Sunshine Skyway Bridge

1. Sunshine Skyway Bridge

2. Sunshine Skyway Bridge
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge was make of Concrete, steel, epoxy, grout
The Bridge is a Cable-stayed bridge

3. Weaknesses Strengths
Wind
Strong
suicide
The dolphins around each pier were
designed to withstand the impact of an
87,000-ton ship.

4. Location: St. Petersburg and
Bradenton, Florida, USA
Facts Sunshine Skyway Bridge
Completion Date: 1987 Did you know? The dolphins
Cost: $244 million The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is the around each
Length: 29,040 feet world's longest cable-stayed bridge pier were
Type: Cable-Stayed (A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge designed to
Purpose: Roadway that consists of one or more withstand the
Materials: Steel, concrete pillars, with cables supporting the impact of an
Longest Single Span: 1,200 roadbed), with a length of 29,040 87,000-ton
feet feet or nearly 5.6 miles.
ship.
Engineer(s): Figg & Muller
Engineering Group Travel Channel rated the bridge as one of the
top 10 in the world.
Completed in April, 1987, at a
construction cost of approximately $245
million, the bridge safely carries four
lanes of traffic (20,000 cars a day) back 430' (131 m)
and forth from Pinellas County (St.
Petersburg) to Manatee County.
21,654' (6,600 m)
Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Total
length

5. The Tension is on the Cable
The compression is on the
towers.

6. Site Work
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_skyway_bridge
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