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Total length of Bridge including approaches from abutment to abutment: 1.7 miles = 8,981 ft = 2,737 m Total length of Bridge including approaches from abutment to abutment, plus the distance to the Toll Plaza: 9,150 ft = 2,788 m Length of suspension span including main span and side spans: 1.2 miles = 6,450 ft = 1,966 m Length of main span portion of suspended structure (distance between towers): 4,200 ft = 1,280 m Length of one side span: 1,125 ft = 343 m Width of Bridge: 90 ft = 27 m Width of roadway between curbs: 62 ft = 19 m Width of sidewalk: 10 ft = 3 m Clearance above mean higher high water: 220 ft = 67 m Total weight of each anchorage: 60,000 tons = 54,400,000 kg Original combined weight of Bridge, anchorages, and approaches: 894,500 tons = 811,500,000 kg Total weight of Bridge, anchorages, and approaches (1937): 894,500 tons = 811,500,000 kg Total weight of Bridge, anchorages, and approaches (1986)*: 887,000 tons = 804,700,00 kg* Weight of Bridge, excluding anchorages and approaches, and including the suspended structure, main towers, piers and fenders, bottom lateral system and orthotropic redecking (1986): 419,800 tons = 380,800,000 kg* * The total bridge weight listed for 1986 includes the reduction in weight due to the redecking in 1986. The weight of the original reinforced concrete deck and its supporting stringers was 166,397 tons (150,952,000 kg). The weight of the new orthotropic steel plate deck, its two inches of epoxy asphalt surfacing, and its supporting pedestals is now 154,093 tons (139,790,700 kg). This is a total reduction in weight of the deck of 12,300 tons (11,158,400 kg), or 1.37 tons (1133 kg) per lineal foot of deck.
elongate the main cables; and 3. The maximum upward deflection is due to a condition opposite to condition 2 above, with maximum live load on side spans, no live load on center span and minimum design temperature to shorten the cable length.
C: 0.81% (0.85) Mn: 0.66% (---) P: 0.026% (0.04) S: 0.028% (0.04) Si: 0.24% (---) Tested properties (specified) Tensile Str, Fu = 235,600 psi (220,000 psi min) Yield Str, Fy = 182,600 psi (160,000 psi min) Elongation in 10" at rupture = 6.3% (4.0% min) Main Cable bands are located every 50 feet along the main cables and the vertical suspender ropes are hung from the cable bands. Following the addition of the lower lateral bracing system in 1953 and 1954, it was found that the normal working of the Bridge, along with the addition of the lower lateral bracing system, had caused the main cable band bolts to lose as much as 50 percent of their specified tension. In 1954, the main cable bolts were re-tensioned by J. H. Pomeroy & Co., Inc and constituted the first application of calibrated impact wrenches for the tightening of cable band bolts. Again in 1970s, during the replacement of vertical suspender ropes, the cable band bolts were again re-tensioned to 90,000 pounds using a Biach hydraulic bolt tensioner. This work was performed from ironworker floats hung below the cable. Occasional retightening of main cable band bolts is undertaken when necessary based on inspections. The bolts, subject to constant temperature and load changes in the main cable produce minute changes in the cable diameter, and those changes in cable diameter, together with temperature effects on the cable band itself, cause tension in the bolts to relax. The most recent check was performed in 1999 by Steinman Boynton Gronquist & Birdsall, New York, NY. The tension was tested on a random and statistically valid sampling of cable band bolts, and it was determined that a retightening of all cable band bolts was not required at that time. The re-tensioning of the bolts of the main cable tie-downs (which not the same as the main cable band bolts) were not a part of the Suspender Rope Replacement Project, but it is noteworthy to mention that they were re-tensioned in 2000 and 2001 for the first time since the Bridge was completed in 1937. The cable tie-down castings, located in the massive concrete pylons at the ends of the suspension span, hold the main cables in a fixed position to prevent vertical motion where the suspended span meets the approach viaducts. Proper functioning of the tie-downs depends on the clamping force of the cable bands, which in turn is dependent on adequate cable band bolt tension. In all, 256 bolts, each with a diameter of 21/8 inches x 3 feet long, were hydraulically retensioned to their original specification of 92,000 pounds. Bolts that had corroded over time were replaced. This project was completed by District crews.
Concrete Quantities
These are the quantities when the bridge was built (1933-1937). After the original concrete roadway
deck was replaced, the amount of concrete is now LESS than when the Bridge was built by 25,000 cubic yards. Concrete Quantities (as built) San Francisco Pier and Fender Marin Pier Anchorages, Pylons, and Cable Housing Approaches Paving Total Cubic Yards 130,000 23,500 182,000 28,500 25,000 389,000 Cubic Meters 99,400 18,000 139,160 21,800 19,115 297,475
83,000 75,293,000