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American Bridge – Latest Designs, chronological:

May 5, 2021
The Midtown Viaduct, Manhattan, New York City
Architecture: DXA Studio

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Midtown Viaduct Manhattan
DXA studio, a New York-based architecture and design firm known for a diverse range of projects primarily in Manhattan and Brooklyn, today announced it will exhibit its conceptual design for The Midtown Viaduct during the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021 from May 22nd to November 21st.

Oct 15, 2019
Everett Grand Avenue Pedestrian Bridge, Everett, Washington, USA
Design: LMN Architects

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photography : Adam Hunter/LMN Architects
Everett Grand Avenue Pedestrian Bridge
LMN Architects celebrate the design and construction of the new Everett Grand Avenue Pedestrian Bridge in Everett, Washington. The bridge is a unique piece of public infrastructure that will provide a vital new link between the city of Everett to its growing waterfront district.

Oct 21, 2010
San Diego Coronado Bridge, California
2010-
Lighting Contest Winners

image from Peter Fink
San Diego Coronado Bridge
An international team led by London based artist Peter Fink (Form Associates) and lighting designer Mark Major (Speirs + Major) in association with Buro Happold in Los Angeles has been announced as the winner of the largest interactive green energy lighting project in North America. The San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge, built in 1969 in the spectacular context of the bay, has become a symbol of the San Diego area – just as the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges are symbols for San Francisco. The San Diego bridge is characterised by its graceful 2.5 mile long curved deck supported by over 30 towers reaching a height of 200 feet over the navigation channel. The shipping channels are spanned by the world’s longest continuous three-span box girder measuring 1,880 feet.

Apr 30, 2017
Bridge for Laboratory Sciences at Vassar College, City of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York State, USA
Design: Ennead Architects

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Bridge for Laboratory Sciences at Vassar College
The building is both literally and figuratively a transformative connector ‒ bridging the disciplines of science and the surrounding wetland, while built like a bridge for minimal impact on the environment.

American Bridge Structures

US Bridge Structures listed alphabetically:

Brooklyn Bridge East River, Brooklyn / New York, NY
Date built: 1883
Design: John A. Roebling, designer / civil engineer

photo © Adrian Welch
Brooklyn Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
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Design: Irving F. Morrow / Gertrude C. Morrow

photo © Andrew McRae
Golden Gate Bridge

Manhattan Bridge, New York, NY

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Manhattan Bridge
The Manhattan Bridge, the youngest of the four East River Bridges, celebrated its 100th birthday in 2009. While the youngest of the East River Bridges, the Manhattan Bridge has long experienced problems of aging due to its design. Essentially “under built,” the 1,470 foot suspension bridge consists of four main cables draped over two, sleek piers. The designer, Leon Moisseiff, assumed that the inherent structure of suspension bridges made them stronger and decided as a result not to use stiffening trusses like those used, for example, on the Williamsburg Bridge (opened in 1903).

Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, Dallas, Texas
Date built: 2009-
Design: Santiago Calatrava Architects

picture : Marco Becerra
Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge