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Delaware Memorial Bridge
General Information
Project Type
Structure: |
Suspension bridge |
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Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
Material: |
Steel bridge |
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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Coordinates: | 39° 41' 20.19" N 75° 31' 4.50" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
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 | ||
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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. Connecting Philadelphia, Pa. and Camden, N.J.. Enterprise Publishing Co., Burlington (USA), pp. 68. (1926):
- The Delaware Memorial Bridge. Final Engineering Report. technical report, 1953.
- Le "Delaware Memorial Bridge", à Wilmington (Etats-Unis). In: La Technique des Travaux, v. 33, n. 1-2 (January 1957), pp. 43.
- Great American Bridges and Dams. A National Trust Guide. John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), pp. 110. (1984):
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000557 - Date created
21/11/1999 - Last Update
15/01/2017