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Alfred Zampa Memorial (New Carquinez) Bridge

Carquinez Strait Bridge — image credits (ID:63216)

Carquinez Straits Bridge — image credits (ID:62652)

General Information

Other name(s):	Third Carquinez Bridge
Beginning of works:	2000
Completion:	7 November 2003
Status:	in use

Project Type

Structure:	Suspension bridge
Function / usage:	Motorway bridge / freeway bridge Bicycle and pedestrian bridge
Material:	Steel bridge

Location

Location:	Vallejo, Solano County, California, USA Crockett, Contra Costa County, California, USA
Part of:	Interstate 80
Next to:	Carquinez Bridge (1958)
Replaces:	Carquinez Strait Bridge (1927)
Coordinates:	38° 3' 41.78" N 122° 13' 34.56" W

Technical Information

Dimensions

	main span	728 m
	total length	1 056 m
	span lengths	147 m - 728 m - 181 m
deck	deck width	25.6 m
pylon	pylon height	125 m

Cost

cost of construction

United States dollar 200 000 000

Chronology

7 November 2003	Official opening.

Notes

There is a 3.5 m Class III two-way bicycle / pedestrian facility just to the West of the highway lanes. This is an essential link in the Bay Trail that will encircle the bay.

Participants

Owner

California Department of Transportation

Design

Construction engineers

Buckland & Taylor Ltd.

Co-contractor

Steel construction

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (deck)

Cable steel supplier

Bridon International

Relevant Web Sites

Relevant Publications

Thimmhardy, Eugene / Marquez, Michael / Wolfe, Raymond W.: New Carquinez bridge - North America's newest suspension bridge. Presented at: Steelbridge 2004, Millau, 23-25 June 2004, pp. 57-58.
Speedy mover. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 10, n. 34 (1st Quarter 2004), pp. 70.
Marquez, M. / Wolfe, Raymond W. / Thimmhardy, Eugene (2003): New Carquinez Strait Suspension Bridge, San Francisco, California. In: Structural Engineering International, v. 13, n. 2 (May 2003), pp. 100-102.
https://doi.org/10.2749/101686603777964847
Torres Arcila, Martha (2002): Bridges - Ponts - Brücken. Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), pp. 18-23.
Rosenbaum, David B. (2001): Suspension Span Defies Tradition. In: Engineering News Record (24 December 2001).

About this
data sheet
Structure-ID
20000913
Date created
07/09/2000
Last Update
05/02/2016