| In addition to stone, arch bridges were also fabricated from wrought or cast iron as well as steel. |
For more examples of steel and/or iron arch bridges, go to Steel Arch Bridge Archives. |
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The Bayonne Steel Arch Bridge in Bayonne, New Jersey is now the third longest steel arch bridge in the world. With a 1,675 foot center span, it ranks just ahead of the Sidney Harbor Bridge. Constructed between 1928 and 1931, it was designed by Othmar Ammann, chief engineer of the New York Port Authority. |
The Roosevelt Lake Bridge adjacent to the Roosevelt Dam in Arizona is a single-span, 1,080 feet long bridge that opened to traffic in 1990.
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The Tacony-Palmyra Bridge across the Delaware River between Palmyra, New Jersey and Tacony, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia, is a combined steel arch and bascule bridge. It is 3,659 feet long and opened to traffic in 1929.
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Designed
by prominent engineer Othmar Ammann and his one-time mentor, Gustav
Lindenthal, the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City, carries railroad
traffic from Queen's to Ward's Island and then into the Bronx. It
was opened in 1917.
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