Print ArticleWhen JTA built the Skyway, they masterfully managed to miss 11,900 employees at Aetna, Baptist, and Wolfson Children's Hospital. Abysmal pedestrian connectivity between the San Marco Station and these important community assets led to design a concept Metro Jacksonville's Ocklawaha calls SKYBRIDGE JACKSONVILLE!
The MetroJacksonville concept bridge by Robert Mann, final design and renderings by Jason:
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About the Sundial Bridge Project Team
Sundial Bridge over Turtle Bay in Redding, CA. Image courtesy of Nathan Soliz at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundial_Bridge_at_Turtle_Bay
Architect
Santiago Calatrava (Zurich)
Construction Manager
Bob Morrison Jr., S.E./Morrison Structures, Inc. (Redding, CA)
Inspection
Omni Means (Redding/Roseville, Calif.)
Project Manager
Margaret Zech
General Contractor
Kiewit Pacific Co. (Vancouver, Wash.)
Steel Fabricator
Universal Structural, Inc. (Vancouver, Wash.)
Steel Detailers
Tensor Engineering
Erection Engineers
Buckland and Taylor
Other Consultants and Contractors
Sharrah Dunlap Sawyer, Stimpel-Wiebelhaus, Northstate Resources, Carr Kennedy Peterson Frost, Coyote & Fox, Pace Engineering, Shasta Water Action Group, L.T. Mlcoch, Inc., and others.
Sundial Bridge Specifications:
Statistics
Completion And Opening
July 4, 2004
Dimensions
700 feet long
23 feet wide
217 feet high (pylon)
Weight
3.2 million pounds (1,600 tons)
Materials
steel structure with galvanized steel cables
Deck Materials
non-skid glass panels in steel framework, granite accents
Foundation
115 tons of rebar
1,900 cubic yards of concrete
Superstructure
400 tons of steel
200 tons of glass and granite for the deck Cables
4,342 feet of cable, Pylon
580 tons of steel
All images courtesy of Wikipedia. Cover image by by williamcho, Drawing from Google Earth.
Article by Robert W. Mann
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