Zilwaukee Bridge
I-75 over Saginaw River
Zilwaukee MI United States
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| Status: | | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1979 | | Finished | 1988 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - transportation | | Structural Types | | - bridge |
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Description
Architects:
• Bouvy, van der Vlugt & van der Niet
• Segmental Technology & Services
Contractor: Construction Company (original), S. J. Groves & Sons (post-accident)
- Length: 8,066 feet northbound, 8,090 feet southbound
- Width: 4 lanes, 70'-10"
- Bridge Cost: $117.5 million
- The bridge contains 1,592 pre-cast concrete segments.
- The bridge contains 52 support pillars.
- The bridge contains approximately 150,000 cubic yards of concrete, 22 million pounds of reinforcement steel, 4,000 miles of half-inch steel cables.
- On August 28, 1982, a construction accident occurred when the piers could not effectively hold the weight of the bridge causing it to buckle delaying construction for years.
- The northbound lanes of the bridge opened to traffic on December 23, 1987, and the southbond lanes nearly a year later on September 19, 1988.
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