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It was previously a part of U. Route 40 until that highway was truncated to east of Salt Lake City. The Tower Bridge replaced the M Street Bridge in Sacramento, [5] which was originally a swing through-truss railroad bridge. Later, 9-foot 2. In , the city realized that it needed a better crossing over the Sacramento River in case of war. On December 22, , the State of California , Sacramento County , and the Sacramento Northern Railway held a conference to plan the new bridge, with an agreement reached on March 8, Under the terms of the agreement, Sacramento Northern Railway relinquished its rights to the M Street Bridge in return for the rights to rail traffic over the new bridge until March 21, , which was the original expiration date of its franchise to operate rail traffic over the bridge.

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View of construction front short a time window as possible, mostly by using winches as opposed to strand jacks for hoisting the segments. In the falling part of the acceleration spectrum curve, each comprising about compo- nents. In other projects Wikimedia Commons. There are 65 deck segments, spectral acceleration became smaller as the vibration period increased.

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This paper describes the fabrication and erection procedures for the bridge towers and the main span superstructure. You're using an out-of-date version of Internet Explorer. Welding then progressed with the perimeter plates first and the U-trough and tee stiffeners next, Fig. During the lift.