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	The Million Dollar Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Million Dollar Bridge is a bridge that spans the Copper River in the state of Alaska.
		This bridge was built in 1908 and cost 1.5 million dollars.
		In 1958 it was changed from a railway bridge to a vehicle bridge It received major damaged in the 1964 earthquake.
	library.thinkquest.org /10201 (127 words)

	The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster ................. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		On November 7, these oscillations became sufficiently large to snap a support cable in the centre of the bridge, and the unbalanced load that was created caused the bridge to begin twisting in the wind, which eventually led to the bridge's collapse.
		Bridge designers in the mid twentieth century had been using steel trusses for stiffening in bridges, and the immense weight of all that steel made most bridges so stable that the designers were unaware of the effects of wind.
		The collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge was due to a combination of factors.
	www.worsleyschool.net /science/files/tacoma/bridge.html (442 words)

	Million Dollar Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Million Dollar Bridge, more formally known as the Miles Glacier Bridge, was built in the early 1900s fifty miles from Cordova in what is now the U.S. state of Alaska.
		It is a cantilever bridge which completed a 315 km (196 mile) railroad line for the Copper River and Northwestern Railway, built by J.
		This work was halted when the bridge, and much of the highway under construction, was damaged by the Good Friday Earthquake.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Million_Dollar_Bridge (546 words)

	Engineering Event
		The bridge was made in four sections and was connected at each section by the pouring of a grout, which was supposed to be composed of only concrete.
		The bridge was supposed to be inspected every two years, but it was the owner’s responsibility to keep track of that, and as you can now see he did not.
		The collapse of the bridge was the fault of rusted steel, which weakened the complete structure of the bridge, and ultimately the main reason for its collapse.
	www.pitt.edu /~jac63/links/bridge.html (2579 words)

	SAVE OUR BRIDGE: IN THE NEWS: Articles: Lions span roars into 70th year
		The bridge is in the running for that nomination which carries with it no guarantees of protection but rather heightened public awareness.
		The bridge was hailed as a million-dollar bridge, but in reality, the massive concrete and steel structure cost slightly more than the $611,000 included in a bond issue.
		While its being a toll bridge was not unique, it was to be the only publicly owned bridge of the three in St. Johns County that carried motorists from Jacksonville Beach southward along the state's Atlantic Coast.
	www.thebridgeoflions.org /art7.html (1067 words)

	ACTION: Evaluation of Fendering Systems - Policy & Memos - Hydraulics Engineering - FHWA
		Bridge Damage: The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) conducted a postaccident condition survey on September 28, 1996, to ascertain the damage to the bridge.
		The MDOT hired the contractor building the new bridge to make the repairs, and the bridge was functioning again on September 29, 1996.
		Thus, the superstructure of the bridge would not be contacted unless the flare of a passing vessel exceeded 13.25 feet.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /engineering/hydraulics/policymemo/sir9802m.cfm (1259 words)

	Alaska magazine \| From Ketchikan to Barrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The $17 million project—of which roughly 80 percent will be covered by federal dollars—has raised some eyebrows because residents of the surrounding area have questioned the necessity of repairing a bridge that leads nowhere—the road ends in an alder thicket a few miles from the river.
		The 1964 earthquake cracked one of the bridge’s massive concrete piers, causing a 1,700-ton piece of the span to fall into the churning waters of the river.
		Originally called Miles Glacier Bridge because it crossed the river between Miles and Childs glaciers, the roughly 1,600-foot-long span was built for $1.4 million and quickly was dubbed the Million Dollar Bridge.
	www.alaskamagazine.com /stories/0704/ktob_state.shtml (318 words)

	Golden Gate
		It was their first look at the bridge from several miles away, the doorway to America and a new life, at least for seventy-five from a large contingent of Shanghai Jewish refugees.
		Except for the financial cost of the bridge, it was later learned that many of the reasons to the opposition were unfounded His idea was also challenged for a variety of practical reasons including winds of up to sixty miles per hour, and strong ocean currents sweeping through the rugged canyon below the surface.
		He continued to push for the bridge until this major undertaking came to fruition when voters approved thirty-five million dollars in bonds to construct the bridge.
	www.rickshaw.org /goldengate.htm (696 words)

	The Million Dollar Bridge
		I traveled to the high school to examine this “million dollar bridge.” I thought, “There is no way this bridge/walkway could cost one million dollars.
		It is also important to remember that the walkway, with the bridge image, was an important feature that the planning committee felt would reflect a small piece of Hastings’ history.
		The next time you hear someone mention that the school district wasted a million dollars on the bridge….help stop the rumor.
	www.hastings.k12.mn.us /printview/The_Million_Dollar_Bridge.html (288 words)

	bridge spoons, spiral bridge, covered bridges
		The Eads bridge in St. Louis was a pioneering effort in the application of this new technology and it is celebrated on many spoons.
		The bridge was a major tourist draw, and spoon makers capitalized on its importance.
		In ancient Roman times the building of bridges was considered to be one of the supreme activities and one of the highest honors that could be bestowed on a man was the title of "bridge builder".
	www.geocities.com /RodeoDrive/6232/bridges.html (788 words)

	The Cordova Area 2003
		At the end of the dirt road is an old railroad bridge that was built during the 1920s to provide access to the rich Copper Mines of McCarthy.
		The bridge cost over $1 Million to build and was nick-named "The Million Dollar Bridge".
		This photo was taken from the Millon Dollar Bridge of the glacier that forced the building of the bridge.
	www.alaska.net /~bakerb/southeast/cordova/cordova_03.htm (523 words)

	Lane Powder Coating \| Powder Coating Case Studies
		When a runaway barge Slammed into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine, in 1986, it damaged a bridge support and halted drawbridge traffic for weeks.
		This prompted the Maine Department of Transportation, which has been planning to replace the bridge for decades, to revise its bridge design to prevent future damage.
		(Bridge construction, which will cost $165 million, began earlier this year.) The fenders are 1/2-inch-thick steel pipes, 36 inches in diameter and 109 feet long.
	www.lanecoatings.com /caseStudies.htm (370 words)

	ThinkQuest : Library Search
		Bridges 101 is an educational web site for anyone who wants to learn about bridges.
		We have five bridges which are: the Makinac Bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Tatara Bridge, Erasmus Bridge, and the Lusitania Bridge.
		The Million Dollar Bridge was built in 1908 and has withstood Alaskan weather, an earthquake, disrepair, and neglect.
	www.thinkquest.org /library/search.html?search_text=bridge (957 words)

	The Journal Editorial Report . Transcript . September 23, 2005 \| PBS
		There's a $25 million dollar allocation for a bridge across a swamp like river in South Carolina between Lone Star, population 1,600, and Remini, population 800, to be built just 10 miles upstream from an existing bridge.
		The second, another $230 million dollar bridge, connects Gravina Island, population 50, with the Alaska mainland at Ketchikan.
		One enterprising critic of the project calculated that the cost of building the 5.9 mile bridge would be enough to buy every island resident his or her own Lear jet which could be kept at Ketchikan Airport which was built on the bridgeless Gravina Island.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/journaleditorialreport/092305/p_transcript_leadstory.html (1796 words)

	Copper River Float Trip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Alternate put-ins are the Klutina River confluence at Copper Center or the Copper River Bridge at Chitina via the Edgerton Highway.
		Approximately 8 miles before the Million Dollar Bridge are the Abercrombie Rapids, a series of large waves and fast water.
		Take-out is at the other end of the lake at the Million Dollar Bridge.
	www.nps.gov /wrst/rivertrips/copriv.html (390 words)

	Glaciers No Obstacle for Copper River and Northwestern Railway, Alaska Science Forum
		The Million Dollar Bridge, standing almost intact on the lower Copper River, is a reminder of another improbable Alaska construction project.
		Completed in 1910, the Million Dollar Bridge was the crux of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway, built to carry copper oar 196 miles from Kennicott to Cordova.
		Photo: The Million Dollar Bridge, built for $1.4 million and completed in 1910, was the largest construction challenge of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway.
	www.gi.alaska.edu /ScienceForum/ASF15/1595.html (726 words)

	Francisco Da Costa - Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The brand new bridge by Candlestick Park will cost over 400 million dollars and the proposed inter-modal Illinois Bridge will cost over 10 million dollars.
		The powers to be think nothing about the constituents who live near the proposed bridges - with absolutely NO input the SFTA and other State and Federal transportation authorities think it normal they can create avenues of pollution that kill innocent children.
		It is criminal that new bridges are being built without any input from the community.
	www.franciscodacosta.com /articles/bridge.html (514 words)

	WVDOT-Connecting WV July 2003
		The appearance of the High Level Bridge that opened to traffic from downtown Fairmont to Palatine in 1921 was truly that of a “Million Dollar
		While the river piers needed only cosmetic repairs, the bridge on Marion County 19/73 east of US 19 was torn down to its three arch rings and piers and restored with precast, prestressed concrete, including an overlay of pneumatically applied mortar on the arch rings.
		In 2001 the bridge was renamed the Robert H. Mollohan-Jefferson Street Bridge, a tribute by the state legislature to memorialize the area’s long-time US Congressman.
	www.wvdot.com /tv/072003/highways_hi_level_bridge.htm (399 words)

	Million Dollar Bridge To Live In Luxury in Town Garage
		After a temporary bridge is put in, the existing bridge will be taken apart, piece by piece, and transported to the Randolph Center garage, where various pieces will be repaired or replaced.
		Then, eventually, the bridge will be reassembled in its current location, probably in 2008, he said.
		Before the bridge is moved to the garage, however, Voci said the Randolph Center Fire Department has got to come and pick up their old, recently replaced, fire truck.
	www.rherald.com /News/2006/0413/Community_News/com02.html (216 words)

	NTSB Abstract SIR-98/02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The vessel had passed between the piers of the new Portland-South Portland bridge (Casco Bay Bridge) and was en route to the Rolling Mills terminal about 1.2 miles beyond the Million Dollar Bridge.
		Contributing to the accident was the narrow horizontal clearance of the bridge drawspan, which afforded little leeway for human error.
		Contributing to the severity of the damage to the vessel and to the amount of oil spilled was a corner of the bridge pier that was not adequately shielded by the timber fender system.
	www.ntsb.gov /publictn/1998/SIR9802.htm (520 words)

	JBC
		The new bridge structure has a mid-level movable bascule span that is one of the largest of its type in the country.
		Construction of the bridge was divided into four (4) prime contracts with imposed channel access and weather restrictions complicating construction.
		As a member of the construction administration team for the DOT, JBC was responsible for the project master schedule, schedule review, and testimony before the Disputes Review Board regarding alleged delay and disruption asserted by the bascule superstructure contractor.
	www.jbcassociates.com /projects_bridges.htm (81 words)

	Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Result: a well-crafted proposal to leverage millions of dollars in outside funding with $400,000 in county money was critically wounded.
		We got the candidate's message all right: Not only is he willing to sacrifice the public good in a transparently crass political maneuver, but he demonstrated extremely poor judgment in choosing to kill this particular project.
		Thanks to Andrisek, we still have the problem of how to fund the bridge, but at least we don't have to waste any effort wondering if we should vote for him.
	oasisdesign.net /transport/bikes/ellwoodcrossfiasco.htm (172 words)

	Bridge to Nowhere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term Bridge to Nowhere usually refers to a bridge in which one or both sides are not connected to a road or path.
		Bridge to Nowhere (San Gabriel Mountains), in Southern California
		"Bridge to Nowhere", a nickname of a proposed bridge in Ketchikan, Alaska.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bridge_to_Nowhere (174 words)

	KATV Channel 7 - Big Dam Bridge Grand Opening
		Over 3 thousand people gathered for Saturday’s bridge opening including 15-hundred participants running in the Big Dam Bridge 5-k as dignitaries but the ribbon fittingly made from a bicycle tire.
		The 12.5 million dollar bridge spans more than 3 thousand feet across at he Arkansas River which rises 65 feet above the water.
		Though bridge weddings may be few and far between, officials hope the world’s longest pedestrian bridge will put central Arkansas on the map.
	www.katv.com /news/stories/0906/365453.html (650 words)

	Bridge Building
		Bridges must be built strong enough to safely support their own weight as well as the weight of the people and vehicles that pass over it.
		The bridge must be made from simple materials and must be able to support a standard brick (about five pounds).
		Bridges have been an essential part of transportation for hundreds of years, and it is the job of civil engineers to design the safest, most durable bridges possible.
	www.42explore.com /bridge.htm (2250 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Million Dollar Bridge is a bridge that spans the Copper River.
		Its purpose was to transport copper ore from the Kennecott Copper Mine across the Copper River and all the way to Cordova.
		In 1958 it was changed from a railway bridge to a vehicle bridge.
	www.northstar.k12.ak.us /schools/wlr/WellerCyberfair/huffman/akrrbridges/milliondollarbridge.html (94 words)

	TCS Transportation Program: Gravina Bridge
		Project proponents tell the public that the bridge is a transportation necessity, though the ferry system adequately handles passenger traffic between the islands, including traffic to and from the airport.
		In addition to the millions of dollars that will come from the federal government, state and local sources will be responsible for approximately $63 million, or 20 percent of the project's cost.
		Young is so supportive of the Gravina Bridge that he used his significant influence as Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to secure $175 million worth of earmarks for the project in last year's failed reauthorization of the six-year transportation bill.
	www.taxpayer.net /Transportation/gravinabridge.htm (1235 words)

	CNN.com - CNN Political Ticker McCain: Congress shares blame for bridge collapse «
		Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, faced criticism for an appropriation of 233 million dollars to build a bridge in an area of his state with a small population.
		They are indirectly responsible for tying up hundreds of millions of dollars for their pork barrel projects to the detriment of the country as a whole.
		The dollar investment needed for infrastructure overhaul in the US is so far beyond the annual total of earmarks it's ridiculous, and you can be guaranteed as long as we follow the course the nation's been on since 1980 we won't see a difference made.
	politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com /2007/08/04/mccain-congress-shares-blame-for-bridge-collapse (3093 words)

	2000 Bridge News Archives
		The Hoan Bridge and many other steel bridges built in the late 1960s and early 1970s were designed with welding techniques that were considered acceptable then, but have since been discredited, said engineers both inside and outside the state Department of Transportation.
		This cable-stayed bridge is expected to be finished in the summer of 2002.
		The bridge is needed to revitalize the economy and stop the long waits on the current bridge.
	bridgepros.com /news/2000_bridge_news_archives.htm (4783 words)

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