San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 415
SAN FRANCISCO BAY BRIDGE TOWERS AVERAGE HEIGHT 500 FEET vided for a 7% horizontal force at the top ofthe towers; that is 7% of the vertical load onthe towers as an earthquake force. Originally Mr. Strauss had submitted a designfor a cantilever suspension bridge, but whenthe Board of Engineers met… … GOLDEN GATEqCE.BRIDGE G=3i MAP SHOWS PRINCIPAL HIGHWAY CONNECTIONS TO GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE I did not a+temp+ to create the longestbridge in the world. On the contrary, I en-deavored to make the span length as small aspossible. The distance across the Bay wherethe bridge is located is about one mile.…
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