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	ipedia.com: West Gate Bridge Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The West Gate Bridge is a large cable-stayed bridge in Melbourne, Victoria.
		It spans the Yarra River and is a vital link from the city of Melbourne to the industrial suburbs in the west and to Geelong, 80 kilometres south-west.
		The West Gate Bridge is was tolled originally but is now toll-free, unlike the recently constructed nearby Bolte Bridge, 2 kilometres to the north-east.
	www.ipedia.com /west_gate_bridge.html (414 words)

	West Gate Bridge
		The West Gate Bridge is the 2nd longest bridge in Australia.
		At the memorial park there is a span of the bridge to remind people of the tragedy of the 35 workers that died in the collapsing part of the bridge.
		On the other side of the bridge there is a memorial on one of the legs of the bridge that has the names of the people that died when they were building the bridge.
	teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au /cyberfair2002/Westgatebridge.htm (304 words)

	Ian Rowland: The Mindreader, The Mind Motivator. Way Out West / Golden Gate Bridge
		A little way from the South end of the Bridge is a small visitor's centre, built to the usual formula: a quick 'History of...' board and some interesting artefacts, over-priced souvenirs that have nothing to do with the Bridge, and all the junk food you can ram your face down into.
		This explanation comes from the official Bridge website: "As part of the 50th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1987, a walkway comprised of personalized bricks was constructed at the southeast side of the Bridge in the visitor area, just north of the Strauss Statue.
		The Bridge is named after (or "for" as my American friends say) the Golden Gate Strait, this being the entrance from the Pacific to the San Francisco Bay.
	www.ianrowland.com /Travels/WayOutWestPt3SF/WestGGBridge.html (511 words)

	West Vancouver Community Site - Lions Gate Bridge Traffic Cam in West Van
		We were the first to bring you live coverage of the Lions Gate Bridge when it was under construction for two years and even partnered with the Province of British Columbia and the Ministry of Transportation and Highways to ensure that the cam was live during this construction.
		Motorists are encourage to check all four of these Lions Gate Bridge web cams to plan their trips which, as from the beginning, we have been campaigning for and supporting.
		The bridge is monitored 24 hours a day for problems and there are tow trucks situated at each end of the Lions Gate Bridge for emergencies (trust us, you don't want to stall on the bridge at any time, so please make sure you dont' run out of gas in times of extreme traffic jams).
	www.westvancouver.com /webcams/wvtrafficcam (981 words)

	West Gate Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As hundreds of people gathered at the base of the bridge to remember those who had lost their lives, Melbourne's weather matched the mood - the sunlight faded, the wind picked up and then a few drops of rain were followed by hail.
		Mr Batchelor cut the ribbon to officially open the West Gate Memorial Park, a feature of which are 35 pillars; one for each of the workers who lost their lives.
		Pat was working as a crane driver on the West Gate at the base of span 10-11 (the one that collapsed) on that fateful day in 1970.
	vic.amieu.asn.au /pages.php?recid=125 (1166 words)

	West Gate Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The West Gate Bridge is a large cable-stayed bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
		The West Gate Bridge was originally tolled but is now toll-free with the tolls being lifted after only 6 years.
		An unconfirmed 6 February 2006 report suggested that the State Government was considering plans to build a companion tunnel to the West Gate Bridge, the Westgate Tunnel under the Yarra River, to carry both traffic and a freight rail line.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/West_Gate_Bridge (922 words)

	Hell Gate Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1904, Lindenthal, who oversaw the opening of the Williamsburg Bridge and the construction of the ongoing Manhattan Bridge and Queensboro Bridge projects, was chosen as consulting engineer and bridge architect by the Pennsylvania Railroad, which had just acquired the New York Connecting Railroad.
		The 1,017-ft bridge is a two-hinged steel arch with a clear span from center to center of skewback hinges of 977.6 ft. Built to accommodate four railroad tracks, it was designed for a total live and dead load of 76,000 lb per lineal foot.
		The bridge was erected by cantilevering from each pier the arms held in place by tiebacks.
	www.hellgatebridge.org /construction/construction.shtml (513 words)

	American Experience \| Golden Gate Bridge \| Timeline \| PBS
		January: Joseph Baermann Strauss, the future chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge, is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
		They believe a special district is necessary to manage financing, design and construction of the bridge, and in order for all counties that may be affected to have a voice in the proceedings.
		The group creates the "Association of Bridging the Gate." Their first task is to ask the state legislature for permission to create a legal district.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/goldengate/timeline/index.html (1337 words)

	American Experience \| Golden Gate Bridge \| Teacher's Guide \| PBS
		As the film explains, Joseph Strauss had bribes distributed to members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to secure their support for the Golden Gate Bridge project.
		Your poster should reflect one of the arguments made for or against the bridge at the time it was being debated.
		The growth of San Francisco, which was both a cause and an effect of the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, was one sign of the increasing importance of the West in twentieth century America.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/goldengate/tguide/index.html (737 words)

	The West Gate Bridge Memorial Committee
		Before the bridge was built, access to the city of Melbourne and suburbs to the east was possible only by travelling the old Geelong Road.
		To many though, the bridge is a majestic memorial which they never traverse without a feeling of sadness and a silent farewell to workmates and loved ones who died when the bridge collapsed during its construction.
		The Committee was formed in 1990 to organise the 20th Anniversary of the bridge disaster.
	www.westgatebridge.org (444 words)

	KU Civil Engineering - About the project
		These bridges have been in use for many years and are susceptible to fatigue failure due to repeated truck loading.
		Cracks were located either close to the girder top flange, as observed in the West Gate Bridge, or close to the girder bottom flange, as found in the Winfield and the Hump Yard Bridges.
		Fatigue life after bridge retrofitting shall be increased to a level that no more crack propagation will ever develop at the fixed details, thus allows continuing use of the structure.
	www.iri.ku.edu /projects/fatigue (611 words)

	WEST GATE BRIDGE, MELBOURNE, Report of Royal Commission into the failure of West Gate Bridge. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		WEST GATE BRIDGE, MELBOURNE, Report of Royal Commission into the failure of West Gate Bridge.
		The West Gate bridge over the Yarra River is a cable-stay box-girder structure with a central span of 1102ft designed by Freeman, Fox and Partners.
		In October 1970, while in course of erection, the 367ft steel span between piers 10 and 11 collapsed with great loss of life; the disaster was to cast doubt on the use of box girders.
	www.polybiblio.com /elton/73.html (131 words)

	Golden Gate Bridge
		The bridge is made out of steel and concrete.
		It is also sits less than 8 miles from the spot where one of the worst earthquakes in history occurred.
		· length of the steel wires used in the cables of the bridge is enough to circle the earth three times
	wneo.org /WebQuests/TeacherWebQuests/landmarks/goldengate.html (69 words)

	West Gate Freeway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West Gate Freeway (formerly the Lower Yarra Freeway) is a freeway in Melbourne, Australia, linking Geelong to Melbourne CBD and beyond.
		The iconic West Gate Bridge is a part of the freeway.
		The West Gate Bridge across the Yarra had started construction not too long before the opening of the freeway, and although delayed, when finally completed in 1978 allowed the freeway to extend over the river and directly into the CBD's south-western corner (via Rogers and Lorimer Streets).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Gate_Freeway (455 words)

	CNN.com - Golden Gate Bridge toll? - Nov. 29, 2002
		Golden Gate Bridge officials are hoping pedestrians who cross the landmark span to gawk at the view will be inspired to pay a voluntary toll.
		The agency that operates the bridge plans to install donation boxes for pedestrians this spring in an effort to help overcome an expected $236 million shortfall over the next five years.
		Also, fewer drivers are crossing the 1.2-mile suspension span in the sour economy, and bridge officials don't know whether the federal government will defray the $388 million cost of retrofitting the bridge against an earthquake.
	www.cnn.com /2002/US/West/11/29/goldengate.donations.ap/index.html (384 words)


		The closure is to accommodate seismic retrofit work on the Golden Gate Bridge.
		Bicyclists should walk their bikes through the tunnel under the Bridge when the path is closed.
		The portion of Conzelman Road below the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge is open to bicycle and pedestrian traffic.
	goldengate.org /news/bridge/Construction-Alerts.php (183 words)

	WEST SPAN SUPERSTRUCTURE
		The west span of the bridge extends from the San Francisco Anchorage in the City of San Francisco to the Yerba Buena Island Anchorage on Yerba Buena Island in the central San Francisco Bay.
		In addition, the Bay Bridge is designated as an emergency "lifeline" route to be used in disaster response activities.
		The objectives of the seismic retrofit for SFOBB West Spans are to improve operational and safety standards to the greatest extend possible and to allow the SFOBB to remain open and functional following a Maximum Credible Earthquake.
	www.dot.ca.gov /hq/esc/tollbridge/SFOBB/0435U4/ContInfo.html (939 words)

	Golden Gate Photo - San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Series Gallery
		The bridge was built entirely using public funds (government loan) for $77.6 million, which were paid off with tolls within twenty years.
		The lights of the cantilever east portion of the bridge were reflected and exaggerated in the calm waters of Clipper Cove.
		Behind the bridge are the towering cargo cranes of the Oakland Shipyard.
	www.goldengatephoto.com /sanfran/baybridge.html (628 words)

	Speed cameras for West Gate Bridge - theage.com.au
		They will be fixed to posts in the centre of the bridge and work in conjunction with digital variable speed limit signs that will be installed.
		RACV public policy manager Ken Ogden said he did not know that speeding was a problem on the bridge.
		Between July 1996 and June 2001 there were 55 crashes on the bridge after which vehicle occupants required admission to hospital, a VicRoads spokeswoman said.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/31/1048962699770.html (275 words)

	Disaster at West Gate - PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA
		These pages explore Victoria's worst-ever industrial accident, the collapse of the partially completed West Gate Bridge, through official records held by Public Record Office Victoria.
		This story of the disaster is told using records held at Public Record Office Victoria: extracts from the royal commission’s report, coronial inquest papers and photographic collections.
		Whilst we now celebrate the West Gate Bridge as one of the state’s most impressive icons, we reflect upon the events of 1970 to pay tribute to those that lost their lives.
	www.prov.vic.gov.au /exhibs/westgate/welcome.htm (116 words)

	Golden Gate Bridge
		The Golden Gate Bridge is probably the best-known landmark in San Francisco.
		To get to the bridge from the Haight-Ashbury one usually drives through the Presidio of San Francisco, a former military reservation.
		On New Year's Day 1997 Rose and I met a bunch of her friends in the parking lot at the south end of the bridge.
	www.sattlers.org /mickey/travel/usa/ca/sanFrancisco/goldenGateBridge (181 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State/The West -- Golden Gate Bridge gets $4.25 million more for seismic retrofit
		The Golden Gate Bridge is vulnerable to earthquakes along the San Andreas and Hayward Faults.
		Although the bridge was not damaged during the 7.1-magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake that shook the Bay Area in 1989, engineers determined that temblor was the strongest the national landmark could tolerate.
		About 42 million cars cross the bridge each year, and it draws more than 10 million visitors annually, according to the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20030224-1653-ca-bridgeretrofit.html (253 words)

	(GCMG3K) Westgate Memorial by Partic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Opened on the 15th October 2004, the West Gate Bridge Memorial Park is dedicated to the memory of those who died in the bridge collapse in 1970.
		On 15 October 1970, a steel span on the west bank of the Yarra River collapsed killing 35 men working on the construction of the West Gate Bridge.
		West Gate Bridge Memorial Park, located at the intersection of Douglas Parade and Hyde Street, Spotswood, is a tribute to these workers, as well as other Victorians who have lost their lives in industrial accidents.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCMG3K (351 words)

	Geocaching Australia - Free and Open Geocaching
		Collapse of the West Gate Bridge Clayton, Vic
		I had read "West Gate" by Bill Hitchings (Outback Press, 1979) several times in the past and having watched the bridge climb out of the western suburbs as a kid, to see this unbelievable mess of metal was quite amazing.
		Mt late brother was the first journalist at the collapse of the bridge and at the time was covering a local news story only 1km from the bridge.
	geocaching.com.au /cache/gctgap (2767 words)

	Disaster at West Gate - PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA
		Below is a list of PROV series which hold documents relating to the West Gate Bridge project.
		Documents relating to the Royal Commission into the failure of West Gate Bridge, including transcripts of the proceedings, correspondence, the report and newspaper clippings.
		Includes the Report on West Gate Bridge Collapse by the Technical Committee set up by the City Coroner, and a Plan of Survey of Portion of the West Gate Bridge (stamped ‘original copy’).
	www.prov.vic.gov.au /exhibs/westgate/seriesinfo.htm (190 words)

	San Francisco Hotels & Visitor Guide — Best Western
		San Francisco is also a city full of family fun and tourist attractions not found anywhere else in the world such as the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge, the world famous Alcatraz prison and Fisherman's Wharf.
		One of America's premier landmarks, and one of the most recognized San Francisco attractions, is the Golden Gate Bridge.
		Union Square is just 1 mile east, to the north is the Golden Gate Bridge, west of the hotel is Golden Gate Park and the ocean, and to the south is the Davies Symphony Hall, the War Memorial Opera House and the City Hall.
	www.bestwestern.com /tripplanner/featdest_sfo.asp (920 words)

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