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BOSTONIANS APPRECIATE BRIDGE'S BEAUTY AS THEY ANTICIPATE ITS OPENING

Raymond J. McCabe

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This article discusses the aesthetics and appearance of the new Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, a part of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (The Big Dig) in Boston, Massachusetts. This bridge structure is of the cable-stayed type, and will provide a total of 8 lanes of traffic capacity when it opens in Fall 2002. At 185 ft, it is the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world and the first major hybrid cable-stayed bridge in the U.S., using steel in the main span and concrete in the back spans. Other aspects of this unique structure are also described.

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This article discusses the aesthetics and appearance of the new Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, a part of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (The Big Dig) in Boston, Massachusetts. This bridge structure is of the cable-stayed type, and will provide a total of 8 lanes of traffic capacity when it opens in Fall 2002. At 185 ft, it is the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world and the first major hybrid cable-stayed bridge in the U.S., using steel in the main span and concrete in the back spans. Other aspects of this unique structure are also described.

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This article discusses the aesthetics and appearance of the new Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, a part of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (The Big Dig) in Boston, Massachusetts. This bridge structure is of the cable-stayed type, and will provide a total of 8 lanes of traffic capacity when it opens in Fall 2002. At 185 ft, it is the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world and the first major hybrid cable-stayed bridge in the U.S., using steel in the main span and concrete in the back spans. Other aspects of this unique structure are also described.

Key concepts: Bridge (graph theory), Bunker, Span (engineering), Engineering, Structural engineering, Beauty, Civil engineering, Forensic engineering

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