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  2. Deck (building) - Wikipedia

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    Residential decks may contain spaces for cooking and seating. Cooking areas ideally should be situated near the patio door while out of the way from general foot traffic. Dining spaces will include patio tables. For a typical six-person outdoor patio table building, an area of 3.7 m × 4.9 m (12 ft × 16 ft) is ideal.

  3. Orthotropic deck - Wikipedia

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    From 1982 to 1986, the original bridge deck, in 747 sections, was replaced with lighter, stronger orthotropic steel deck panels over 401 nights without closing the roadway completely to traffic. [5] The project not only restored the bridge to prime condition but also reduced the deck weight by 12,300 tons (11,160 metric tons ).

  4. Steel - Wikipedia

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    High strength low alloy steel has small additions (usually < 2% by weight) of other elements, typically 1.5% manganese, to provide additional strength for a modest price increase. [76] Recent corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) regulations have given rise to a new variety of steel known as Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS). This material is ...

  5. Steel Bridge - Wikipedia

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    With lower deck telescoped into upper deck and lift span almost fully raised. The Steel Bridge is a through truss, double-deck vertical-lift bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, opened in 1912.

  6. Merritt-Chapman & Scott - Wikipedia

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    Merritt-Chapman & Scott, nicknamed "The Black Horse of the Sea", was a noted marine salvage and construction firm of the United States, with worldwide operations. The chief predecessor company was founded in the 1860s by Israel Merritt, but a large number of other firms were merged in over the course of the company's history.

  7. World Trade Center (1973–2001) - Wikipedia

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    North is near center and the North Tower is left. Visitors on the viewing platform on the South Tower's roof, looking north toward Midtown Manhattan in 1984 Although most of the space in the World Trade Center complex was off-limits to the public, the South Tower featured a public glass-enclosed observation deck on the 107th floor called Top of ...