A tale of two bridges : the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridges of 1936 and 2013 / Stephen D. Mikesell.

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Mikesell, Stephen D [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2017]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780874174670
0874174678

Other title:

Tale of 2 bridges

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Tale of two bridges.DDC classification:

624.2/30979461 23

LOC classification:

TG25.S237 M56 2017

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Contents:

Transportation in the Bay Area before the Bay Bridge -- How the Bay Bridge was planned in the 1920s -- How the Bay Bridge was finally approved : the Hoover-Young Commission -- The context of great bridges from the 1920s and 1930s -- How the Bay Bridge was designed, 1931 to 1933 -- How the Bay Bridge was built in the 1930s -- What happened to the Bay Bridge between 1936 and the Loma Prieta earthquake -- A repair effort becomes a megaproject; the decision to replace the east span of the Bay Bridge -- Context of big bridges, part 2 -- Designing a megaproject in public -- Everything that can go wrong -- A tale of two bridges.

Scope and content: "A Tale of Two Bridges chronicles the planning and construction of two versions of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge: the original New Deal bridge of 1936 and the 2013 replacement of the eastern half of the bridge. It contrasts the huge popularity and fiscal and engineering success of the 1936 bridge with the cost overruns, delays, and other problems associated with the later structure. It shows how one bridge succeeded where the other did not"--Provided by publisher.

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"A Tale of Two Bridges chronicles the planning and construction of two versions of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge: the original New Deal bridge of 1936 and the 2013 replacement of the eastern half of the bridge. It contrasts the huge popularity and fiscal and engineering success of the 1936 bridge with the cost overruns, delays, and other problems associated with the later structure. It shows how one bridge succeeded where the other did not"--Provided by publisher.