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A tale of two bridges : the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridges of 1936 and 2013
Title
A tale of two bridges : the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridges of 1936 and 2013 / Stephen D. Mikesell.
ISBN
9781943859269
1943859264
Publication
Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2017]
Physical Description
vii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
"A Tale of Two Bridges chronicles the planning and construction of two versions of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge: the original New Deal bridge of 1936 and the 2013 replacement of the eastern half of the bridge. It contrasts the huge popularity and fiscal and engineering success of the 1936 bridge with the cost overruns, delays, and other problems associated with the later structure. It shows how one bridge succeeded where the other did not"--Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Mikesell, Stephen D. Tale of two bridges. Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2016]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 14, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Transportation in the Bay Area before the Bay Bridge
How the Bay Bridge was planned in the 1920s
How the Bay Bridge was finally approved : the Hoover-Young Commission
The context of great bridges from the 1920s and 1930s
How the Bay Bridge was designed, 1931 to 1933
How the Bay Bridge was built: the 1930s
What happened to the Bay Bridge: from 1936 to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
A repair effort becomes a megaproject: the decision to replace the east span of the Bay Bridge
Context of big bridges, part 2
Designing a megaproject in public
Everything that can go wrong
Conclusion.
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