San Francisco Bay Bridges

Author : Richard Dillon
Publisher : Celestial Arts
ISBN 13 : 9780890874097
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Steel written by Richard Dillon and published by Celestial Arts. This book was released on 1979 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The construction of the Golden Gate and the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridges caught the imagination of the world, and they continue to inspire awe even today. >High Steel records the history of these magnificent bridges and their development. The bridges were designed to serve transportation needs while being flexible enough to withstand major earthquakes, but their architectural triumph is that they also enhance the beauty of their natural surroundings. >High Steel is a tribute to and record of the magnitude of that accomplishment.

Author : Richard H. Dillon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780890871911
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Steel written by Richard H. Dillon and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the planning, development, and construction of the San FranciscoOakland Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge, two works of architectural and engineering genius built during the 1930s.

Author : Stephen Mikesell
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874174678
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Tale of Two Bridges written by Stephen Mikesell and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Donald MacDonald
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 145212731X
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bay Bridge written by Donald MacDonald and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A must-have for any design, architecture, or Bay Area enthusiast.” —Front Door/HGTV An innovative landmark a quarter century in the making, the 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. This volume offers a fascinating read for San Francisco devotees, architecture buffs, and tourists. “Evokes all the mythic splendor and danger of the ‘Titan of Bridges’ . . . As the architect of the new eastern span of the bridge, MacDonald brings intimate knowledge of the technical, political, and geological hurdles involved in its construction.” —ForeWord Reviews

Author : John V. Robinson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738529967
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Al Zampa And the Bay Area Bridges written by John V. Robinson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005-07-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the commuters who daily cross the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge do not know much about its namesake. Yet Alfred Zampa (1905-2000) lived a remarkable life that touched not only the bridge named in his honor, but many of the other bridges around the Bay Area. An active ironworker from 1925 on, he typified a worker who was hardy and tough, but with the skill to perform extremely precise work under hazardous conditions. He often worked hundreds of feet above the San Francisco Bay with only the spindliest of support, and he fell from the Golden Gate Bridge in 1936. Caught by the safety net, he became a charter member of the ultra-exclusive "Halfway to Hell" club. Zampa died at the age of 95, six weeks after attending the groundbreaking of his namesake Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, the only bridge named in honor of a building tradesman. The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The San Francisco Bay Bridge Problem written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I. General scope of the problem -- II. Types and volume of traffic -- III. Effect of San Francisco bridgehead on city plans -- IV. Interests of the East Bay -- V. Interests of Navigation -- VI. Interests of the War and Navy Departments -- VII. Engineering problems -- VIII. Financial feasibility -- IX. Public ownership of a bridge -- X. Description of projects.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bridge Across the Bay of San Francisco written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (70) S. 1762.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bay Bridges written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karen Trapenberg Frick
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317338502
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remaking the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge written by Karen Trapenberg Frick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book San Francisco Bay Bridge Tools written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: