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The Daniel Hoan Memorial Bridge is a tied arch bridge that connects Interstate 794 in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the Lake Freeway across the inner harbor. It is named after Daniel Hoan, a former mayor of Milwaukee. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x800, 131 KB)Copyright © 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x800, 131 KB)Copyright © 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
A tied arch bridge is a specific type of arch bridge where the horizontal reactions of the arch are negated by each other by means of a structural tie. ...
Interstate 794 (I-794) is an east-west interstate highway spur route in Milwaukee County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ...
This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Madison Milwaukee Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 23rd 169,790 km² 420 km 500 km 17 42°30N to 47°3N 86°49W to 92°54W Population - Total (2000) - Density Ranked 18th 5,453,896 38. ...
Daniel Webster Hoan (1881 - 1961) was a United States politician. ...
This is a list of mayors of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Categories: Lists of mayors | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Wisconsin politicians ...
It was designed by the firm Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff and in 1975 won the American Institute of Steel Construction (ASIC) Long Span Bridge Award. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
Although construction on the bridge lasted briefly from 1970 until 1972, it did not open to traffic until 1977 due to public backlash against the planned Milwaukee County freeway system. This halted completion of the connecting roadways and led to the Hoan Bridge being known as "The Bridge to Nowhere." Its unfinished state was used as the site of the car chase scene in the movie The Blues Brothers. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
Milwaukee County is a county located in the state of Wisconsin. ...
The Blues Brothers: Dan Aykroyd (left) and John Belushi. ...
The Hoan Bridge was temporarily closed in 2000 after two of three support beams failed, causing the north-bound lane to buckle and sag by several feet, leaving the span in a near collapsed state. Incredibly, no motorists were injured when the bridge failed. On December 28, 2000 engineers used explosives to remove the damaged section. After reconstruction of the failed span (and extensive rehabilitation and retrofitting of the remainder of the bridge), the Hoan Bridge fully reopened in November 2001. This article is about the year 2000. ...
Experts believe that improperly designed transverse beams (which tie the three support beams together) along with a period of extreme cold and snow led to the partial collapse of the Hoan Bridge.
External links
- Wisconsin Highways
- Failure Analysis
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper archive of Hoan bridge failure event
Coordinates: 43.025160° N -87.899082° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...
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