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	Second Narrows Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Second Narrows Bridge is a vertical lift rail bridge that crosses the Burrard Inlet and connects Vancouver with the North Shore.
		This bridge was constructed, by John Stewart and Northern Construction, with a car deck and a year later in 1926 trains began using the bridge as well.
		In 1994 the new bridge was renamed the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Second_Narrows_Bridge (891 words)

	Bridges and Buildings: The Built Environment - Structure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Bridges are a great way to study structure because all of the structural elements are in plain view.
		The artistic trio of bridges connecting the North Side to the Golden Triangle is known affectionately as "The Three Sisters." The 6th, 7th and 9th Street Bridges are chain suspension bridges and they are the only example in the world of three identical bridges positioned side-by-side-by-side.
		Suspension bridges use the force of tension to counteract the bending forces on the deck of the bridge.
	www.wqed.org /erc/pghist/units/build/structure1.shtml (1183 words)

	Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, originally called and still commonly called the Second Narrows Bridge, is the second bridge constructed at the Second (east) Narrows of Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
		The bridge is 1292 metres (4239 ft) long with a centre span of 335 m (1099 ft).
		The bridge was renamed the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing in 1994 to honour the 27 workers that lost their lives during its construction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ironworkers_Memorial_Bridge (472 words)

	Tourism Vancouver - Vancouver Information - Bridges
		The bridge was built by the First Narrows Bridge Company with engineering provided by Monsarrat and Pratley of Montreal and Swan Wooster Engineering of Vancouver.
		It wasn't the first bridge to be built there-several disastrous forays ended in deaths, lawsuits and huge damage claims from previous attempts-and even the present bridge wasn't always so secure.
		In 1994, the Second Narrows was renamed the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge to commemorate the number of people killed trying to bridge the Second Narrows.
	64.40.101.10 /media/vancouver_information/bridges.cfm (469 words)

	NewBayBridge.org - Media News
		The whole thing, where dozens of ironworkers are bolting braces to steel crossmembers, is suspended from the bridge by steel cables.
		Before the San Mateo Bridge widening, which voters paid for by approving a toll increase, the bridge was the third-worst Bay Area commute.
		The San Rafael Bridge retrofit was the costliest single contract in Caltrans history at the time it came in at $485 million, 20 percent over estimates.
	www.newbaybridge.org /medianews/2004_11_29_oaktrib_others.html (1983 words)

	Flying off the Bridge to Nowhere (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Smithfield Street Bridge, Weirton WV to Steubenville, OH Bridge, Interviews with iron workers; people who love bridge history; the riverboat captain who spotted the crack in Glenfield Bridge on bridge on Interstate 79; and to the iron worker who had his legs caught in Brady Street Bridge construction.
		The Duquesne Bridge became known as "The Bridge to Nowhere" due to delays while it was under construction in 1961-1968.
		The second bridge was an iron suspension bridge built by John Roebling, a bridge engineer who founded Saxonburg, PA. He invented wire rope that he used to build bridges, including the Brooklyn Bridge.
	www.wqed.org /erc/pghist/logs/bridges.shtml (1030 words)

	seMissourian.com: News : Old and new Cape bridges
		The dismantling of the old bridge started about three or four weeks ago with the removal of the road deck and the curbing at the edge of the deck on the Illinois side of the bridge, said senior construction inspector Rick Lamb with the Missouri Department of Transportation..
		Many gaps had to be leapt to build the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge: 4,000 feet across the Mississippi River, Illinois' initial reluctance to join in the project, different political allegiances on each side of the river, and technical problems with the bedrock that stopped construction for a time.
		The Clark Bridge at Alton, Ill., and the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge in Hannibal, Mo., are the two most recently built bridges spanning the great river between Illinois and Missouri...
	semissourian.com /topic/bridge (7023 words)

	Vancouver Tours \| Sightseeing and Harbour Tours with Ports Alive
		In 1955, the government bought the bridge and on April 1, 1963, all tolls for vehicles were lifted.
		In 1928 the bridge was struck by the Norwich City.
		Begun in November 1957, and built alongside the older 2 nd Narrows train bridge, the current Iron Workers Memorial Bridge was intended to replace the narrow roadway of the rail and car bridge.
	www.portsalive.com /landmarks-detail.php (1198 words)

	Bridges of Greater Vancouver
		The bridge piers have provision for a rapid transit vertical lift span beneath the highway deck.
		The second bridge (1901), with its half-through steel plate girder swing span, was superseded by the Oak Street and Middle Arm bridges.
		The old bridge could not compete with the convenience of the new; it was closed to highway traffic in 1963, and sold to the CNR for $1.
	www.discovervancouver.com /GVB/vancouver-bridges.asp (3703 words)

	CNN.com - Largest suspension bridge in 30 years opens - Nov. 9, 2003
		The $400 million bridge is 410 feet tall, rests on two piers and is designed to withstand an earthquake of magnitude 8.0.
		It is named for an ironworker who fell from the Golden Gate Bridge during its construction in 1936 and survived to help build six more bridges in the Bay Area.
		The bridge named for him is the longest suspension span to open in the United States since the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland opened.
	cnn.com /2003/US/West/11/09/new.bridge.ap/index.html (396 words)

	San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council - Organized Labor: Zampa Memorial Suspension Bridge Opens ...
		The Zampa Memorial Bridge, with an overall deck length of 3,465 feet is the longest suspension bridge built in the U.S. since the Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened in New York in 1964.
		It is the first suspension bridge constructed on a pile foundation with concrete towers in the U.S. According to Caltrans, the piles for the towers reach 300 feet below the surface of the water and are as deep as the original 1927 bridge was tall.
		Also the bridge is designed to withstand a maximum credible earthquake along any of the three major faults in the area including the San Andreas, the Hayward or the Franklin faults.
	www.sfbctc.org /n2403-zampa_opens.htm (743 words)

	nshomes.ca
		The bascule had been installed at the south end of the bridge in a shallow water area, to avoid building expensive towers and a lift span.
		Plaques were put up at both end of the bridge to commemorate the workers who lost their lives during the construction.
		In the 1990's the bridge was re-named “The Ironworkers Memorial Bridge”, as a tribute to the workers who lost their life during its collapse while it was being built.
	www.nshomes.ca /history_2ndnarrows.php (676 words)

	Emerson (MO08) - Press Release - Bridge Speech
		For me, the bridge is a testament to what men and women can do when faced with daunting odds and seemingly insurmountable challenges.
		This structure would not be possible without the ironworkers, steelworkers, and skilled laborers who assembled the 13 million pounds of reinforcing steel, nearly 244 million pounds of concrete, and 171 miles of cable.
		The bridge is named for Bill, but it belongs to all of us, and it is in our keeping now.
	www.house.gov /apps/list/speech/mo08_emerson/sp_031213.html (993 words)

	San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council - Organized Labor: New Carquinez Suspension Bridge to Open This ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		One of the most exciting new infrastructure projects in Northern California in recent memory is the erection of a new suspension bridge over the Carquinez Straits; connecting the growing suburbs of Solano County with the Greater Bay Area.
		The first bridge over the straits was started by the American Toll Bridge Company in 1923 and finished by the State of California in 1927.
		This is the first suspension bridge built in the U.S. since the Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened in New York in 1964.
	www.sfbctc.org /30303-carquinez-bridge.htm (556 words)

	The History of 2nd Narrows Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The bridge link to the North Shore was severed for four years as lawsuits and the bankruptcy of the Bridge company delayed any attempt at repairs.
		Begun in November 1957, and built alongside the older bridge, the current Second Narrows Bridge, was intended to replace the narrow roadway of the rail and car bridge.
		The Second Narrows Bridge is the main link to Vancouver for the North Shore.
	www.cherrybouton.com /2ndnarrows.html (632 words)

	seMissourian.com: Photo Gallery : Filling the last gap in the new bridge
		Ironworkers used a torque wrench to tighten bolts as they finished installing the six-foot north girder which closed the final gap in the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge.
		A barge crane lowered a nearly 100-foot-long steel floor beam between the final two girders in the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge Tuesday afternoon.
		Ironworkers installed the last floor beam in the deck of the bridge.
	www.semissourian.com /gallery/bridge/gap (168 words)

	Al Zampa Memorial Bridge Site
		The dangers were ever present; during the building of the Bay Bridge, 24 men were lost, many of whom he knew, as they went “into the hole,” the phrase for a drastic, often-times fatal fall.
		Zampa joined Local 377 of the Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers in order to work on the Golden Gate, which was the first bridge in the area to be built with an all-labor crew, and the first to employ safety nets and to require hard hats.
		The play, written by Maynard, was based on his life and was advertised as “An ironworker’s story of heroism, risk and recognition on the Golden Gate Bridge.” It was well-received on San Francisco stages, especially during the bridge’s 50th anniversary year.
	www.alzampabridge.com /bio.html (1798 words)

	Al Zampa Memorial Bridge Site, New Carquinez Bridge
		The Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge is the only bridge in the U.S. named for a blue collar worker, a construction worker, an Iron Worker.
		In 1989 he was also appointed eighth General Vice President of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers of the United States and Canada.
		The stated purpose of The Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge non profit organization is to provide funding to perpetuate the name of the Bridge and to recognize and honor the many contributions of immigrant and all blue collar workers in the building and construction trades throughout the United States.
	www.alzampabridge.com (1189 words)

	California bridge named after ironworker - North County Times - State / West - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Dubbed the "little sister" to the celebrated Golden Gate Bridge because of their similar designs, the 420-foot-tall suspension bridge has thick red cables that swoop down from gray concrete towers over the wide, emerald swath of water.
		The bridge also has Japanese-made orthotropic steel decks, which are made of hollow, steel-reinforced cubes and tapered to reduce wind resistance.
		Dick Zampa, son of Alfred Zampa and vice president of the International Ironworkers Union, said his father would have been thrilled that he and other ironworkers, known as the industry's "cowboys in the sky," are finally being recognized.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2003/11/08/news/state/11_7_0320_00_27.txt (846 words)

	Vancouver Bridges
		The Knight Street Bridge, which crosses the river east of the Oak Street Bridge, is the least significant bridge for visitors.
		The Burrard Street Bridge is west and the Cambie Street Bridge is east.
		The other bridge to the North Shore, the Ironworkers Memorial, or the Second Narrows Bridge, was completed in 1960.
	www.bcpassport.com /vital/bridges.html (485 words)

	The Sonic Memorial Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		One of the first calls The Sonic Memorial Project received was from Bob and Barbara Krutzel who called to tell about their 1976 wedding at Windows on the World, on the 107th floor.
		That led Sonic Memorial producers to think about the thousands of others who fell in love, proposed, or were married at Windows on the World and on the observation deck of the World Trade Center over the years.
		The Sonic Memorial Special is part of public radio's week of special coverage, Understanding America After 9/11.
	www.sonicmemorial.org /sonic/public/stories.html (902 words)

	THE SONIC MEMORIAL PROJECT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Mohawk iron working began in the 1880s when the Dominion Bridge Company began a bridge from the Kahnawake reserve across the St. Lawrence River to Montreal.
		They were dissatisfied with this arrangement and would come out on the bridge itself every chance they got.
		Many of these men had been hired to set iron on the Quebec Bridge, which was soon to be the largest cantilevered bridge in the world.
	www.sonicmemorial.org /sonic/public/mohawk/mohawk.html (1064 words)

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		Specifically, it is envisioned that the bridge be widened to accommodate priority bus lanes.
		"The bridge is the bottleneck which fetters the fluid movement of people, goods, and services through this and other communities and can restrict the timely response of emergency services," he added.
		The planning committee will not only solicit funds for the bridge upgrade but will also look at upgrading the road networks either side of the bridge, including the possible twinning of the Dollarton Bridge and a Keith Road flyover.
	www.nsnews.com /issues02/w092302/094302/news/094302nn2.html (724 words)

	Blogged Daily Archives
		Near the front of the line, no time to turn on to Powell and go over the bridge to get to Victoria and Triumph so it's now getting to be a bit behind schedule.
		The pickup at Triumph was a clueless wonder place, bad enough to have to phone my customer and tell him that his supplier was screwing up and couldn't even find his order.
		Always so intent on hitting that Ironworkers Memorial Bridge on the way home, once in a blue moon it may be better to go the other way.
	www.markgroen.com /blogx/archives/000118.html (545 words)

	Hiking the blooming heights of spring \| Straight.com Vancouver
		I could look down through the forest to Burrard Inlet east of the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing and CNR bridges, and directly north up the Seymour River Valley that divides Lynn Peak and Mount Seymour.
		A sign posted beside a recently constructed pedestrian bridge spanning a train tunnel at the entrance to the CNR bridge marked the Burnaby-Vancouver border.
		Older than the Ironworkers Memorial bridge that soars across Burrard Inlet, the level railway bridge sports two massive weights used to raise and lower its midspan, allowing ocean freighters to access the port's eastern region.
	www.straight.com /content.cfm?id=9473 (944 words)

	Mohawk Ironworkers Who Helped Build the World Trade Center Profiled on Lost &... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Sonic Memorial Project, a series about the life and history of the World Trade Center and surrounding neighborhood, airs selected Mondays from June to September 2002 on All Things Considered.
		The Sonic Memorial Project, a seven-part radio series with additional Web-exclusive content, commemorates the life and history of the World Trade Center and its neighborhood through rare recordings, historical records and personal stories.
		The Sonic Memorial Project features material submitted by people across the U.S. who contributed personal recordings, stories and remembrances by calling NPR's Sonic Memorial Hotline at 202-408-0300 or e-mailing info@sonicmemorial.org.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=5583 (415 words)

	Vancouver Sun - Story - canada.com network
		A company that sells billboard advertising is offering to build a new bridge in the District of North Vancouver in return for the right to erect 30 or more billboards in the district.
		Gallicano is offering North Vancouver district a seismic upgrade on the existing Dollarton Bridge and a second two-lane bridge parallel to it.
		Upgrading the Dollarton Bridge was approved by district residents in a referendum, Denault said, but the district can't afford to do the work without imposing a huge tax increase.
	shazam.econ.ubc.ca /~info/e490/bridge.htm (902 words)

	Cracks found in Ironworkers Memorial bridge
		Hairline cracks have been found in some of the support structures of the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge during a routine inspection.
		Construction of the bridge between Vancouver and North Vancouver was completed in 1960.
		The bridge is a heavily used, 1.3-kilometre link between Vancouver and North Vancouver and is part of the Trans-Canada Highway.
	cbc.ca /canada/british-columbia/story/2006/09/06/bc-bridge.html?ref=rss (1119 words)

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