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Characteristics
Design - Cable-stayed bridge
Total length- 1,480 metres (4,856 ft)
Width - 30.6 metres (100 ft)
Longest span - 890 metres (2,920 ft)
Clearance below- 26 metres (85 ft)
History
Construction cost- $605.8 million USD
Opened - May 1, 1999
Spreader beam Deck
Rio–Antirrio
Bridge,
Rio, Greece Antirrio, Greece
Design Characteristics
Cable-stayed bridge by Berdj Mikaelian
Total length -2,880 meters
(9,450 ft)
Width -27.2 meters (89 ft)
Longest span- 560 meters (1,840 ft)
History
Opened - 12 August 2004
Statistics
Daily traffic Expected 11,000
vehicles/day
Sunshine
Skyway Bridge,
South of St. Petersburg and north of
Terra Ceia, Florida
Carries - 4 lanes of I-275 / US 19
Crosses - Tampa Bay
Maintained by- Florida Department
of Transportation
Characteristics
Design - Cable-stayed
Total length- 4.14 miles (6.7 km)
Width - 94 feet (29 m)
Height - 430 feet (131 m)
Longest span- 1,200 feet (366 m)
Clearance below- 180.5 feet (55 m)
History
Engineering design by- Figg & Muller
Engineering Group
Constructed by- American Bridge Company
Construction start - June 1982
Construction cost - $244 million
Statistics
Daily traffic - 59,178 (2018)
Millau
Viaduct Bridge,
Millau-Creissels, Aveyron, France
Characteristics
Design - Multiple-span cable-stayed
viaduct motorway bridge
Material- Concrete, steel
Total length- 2,460 m (8,070 ft)
Width - 32.05 m (105.2 ft)
Height - 336.4 m (1,104 ft) (max pylon
above ground)
Longest span - 342 m (1,122 ft)
No. of spans - 204 m (669 ft), 6×342 m
(1,122 ft), 204 m (669 ft)
Clearance below - 270 m (890 ft)
Design life - 120 years
Ting Kau
Bridge,
Tsing Yi Island and Ting Kau
Characteristics
Design - Cable-stayed bridge
Total length -1,177 metres
(3,862 ft)
Longest span -448 metres (1,470 ft)
and 475 metres (1,558 ft)
History
Opened 5 May 1998; 22 years ago