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Project Name

 

New Carquinez Al Zampa Memorial Suspension Bridge, California, USA

 

Main Contractor

 

Cleveland Bridge/Flatiron Joint Venture

 

Client

 

Caltrans, Department of Transport, California

 

Tonnage

 

12,722 te

 

Completion

 

May 2003 (Opened 8th November 2003)

 

 

Carquinez Al Zampa Memorial Bridge

 

Project Description 

 

The construction of a 1056 m long suspension bridge with a main span of 728 m across the Straits of

Carquinez between Contra Costa County and Vallejo in Salano County in the State of California, USA. 

 

The work comprised the anchorages, towers and foundations, suspension system and steel deck together

with 1Km of approach road for the Department of Transportation, California.  This was undertaken as

a Joint Venture agreement between Cleveland Bridge and Flatiron Structures Inc. who are a subsidiary

of HBG.

 

                  First Lift

 

Suspension Bridges