| Bridge Length (overall): |
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5,400 feet |
| Main Span (tower to tower): |
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2,800 feet; 69 pairs of suspender hangers per side. |
| Side Span, East: |
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1,200 feet; 29 pairs of suspender hangers per side. |
| Side Span, West: |
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1,400 feet; 34 pairs of suspender hangers per side |
| Suspended Roadway (deck panels, barriers, utilities) |
|
53 million pounds
46 deck sections
120-feet long by 78-feet wide by 30-feet high (including hand railing) is average size |
| Towers: |
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510 feet tall
8,500 cubic yards concrete (per tower)
2.9 million pounds of reinforcing steel (both) |
| Caissons (tower foundations, each): |
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85,000 tons (total weight)
6 million pounds of reinforcing steel
40,500 cubic yards concrete (Tacoma)
37,000 cubic yards concrete (Gig Harbor) |
| Anchorages (each): |
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81 million lbs (total weight)
20, 000 cubic yards concrete
1 million pounds reinforcing steel |
| Cable Diameter (each): |
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20.5 inches
Each cable contains 19 strands of 464 wires
Individual steel wire is the diameter of a pencil
8,816 steel wires per cable |
Structural Steel, Superstructure
(parts of the bridge above water): |
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35.5 million pounds |
Structural Steel,
Suspension System
(cable wire and saddles atop towers):
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12 million pounds |