Delaware Memorial Bridge
General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Suspension bridge
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|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Material: |
Steel bridge
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Location
| Location: |
Pennsville, Salem County, New Jersey, USA New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Carries: |
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| Next to: |
Delaware Memorial Bridge (1951)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 655.75 m | |
| total length | 4 023.4 m | |
| span lengths of main bridge | 228.6 m - 655.75 m - 228.6 m | |
| number of lanes | 4 | |
| main bridge | ||
|---|---|---|
| length | 1 112.5 m | |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 77 000 000 |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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|---|---|
| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
steel
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Notes
Built on the same drawings as the 1951 structure.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- The Building of the Delaware River Bridge, Enterprise Publishing Co., Burlington (USA), 1926
- Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 110
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000557 - Date created
21/11/1999 - Last Update
05/02/2016