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Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge

Dallas County, Texas
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Deck view looking East from point near cable anchor

Photo taken by Dan Crawford in January 2012

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Description 

First of 3 new City of Dallas "signature" bridges over the Trinity River.

Cable-stayed bridge (harp style)-- 400 ft high arched pylon with 58 cables attached to center spine of bridge. 3 lanes of traffic each way. Concrete deck approach spans.

Facts 

Overview
Cable-stayed bridge over Trinity River on Singleton Blvd / Woodall Rodgers Fwy
Location
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 2012
Builder
- Santiago Calatrava (Designer)
Design
Cable-stayed
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 1,197.0 ft.
Total length: 1,870.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.78004, -96.82264   (decimal degrees)
32°46'48" N, 96°49'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/703923/3629001 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Dallas
Inventory number
BH 51125 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 2012 (9)
Built during 2010s (37)
Cable-stayed (53)
Concrete girder (520)
Dallas County, Texas (47)
Dallas, Texas (22)
Deck girder (1,800)
Girder (3,236)
 Modern (605)
Open (28,305)
Owned by county (16,484)
Santiago Calatrava (3)
Span length over 1000 feet (105)
Texas (1,526)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,213)

Update Log 

  • January 24, 2013: Updated by Andy Peters: edits category for Santiago Calatrava
  • February 19, 2012: New photo from Dan Crawford
  • January 29, 2012: Added by Dan Crawford

Sources 

  • Wikipedia
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Andy Peters - anpete [at] yahoo [dot] com

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