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Structure-ID: s0002419
Created on: 11/22/01
Modified on: 07/06/04


Turtle Bay Sundial Bridge

Completed in: 2004
Status: in use
Location: Redding, Shasta County, California, USA
Sundial Bridge Plaque
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
asymmetric, no backstays, inclined pylon
Function / usage:
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer Santiago Calatrava Valls

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Wind tunnel testing Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc.
General contractor Kiewit Pacific Co.
Steel construction USI
Project management Omni Means, Ltd.

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  steel
deck truss  steel
deck slab  glass
Dimensions
  main span 150 m
  total length 230 m
Cost
  cost of construction US$ 19 700 000

Chronology
4 July 2004
The bridge is opened.

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External LinkarchINFORM: Sundial-Brücke über die Turtle Bay English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkBuckland & Tayler: Turtle Bay Pedestrian Bridge English
External LinkSantiago Calatrava - The Unofficial Site: Turtle Bay Sundial Bridge English
External LinkTurtle Bay Sundial Bridge English

Relevant Literature
* Bridge Architecture + Design (1st edition), Braun Publishing AG, Salenstein (Switzerland) , ISBN 3037680253, 2010; pp. 282-285.

 
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