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1929 Navaho bridge at left, the highest in the world at the time. These bridges join the distant cities of Flagstaff and Fredonia, replacing en:Lee's Ferry. This was the only bridge crossing in over 600 miles of river Despite a sparsely populated region, over 5,000 people attended the dedication. Original Bridge at Left: Dedicated: June 14-15, 1929 Total length: 834 ft (254 m) Steel arch length: 616 ft (188 m) Arch rise: 90 ft (27.4 m) Height above river: 467 ft (142 m) Width of the roadway: 18 ft (5.5 m) Amount of steel: 2.4 million lbs (1,089,000 kg) Amount of concrete: 500 cu yds (385 m3 Amount of steel reenforcement: 8200 lbs (37,000 kg) Construction cost: $390 thousand New Bridge at Right:: The main pin of the new bridge to the right was set October 14, 1994, after seven months of construction. Total length: 909 ft (277 m) Steel arch length: 726 ft (221 m) Arch rise 90: ft (27.4 m) Height above river: 470 ft (143 m) Width of the roadway: 44 ft (13.4 m) Amount of steel: 2.4 million lbs (1,089,000 kg) Amount of concrete: 1,790 cu yds (1370 m3 Amount of steel reenforcement: 3.9 million lbs (1,769,000 kg) Construction cost $147 million Two panel composite image with third image of bridge shadow by en:User:Leonard G. |
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Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is (was) here * 15:20, 27 May 2006 [[:en:User:Leonard G.|Leonard G.]] 3000×1790 (2,142,664 bytes) <span class="comment">(1929 Navaho bridge at left, the highest in the world at the time. These bridges join the distant cities of Flagstaff and Fredonia, replacing [[:en:Lee's Ferry]]. This was the only bridge crossing in over 600 miles of river Despite a sparsely populated region, )</span> |
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