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Structure-ID: s0000016
Created on: 10/28/98
Modified on: 08/26/10


Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge

Charles River Crossing; Charles River Bridge
Completed in: 2005
Status: in use
Location: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Crosses: Charles River
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
multicable, fan arrangement
Function / usage:
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Next to: Charlestown Bridge
Replaces: Old I-93 Charles River Bridge
Connects to: Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Tunnel (2003)
Part of: Central Artery/Tunnel Project

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer Christian Menn
Architect Miguel Rosales
Erection engineer David Goodyear

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
  Bechtel Corporation
  Parsons Brinckerhoff
Design HNTB
Structural engineering HNTB

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  steel
deck  steel
Dimensions
  main span 227.00 m
  length of side spans 2 x 84 m
deck   deck width 56.39 m
  girder depth 3.05 m
  number of lanes 10
pylons   pylon height 98.40 m
  pylon height (above deck) 64.00 m
Cost
  cost of construction ca. US$ 115 000 000

Chronology
20 December 2003
Open to traffic in both directions of the mainline (4 lanes in each direction).
2005
Expected completion and opening of another 2 lanes for a local cantilever ramp.

Relevant Web Sites
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External LinkarchINFORM: Leonard P. Zakim Brücke English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkBoston Roads: Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge English
External LinkBridge Pros: Charles River Bridge English
External LinkCentral Artery/Tunnel Project English
External LinkPBS: Building Big - Charles River Bridge English
External LinkWikipedia: Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge English
External LinkYet another Big Dig web page...: Charles River Bridge English

Relevant Literature
* Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France) , 2004; pp. 59.
* Pont de Charles River, in "Freyssinet Magazine", March 2000, n. 207 .
* Chandra, V.   A landmark cable-stayed bridge over the Charles River, Boston, Massachusetts, in "Structural Concrete", December 2002, n. 4 v. 3 .
* Chandra, Vijay   Charles River Crossing: a gateway to Boston, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
* Davidson, William A.   Below Boston's New Bridge, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", December 1998, n. 12 v. 68 .
* Kumarasena, S.   Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts, in "Structural Engineering International", May 2003, n. 2 v. 13 .
* McCabe, Ray   Innovative Association of Materials in the Leonard Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, presented at fib Symposium 2004, 26-28 April 2004, Avignon.
* Menn, Christian   Conceptual Design of the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, Boston, MA, USA, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2004, n. 1 v. 14 .
* Ricci, Anthony   A Signature Bridge for Boston, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", June 1997, n. 6 v. 67 .
* Vizard, Frank   The Big Dig, Popular Science, n. 6, v. 258 (2001).
* Vogel, Thomas   Christiann Menn, Birkhäuser Verlag (Basel, Boston, Berlin), Basel (Switzerland) , ISBN 3764357525, 1997.
* Wells, Matthew   30 Bridges, Laurence King, ISBN 1856692175, 2002; pp. 122-126.
* Wells, Matthew   30 Brücken, Callwey Verlag, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3766715011; pp. 122-126.

 
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