C E 101 Lecture 12: Bixby Bridge and Hoover Dam Bridge
7 May 2016
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Bixby bridge: in the early 1900s, traveling through the bixby creek canyon was difficult (100 feet roads that had very steep slopes, built to avoid a thirty mile detour between the monterey valley and the big sur river. Located in big sur, california crossing the bixby creek. Construction began in 1931 and completed in 1932. Total cost: , 861 (equivalent to . 5 million today) -under budget ,443. The first concrete-and-steel arch bridge built in the united states: hoover dam bridge. Located in arizona and nevada crossing the colorado river. Construction began in 2005 and completed in 2010. One of the tallest single-span concrete bridges in the world: similarities.
