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CA-259: Zaca Creek Bridge No. 2 Extant Reinforced concrete girder: 1916 1999 Jonata Park Road Zaca Creek Buellton: Santa Barbara: CA-263: Cut Stone Bridge Extant Stone arch: 1863 1999 Southern Pacific Railroad: Runoff channel South San Francisco
The largest masonry bridge in the United States is the James J. Hill Bridge over the Mississippi River, built in 1883 by railroad magnate James J. Hill, who wanted to impress his fellow citizens by building a structure that would honor him. It is 752.5 meters long and has 23 limestone arches with a full arch span of 23.49 meters.
The James E. Roberts Memorial Bridge is a 1,400 foot two-lane highway bridge along the California State Route 120/California State Route 49 concurrency, in Tuolumne County, California. The bridge spans the Tuolumne River just north of Lake Don Pedro , near the community of Chinese Camp .
C.C. Myers, Inc. was a Rancho Cordova, California based construction company specializing in building highways and bridges. Started in 1977 by Clinton C. Myers, the company re-formed as an Employee Owned Venture in 2008, or ESOP company.
A net designed to prevent suicides from the Golden Gate Bridge could cost nearly $400 million, double what was originally estimated for the project. Golden Gate Bridge 'suicide net' could cost ...
The longest span of the eight bridges, the cost was $73,507.44. The bridge was named for a large sugar pine that grew to the north of the eastern bridge abutment. [5] The Tenaya Creek Bridge (1928) spans Tenaya Creek with a single 56.75-foot (17.30 m) arch at a 25-degree skew on the Happy Isles-Mirror Lake Road. The bridge carries the standard ...
A national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II could cost as much as £46m, with the government calling on leading artists, architects and engineers to put forward ideas for the monument.
Each bridge spans a total of 1,200 ft (370 m), excluding approaches, as a three-span girder bridge, with a 500 ft (150 m) main span flanked on each side by a 350 ft (110 m) side span. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] Including the 1,900 ft (580 m) south and 2,300 ft (700 m) north approaches, the total length of each bridge is 5,400 ft (1,600 m). [ 3 ]