7/31/2019 Infographic: Golden Gate Bridge
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SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY
MEGAN DINNER/QMI AGENCY
Approximate cost to build a new Golden Gate bridge,in 2003
dollars$1,200,000,000
Approximate numberof rivets in each tower600,000
Original cost to build$35,000,000Weight of both main towers
40,200,000 kg
Amount of concreteused to build the bridge297,475 m
Amount of structural steelused to build the bridge75,293,000
kg
IN MINUTES News and events visually
75 years ago . . .The Golden Gate Bridge was ocially opened to
vehicle trac on May 28, 1937
Richmond
Richmond
Berkeley
Berkeley
Oakland
Oakland
SanRafael
SanRafael
SanPabloBay
SanFrancisco
Bay
Gulfofthe
FarallonesMarine
Sanctuary
SanFrancisco
SanFrancisco
CA
OR
NV
UT
IDWY
CO
AZNM
Clearance
above mean high
water: 67 m1,991
meters
long 1,650 1,6241,490
1,410 1,385 1,3771,298 1,280 1,280
GIRDER/BEAM
LONGESTSUSPENSIONBRIDGES
BRIDGE TYPES
Widthof roadway
betweencurbs:
19 m
All of the
verticalsuspender ropes
were replacedbetween 1972
and 1976
Has 250 pairsof vertical
suspender ropesthat are spaced
just over 15meters apart
Widthof sidewalk:
3 m
AkashiKaikyoBridge,Japan
XihoumenBridge,China
GreatBelt
Bridge,Denmark
RunyangBridge,China
HumberBridge,
UK
JiangyinSuspension
Bridge,China
Tsing MaBridge,HongKong
Verrazana-Narrows
Bridge, USA
GoldenGate
Bridge,USA
YangluoBridge,China
The most basic bridge,an example being a logacross a creek.
TRUSSSimple skeletal structure;made up of small beamsthat can
support weight
ARCHCurve has high resistanceto bending forces; needsno center
piers
CANTILEVERModified beam bridge;support is in the middleof the
span
CABLE-STAYEDCables stretch downdiagonally, supportingthe girder
from towers
SUSPENSIONAllows for longest spans;continuous girder with oneor
more towerss
Widthof bridge:
27 m
Height
of towerabove water:
227 m
Height
of tower
above road:
152 m
CALIFORNIA
112,000 Vehicles cross it every day2,000,000,000 Vehicles
havecrossed since 1937
Cost oftoll:
$6
men died during constructionof the bridge11
Total bridge length: 2,737 m
Length of one
main cable:
2,332 m
Weight in 1937: 811,500,000 kg
Weight in 1986: 804,700,000 kg
