General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Three-span suspension bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Queens, New York, New York, USA The Bronx, New York, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 40° 47' 57.05" N 73° 47' 36.34" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 549 m | |
| length of side spans | 210.3 m | |
| total length | 887.55 m | |
| clearance | 41.1 m | |
| number of lanes | 6 |
Materials
| cables |
steel
|
|---|---|
| deck truss |
steel
|
| anchorages |
reinforced concrete
|
Participants
Design
-
Ammann & Whitney
- Othmar Ammann (senior partner)
- Milton Brumer (chief engineer)
- Herb Rothman (project engineer)
- Frank L. Stahl (project engineer)
- Leopold H. Just (design engineer)
- Nomer Gray (engineer of construction)
Contractor
- American Bridge Company (deck)
- Bethlehem Steel Co. (towers)
- Fehlhaber Corporation (Bronx anchorage)
- J. Rich Steers (Queens anchorage)
- Merritt, Chapman, Scott (tower foundations)
Steel construction
Cables
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2005): Orthotropic Deck Rehabilitation at the Throgs Neck Bridge. Presented at: 2005 Structures Congress: Metropolis and Beyond & 2005 Forensic Engineering Symposium, New York (New York), USA, 20-24 April 2005, pp. 1-10.
- (1974): Othmar Ammann. Sein Beitrag zur Entwicklung des Brückenbaus. Birkhäuser, Basel (Switzerland), pp. 62-74.
- (1983): Throgs Neck Bridge: Why did its deck deteriorate?. In: Civil Engineering Magazine, v. 53, n. 7 (July 1983).
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000534 - Published on:
21/11/1999 - Last updated on:
08/05/2023
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