ArchitectureWeek - Puzzler Answer #52

Answers . 06 June 2001


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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler

Created by Dave Guadagni

Solution to Last Week's Puzzler
Architecture Puzzler #52

Question

The main spans of the longest suspension bridges tend to be how many times longer than the main spans of the longest steel arch bridges?

Answer

The "Humber" suspension bridge in Hull, England with its main span at 4,626 feet (1410 meters) is 2.7 times longer than the "New River Gorge" steel arch bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia, with its 1,700-foot (518-meter) main span.

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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects

The suspension bridge over San Francisco's Golden Gate, designed by Joseph B. Strauss, 1933 to 1937.
Photo: GreatBuildings.com

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