Nineteenth-Century Metal Arch Bridges
Publication: Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 16, Issue 4
Abstract
While many arches were built with wood in the early nineteenth century, the availability of cast and wrought iron and later steel led to a proliferation of metal arch bridges after the Civil War. Cast iron was used in 1839 with the Richard Delafield’s Dunlap’s Creek Bridge, 80 ft span, and the 1858 Rock Creek Bridge, 200 ft span, by Montgomery Meigs. By the end of the century, steel arches were built with spans of 840 ft.
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Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 16 • Issue 4 • November 2011
Pages: 151 - 169
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© 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: May 18, 2010
Accepted: Sep 24, 2010
Published online: Oct 14, 2011
Published in print: Nov 1, 2011
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