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A steel truss bridge made of 200-foot-long (61 m) prefabricated sections, it was designed to be resistant to fire, ice, water and wind, elements that had destroyed previous wooden structures. Like the previous bridges, tolls were collected to recover a portion of the half-million dollar investment, equal to $18,312,000 today.
A Bailey bridge is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge. It was developed in 1940–1941 by the British for military use during the Second World War and saw extensive use by British, Canadian and American military engineering units. A Bailey bridge has the advantages of requiring no special tools or heavy equipment to assemble.
North San Gabriel River Bridge Extant Steel rolled multi-beam: 1939 2000 I-35 BL – Georgetown: San Gabriel River north fork Georgetown: Williamson: TX-98: Texas Suspension Bridges Cable-stayed and Suspension: 2000 Austin: Travis: TX-98-A
This 368' (112m) long steel stressed ribbon/arch combination bridge is the first of its kind in North America. A steel arch with a span of 163' (49.5m) supports steel stress ribbons and precast concrete planks over the river complementing the adjacent historic Lancaster Avenue vehicular bridge.
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Steel bridges in the United States (1 C, 936 P, 1 F) W. ... Tartar's Ferry Bridge; Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge; Third Street Bridge (Delavan, Illinois)
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The original estimate of the cost of the Old Iron Bridge was $45,000 and was partially financed by bonds and local taxes. [1] Bids on the project were solicited and the Kansas City Bridge Co. was selected as contractor. The final cost of the bridge's construction was $167,500. The bridge was completed in 1923 and opened for use in January 1924.