Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public WorksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Needs of the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. Hearings ... on S. Res. 119
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public WorksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2108
Book Description
Needs of the San Francisco Bay Area, California
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public WorksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Considers the so-called Reber plan to develop additional transportation facilities and water resources utilization projects in the San Francisco Bay area, Calif. Plan emphasizes erection of bridges across San Francisco Bay and the creation of fresh water lakes. Hearings were held in San Francisco, Calif.
Regional Rapid Transit
Author: Bibliography of San Francisco Bay Area Transportation Studies as Contained in Highway Planning Survey Master and Land Use Plans Files and Library
Author: California. Division of HighwaysPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Urban transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
A Tale of Two Bridges
Author: Stephen MikesellPublisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 0874174678
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
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.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Bridge Across the Bay of San Francisco
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Considers (70) S. 1762.
West Coast High-speed Ground Transportation, Hearing..., 93-1, on S. 1328..., June 4, 1973
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
West Coast High-speed Ground Transportation
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description