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bridge inquiry golden gate bridge
by: devan connoly
Photo by
ChrisHConnelly
2.
about the bridge
total length 8,981 ft
width 90 ft
height 746 ft
the bridge is crossed by 140 million people every year
Photo by
ChrisHConnelly
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About the bridge
official name is Golden Gate Bridge
the designers are Joseph Strauss, Irving Morrow, and Charles Ellis
the cables are made up of 80,160 miles of wire enough to go around the wourld 3 times!
Photo by
ChrisHConnelly
4.
About the bridge
the bridge has 6 lanes of highway (101 1)
located in San Francisco
it is a suspension bridge
it holds 887,030 tons
Photo by
ChrisHConnelly
5.
About the bridge
there were many movies shot with the bridge in it.
workers started removing the bridges paint in 1965 to put more modern paint on.
Photo by
ChrisHConnelly
6.
what is a suspension bridge
it is a bridge that is made up of cables which holds the deck in place.
Photo by
vgm8383
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how it Could have collapsed
the highway on the Oakland Bay San Francisco Bridge collapsed in 1989 because of an earthquake.
63 people died
if the epicenter were closer to Golden Gate Bridge it would have had a major failure
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ChrisHConnelly
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seismic retrofit
consultants did a vulnerability study of the bridge.
they concluded that an earthquake of 7.0 or greater would cause severe damage.
they did a seismic retrofit of the bridge to fix it
Photo by
Justin in SD
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how they fixed it
the retrofit started in 1997 and is still not finished
they fixed concrete supports and road deck and many other things.
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vgm8383
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bibliography
HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/GOLDEN_GATE_BRIDGE
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http://goldengatebridge.org/projects/retrofit.php
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peddhapati
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