TheBridgeEng · Learning from Failure
Canada · Wind / aeroelastic · 386 m iron-wire suspension span, narrow deck widened to 17 ft in 1888, guy-wire stays
Keefer's 1869 bridge held the world span record at 386 m on a deck only 10 ft wide, later 17 ft, and relied on guy wires for stability…
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