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Dedicated 12/20/1930
Designers: Thomas G. Pihlfeldt, Donald Becker, Edward H. Bennet, Hugh Young
Classification:Single Deck; Rail Height Trusses
Clear Span: 232 feet
Trunnion-to-Trunnion Span: 269 feet
Width: 90 feet
Leaf Weight: 2,600 tons
Height above the Water: 22 feet
Construction Cost in 1930: $2.7 million
Average Daily Foot Traffic (1999): 7,047
Average Daily Vehicular Traffic (2006): 5,800
Annual Lifts (2006): 41
Last Rehabilitated: 2003
Cultural: Movies – About Last Night (1986), Straight Talk (1991), Wanted (2008), The Dark Knight (2008), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Engineering Drawings
1930 Elevation Drawing of the Bridge Tender Houses
1929 General Plan and Elevation Drawing
1929 Equipment Elevation Drawing
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