Cable-Stayed Bridge Projects
6 Projects
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Millau Viaduct - France
This Cable-Stayed Bridge Project is on schedule to be completed
January 2005. (39 month construction contract). This project is
being financed privately. This project has the highest bridge
piers in world. Thus the title of the Highest Bridge in the World.
The tallest will be 240 meters high. Overall height an outstanding
336.4 meters. This project will consist of seven separate
cable-stays.
Sunshine
Skyway Bridge - Tampa Bay, Florida
In June, 1982, construction began on this 4 mile, 6.4 km. bridge across Tampa
Bay, Florida. The main span cable-stayed structure, with a precast deck
superstructure, was designed by Figg & Muller
Talmadge
Memorial Bridge - Savannah, Georgia
Completed in 1991 the new Talmadge Memorial cable-stayed bridge replaced the
old cantilever truss bridge which had become a danger for large shipping
entering the port in Savannah, Georgia. The new bridge provides 185 ft.,
56.4 m. of vertical navigational clearance.
Dames
Point Bridge - Jacksonville, Florida
The Dames Point Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida is 2 miles long and 175 ft
height at the main span. The Dames Point Bridge is the longest concrete
cable-stayed bridge in the United States. It was the second cable-stayed bridge
to be built in Florida (Tampa Bay's Sunshine Skyway was completed in 1984). It
is the only bridge in the United States to feature the harp (parallel) stay
arrangement on two vertical planes, a design which rivals suspension bridges for
strength and beauty.
Le
Pont de Normandie Bridge - Honfleur, France
Completed in 1995, the Le Pont de Normandie is a cable-stayed bridge that
connects Honfleur and Le Havre, France. The main span is 2800 feet long
and raises 165 feet above the water level. The decision to built a
cable-stayed bridge instead of a suspension bridge was based on light traffic
loads and a lack of good natural ground support for huge suspension anchorages.
Vasco
da Gama Bridge - Lisbon, Portugal
The Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal is an immense cable-stayed
bridge project which took years to plan and design and just 18 months to
construct. The construction time represents a world record for a bridge of
this scale.
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