John O'Connell Bridge
John O'Connell Bridge | |
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| File:John O'Connell Bridge, Sitka 2013.JPG The John O'Connell Bridge over the Sitka Channel | |
| Coordinates | 57°02′52″N 135°20′26″W / 57.047899°N 135.340627°WCoordinates: 57°02′52″N 135°20′26″W / 57.047899°N 135.340627°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. [1] |
| Carries | 2 lanes of AK-935 |
| Crosses | Sitka Channel |
| Locale | Sitka, Alaska |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Material | steel (pylons)[2] composite steel-reinforced concrete (deck)[2] |
| Total length | 1,255 feet (383 m) |
| Width | 38 feet (11.6 m) |
| Longest span | 450 feet (137 m) |
| Clearance below | 52 feet (15.8 m) |
| History | |
| Construction end | 1971[2] |
| Opened | 1972 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 4,900 (2008) |
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Location in Alaska | |
The John O'Connell Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Sitka Channel located in Sitka, Alaska. The bridge connects the town of Sitka on Baranof Island to the airport and Coast Guard Station on Japonski Island. Until the bridge was completed in 1971, the commute was only achievable through a ferry service. The bridge is named after John W. O'Connell, a former mayor of Sitka. The two-lane bridge is 1,255 feet (383 m) in total length, with a main span of 450 feet (140 m).[3] The bridge was also the United States' first vehicular cable-stayed girder spanned bridge.[1] The four 100-foot (30 m)-high steel pylons carry two three-cable sets, each carrying a section of the bridge deck.[4][5] A man from Bellingham, Washington died in August 2015 after jumping off the bridge to swim ashore.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "O'Connell Bridge, Sitka Harbor, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 O'Connell Bridge at StructuraeLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ "Archived Copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-06. Retrieved 2020-09-12.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Where Did the Russians Settle in Alaska?". Archived from the original on 2010-08-20. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- ↑ "O'Connell Bridge, Sitka, Alaska". www.johnweeks.com.
- ↑ "Bellingham man dies after jump from Alaska bridge". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2020-09-12. Unknown parameter
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