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Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge
Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge
Society: ASCE Main Category: Civil Sub Category: Bridges Era: 1930-1939 DateCreated: 1930 Veterans Memorial Bridge West Hempfield State: PA Zip: Country: USA Website: http://www.asce.org/Project/Columbia-Wrightsville-Bridge/ Creator: Long, James , Wiley-Maxon Construction Company

The total length of the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge is 7,374 feet. Its construction required 100,000 cubic yards of concrete and 8 million pounds of steel reinforcing rods.

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1984
Image Credit: Courtesy Flickr/Gerry Dincher (CC BY-SA 2.0) Image Caption: Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge Era_date_from: 1930
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Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge

The total length of the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge is 7,374 feet. Its construction required 100,000 cubic yards of concrete and 8 million pounds of steel reinforcing rods.

Consisting of 28 arches, each 185 feet long, the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge carrying automobile traffic…

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