BRIDGES

(See also Architecture; Construction; Engineering)

corrosion of reinforcing rods:

cause and prevention: g85 8/22 31

disasters: g64 11/8 29; g63 7/22 20-21

natural: g38 12/14 31

suspension: g74 4/22 26; g65 1/8 26-27; g63 7/22 18-21

tolls: g81 8/22 31; g74 4/22 26; g63 7/22 18-19; g62 6/22 30

List by Name

Brooklyn Bridge: g83 10/22 16-18; g73 7/22 30; g63 7/22 19

Duplessis Bridge: g52 3/8 11; g51 9/22 6

Fairmount Bridge: g63 7/22 20

George Washington Bridge: g63 7/22 18-19, 21; g32 1/20 247

Golden Gate Bridge: g82 2/8 30; g63 7/22 21; g62 10/22 31; g61 2/22 30; g37 11/17 9; g34 12/5 152; g33 11/22 119

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway: g57 2/22 24

Mackinac Bridge: g63 7/22 20-21; g59 5/22 23

Peace Bridge at Buffalo, New York: g81 8/22 31

Salazar Bridge: g66 9/22 30; g66 11/22 14-16

San Francisco—Oakland Bay Bridge: g63 7/22 21; g37 11/17 9; g34 12/5 152; g33 10/11 22

Tacoma Narrows Bridge: g63 7/22 20-21

Verrazano-Narrows: g65 1/8 26-27; g63 7/22 21; g62 10/22 31

List by Place

Big Sandy River, West Virginia: g78 3/8 30

Bosporus: g74 4/22 25-26

Brazil:

horseplay leads to collapse of footbridge: g82 7/8 30

Britain:

bridge strengthened by use of tubs of glue: g83 5/22 30-31

London: g78 7/8 23

Mianus River bridge in Connecticut:

starlings abandoned roosting beneath it before its collapse: g84 3/22 30

New York City: g58 4/22 12; g32 1/20 247

River Kwai: g66 12/8 12-14

Sydney, Australia: g32 4/27 471

Venezuela: g67 2/22 29