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The Bay Bridge
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Author : Paul Castelhun Trimble
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2004
The Bay Bridge written by Paul Castelhun Trimble and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
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Bay Bridge
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Author : Donald MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Release Date : 2013-06-12
Bay Bridge written by Donald MacDonald and has been published by Chronicle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-12 with Architecture categories.
An innovative landmark a quarter century in the making, the new eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge represents the latest spectacular chapter in the history of this storied structure. The new bridge's architect, Donald MacDonald, teams up with author Ira Nadel to create this illuminating book. With friendly text and charming illustrations, Bay Bridge reveals the design decisions that have shaped the evolution of the bridge over the last century—from the history of the original bridge, through the planning of the new span, to the construction of its signature 525-foot-high white tower. In the same elegant package as Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz, this volume makes a lovely souvenir for San Francisco devotees, architecture buffs, and tourists.
Remaking The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge
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Author : Karen Trapenberg Frick
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-08-14
Remaking The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge written by Karen Trapenberg Frick and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-14 with Architecture categories.
Winner of TransportiCA’s September Book Club Award 2018 On 17 October 1989 one the largest earthquakes to occur in California since the San Francisco earthquake of April 1906 struck Northern California. Damage was extensive, none more so than the partial collapse of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge’s eastern span, a vital link used by hundreds of thousands of Californians every day. The bridge was closed for a month for repairs and then reopened to traffic. But what ensued over the next 25 years is the extraordinary story that Karen Trapenberg Frick tells here. It is a cautionary tale to which any governing authority embarking on a megaproject should pay heed. She describes the process by which the bridge was eventually replaced as an exercise in shadowboxing which pitted the combined talents and shortcomings, partnerships and jealousies, ingenuity and obtuseness, generosity and parsimony of the State’s and the region’s leading elected officials, engineers, architects and other members of the governing elites against a collectively imagined future catastrophe of unknown proportions. In so doing she highlights three key questions: If safety was the reason to replace the bridge, why did it take almost 25 years to do so? How did an original estimate of $250 million in 1995 soar to $6.5 billion by 2014? And why was such a complex design chosen? Her final chapter – part epilogue, part reflection – provides recommendations to improve megaproject delivery and design.
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Seismic Safety Project San Francisco County
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Seismic Safety Project San Francisco County written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with categories.
Remaking The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge
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Author : Karen Trapenberg Frick
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-08-14
Remaking The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge written by Karen Trapenberg Frick and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-14 with Architecture categories.
Winner of TransportiCA’s September Book Club Award 2018 On 17 October 1989 one the largest earthquakes to occur in California since the San Francisco earthquake of April 1906 struck Northern California. Damage was extensive, none more so than the partial collapse of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge’s eastern span, a vital link used by hundreds of thousands of Californians every day. The bridge was closed for a month for repairs and then reopened to traffic. But what ensued over the next 25 years is the extraordinary story that Karen Trapenberg Frick tells here. It is a cautionary tale to which any governing authority embarking on a megaproject should pay heed. She describes the process by which the bridge was eventually replaced as an exercise in shadowboxing which pitted the combined talents and shortcomings, partnerships and jealousies, ingenuity and obtuseness, generosity and parsimony of the State’s and the region’s leading elected officials, engineers, architects and other members of the governing elites against a collectively imagined future catastrophe of unknown proportions. In so doing she highlights three key questions: If safety was the reason to replace the bridge, why did it take almost 25 years to do so? How did an original estimate of $250 million in 1995 soar to $6.5 billion by 2014? And why was such a complex design chosen? Her final chapter – part epilogue, part reflection – provides recommendations to improve megaproject delivery and design.
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge
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Author : Bay Bridges Educational Bureau (San Francisco, Calif.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1936
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge written by Bay Bridges Educational Bureau (San Francisco, Calif.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1936 with Bridges categories.
Bay Bridge
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Author : Paul C. Trimble
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Release Date : 2005-03-01
Bay Bridge written by Paul C. Trimble and has been published by Arcadia Library Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-01 with History categories.
The Bay Bridge combines suspension, cantilever, tunnel, and truss constructions in an astonishing 8.4-mile-long structure. Envisioned first in 1872 by the legendary Emperor Norton, the project finally coalesced in the 1920s, although initial studies concluded that the bridge could not be built due to the bay's deep muddy waters and the area's strong earthquakes. President Herbert Hoover, who was also an engineer, took up the cause, and the $80.8-million project began in 1933. It would replace an extensive set of ferries and forever alter the landscape and commerce of the Bay Area. Over the next three years and four months, the underwater and above-water construction continued day and night, with 152,000 tons of steel, a million cubic yards of concrete, more than 70,000 miles of cable strands, and 200,000 gallons of paint. Roughly 6,500 workers built this amazing bridge, and 12 lost their lives in the process.
A Tale Of Two Bridges
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Author : Stephen Mikesell
language : en
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Release Date : 2017-04-03
A Tale Of Two Bridges written by Stephen Mikesell and has been published by University of Nevada Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-03 with Architecture categories.
A Tale of Two Bridges is a history of two versions of the San Francisco—Oakland Bay Bridge: the original bridge built in 1936 and a replacement for the eastern half of the bridge finished in 2013. The 1936 bridge revolutionized transportation in the Bay Area and profoundly influenced settlement patterns in the region. It was also a remarkable feat of engineering. In the 1950s the American Society of Civil Engineers adopted a list of the “Seven Engineering Wonders” of the United States. The 1936 structure was the only bridge on the list, besting even the more famous Golden Gate Bridge. One of its greatest achievements was that it was built on time (in less than three years) and came in under budget. Mikesell explores in fascinating detail how the bridge was designed by a collection of the best-known engineers in the country as well as the heroic story of its construction by largely unskilled laborers from California, joined by highly skilled steel workers. By contrast, the East Span replacement, which was planned between 1989 and 1998, and built between 1998 and 2013, fell victim to cost overruns in the billions of dollars, was a decade behind schedule, and suffered from structural problems that has made it a perpetual maintenance nightmare. This is narrative history in its purest form. Mikesell excels at explaining highly technical engineering issues in language that can be understood and appreciated by general readers. Here is the story of two very important bridges, which provides a fair but uncompromising analysis of why one bridge succeeded and the other did not.
Tom Paiva Bay Bridge The New East Span
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Author : Tom Paiva
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-06-01
Tom Paiva Bay Bridge The New East Span written by Tom Paiva and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-01 with Bridges categories.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
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Author : John Warren
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2015-08-31
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel written by John Warren and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-31 with Travel categories.
At its opening in 1964, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was named one of the “Five Wonders of the Modern World” by Reader’s Digest magazine. It was the culmination of a concerted, decade-long push by a group of men, led by Lucius J. Kellam Jr., an Eastern Shore native and businessman who dreamed of opening up the remote Eastern Shore to the bustling Virginia mainland. This $200-million, 17.6-mile-long series of bridges, tunnels, islands, and trestle in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay—long dismissed as impractical and even impossible—won the attention of the world at its opening. It also brought an abrupt end to the ferry service that was long a cornerstone of the New York-to-Florida “Ocean Highway,” shuttling millions of cars between the Eastern Shore and Hampton Roads.