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... mile , but because of the southern approach along the shore , the bridge had to describe a sweeping curve , making its total length nearly two miles . Bouch designed a viaduct of eighty - five spans of lengths varying from 200 to 285 ...
... mile , but because of the southern approach along the shore , the bridge had to describe a sweeping curve , making its total length nearly two miles . Bouch designed a viaduct of eighty - five spans of lengths varying from 200 to 285 ...
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... mile crossing under water . The final design called for twelve miles of prestressed concrete trestles for the approaches , two tunnels of a mile each for the navigation channels , and two high - level bridges near the north end for ...
... mile crossing under water . The final design called for twelve miles of prestressed concrete trestles for the approaches , two tunnels of a mile each for the navigation channels , and two high - level bridges near the north end for ...
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... miles from Chesapeake Beach , between Norfolk and Virginia Beach , to the first of four man - made islands . The islands were created to provide portals for the mile - long tunnels that carry the crossing under the main traffic channels ...
... miles from Chesapeake Beach , between Norfolk and Virginia Beach , to the first of four man - made islands . The islands were created to provide portals for the mile - long tunnels that carry the crossing under the main traffic channels ...
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How Bridges Were Invented | 1 |
The Mighty Roman Arch | 7 |
The Engineer Vanishes from Europe but Appears in Asia | 19 |
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