DANZIGER BRIDGE. A VIW FROM THE TOWER

The design and construction is described of the new Danziger Bridge across the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana. It has a 320-ft vertical lift steel box girder span over the navigation channel with 150-feet high steel towers at each end. The bridge is 3,270 feet long abutment to abutment. The new bridge carries 3 lanes with shoulders in each direction with opposing traffic separated by a median barrier. The lift span of the bridge is so designed that the passage is visible without the nagging overhead clutter of a truss bridge, and the operator commands an unobstructed view of the whole structure. The lift span was shop-fabricated in 3 sections both longitudinally and transversely and shop-assembled. Other details of the installation are briefly summarized.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Institute of Steel Construction

  Wrigley Building, 400 North Michigan Avenue, 8th Floor
  Chicago, IL  United States  60611
• Authors:
  • Garrido, L
• Publication Date: 1989-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 23-28
• Serial:
  • Modern Steel Construction
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Institute of Steel Construction
  • ISSN: 0026-8445

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box girders; Bridge design; Bridges; Construction; Lift bridges; Structural design
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00480869
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1989 12:00AM