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s0000513 |
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11/17/99 |
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08/26/10 |
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steel
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| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
masonry
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main span |
322.4 m | | |
length of side spans |
85.7 m | | |
total length |
686.9 m |
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| 1899
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| Concerns over the inadequacy of the deck truss yield to a redesign of the deck truss by Wilhelm Hildenbrand |
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 | A Span for All Seasons: John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge  |
| archINFORM: Hängebrücke über den Ohio     |
| Cincinnati Transit: Roebling Suspension Bridge |
| Digital Bridges: A full and complete description of the Covington and Cincinnati suspension bridge |
| HAER: Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH |
| HAER: Covington & Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Covington, KY-Cincinnati, OH, Covington, Kenton County, KY |
| Historic Bridges of the United States: Roebling Suspension Bridge |
| iCivilEngineer: The John A. Roebling Bridge |
| Invention Factory: The Cincinnati-Covington Bridge |
| Wikipedia: John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge |
| Wikipedia: John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge |
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Farrington, Edmond F. A full and complete description of the Covington and Cincinnati suspension bridge, J. P. Lindsay & co., printers, Cincinnati (USA) , 1867.
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Jackson, Donald C. Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 226-227.
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John A. Roebling's Sons Company Construction of Parallel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges, John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Trenton (USA) , 1925.
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Troitsky, M. S. Cable-Stayed Bridges, Crosby Lockwood Staples, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0258970340, 1977.
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