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Re: The Manhattan Bridge

Posted by WillD on Tue Jul 28 19:12:17 2009, in response to Re: The Manhattan Bridge, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jul 28 13:31:47 2009.

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IIRC, it was "stiffened" with additional steel wire supports.

They added a stiffening truss above the road deck:

Before, note plate girder without a stiffening truss:



After, note truss above road deck:



And today with the composite aerodynamic fairing replacing the truss:

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