp. 87-92.
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20004469 - Published on:
14/08/2002 - Last updated on:
09/06/2017
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