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The Bay Bridge By: Bryant Harms And Colin Kryder
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Photographs These are photographs of the bay bridge.
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How Long is the Bridge? The Bay Bridge is 22,790 ft. long.
Which is also mi. It is also km. So as you can see the Chesapeake Bay Bridge is pretty long.
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How long did it take to build the Bridge?
They wanted to start building the Bay Bridge in 1938 , but World War II started so they had to wait. They actually started in The construction took 3 ½ years.
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How High is the Bridge? The bridge is 186 ft. high which is also 56.7meters high. Because of the height, the small gaurd rails, the closeness of the spans, and the high winds, this is one of the scariest bridges in the world.
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What type of bridge is this?
This bridge is really cool because it has all the bridge types in one . Suspension ,Truss, Beam, you name it it has it.
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How Many Travelers??? The average amount of travelers that cross the bay bridge is 61,000 travelers per day. That is a lot of weight this bridge can hold because most cars weigh more than 1 ton. ton is 2,500 pounds.
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When Did the Bay Bridge open?
This bridge was opened on July 30, 1952 ; 66 years ago. ( eastbound ) June 28, 1973 ; 45 years ago. (westbound)
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2 cool Pictures!!!
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Coordinates! The coordinates of the bridge tell you where it is. The coordinates of the bridge are very very important. Everything on the planet has some type of coordinates. Let me tell you what this bridges coordinates are. 38°59’30”N 76°22’20”W
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Cool Facts !!! Bridge is anchored to the bottom of the bay
There is only a toll on eastbound not westbound The longest span of the bridge is 1,600 ft Also the bridge is in Maryland
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