Milano

Student Name: Anthony Milano


 * 1) What is the name of the bridge? The bridge is called Sydney Harbour . It is located in Australia in the city Sydney Harbour[[image:http://media.hubonline.com.au/agents_folder/4138/800px-Sydney_Harbour_Bridge_from_the_Opera_House%5B1%5D.jpg width="799" height="151"]]
 * 2) When and where was the bridge built? The bridge was finished on March 19, 1932. [[image:http://www.sydneyarchitecture.com/ROC/circa1932.jpg width="825" height="180"]]
 * 3) What is the purpose of this bridge? What does it span and what does it connect? The purpose of the bridge was to connect the North Shore and buisness district in the city Sydney Habour in Australia.[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Sydney_Harbour_Bridge_from_the_air.JPG width="816" height="103"]]
 * 4) Why was this bridge needed? The Sydney Harbour bridge was needed to get to the city Sydney Harbour from the North Shore[[image:http://www.pastplaces.com/Images/Flickr/Sydney%20Harbour%20Bridge1.jpg width="816" height="136"]]
 * 5) What type of bridge is it (arch, suspension, cable, beam, etc.)?This bridge is a steel arch bridge.[[image:http://www.bdpprojects.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/steel_arch_bridge.jpg width="794" height="142"]]
 * 6) How much did it cost? Once the bridge was built, the total cost of the bridge was 13.5 million dollars and it was paid off in 1988
 * 7) What materials were used to build this bridge? The materials used were 50,300 tons of steel, concrete and rocks.media type="custom" key="5752737" align="right"
 * 8) What were some of the special challenges that the bridge engineers faced? How did they overcome these challenges? The main challenges while building he bridge were the safety issues. The workers literally had almost no protection. They had no helmets, no safety rails or nets, ect.
 * 9) How long did it take to build this bridge? It took 9 years to complete the construction of the bridge
 * 10) What are the measurements of this bridge? Arch Spam: 503 meters, Width of deck: 49 meters, Total length of bridge:1149 meters, Number of rivets: 6,000,000, longest hanger:58.8 meters, total steelwork weight 52,800 tons, weight of arch: 39,000 tons, concrete used: 95,000 cubic meters, clearence for shipping: 49 meters.
 * 11) Did you find any fun or interesting facts or stories about this bridge? The Sydney Harbour Bridge is the heavist bridge in the world and would of been the longest if the Boyonne Bridge in New York was not completed. The Longest bridge of the world, the Bayonne Bridge is longer than the Sydney Harbour by only 66cm!!! In 1988 the full price of the Sydney Harour was paid off and just recently, at the Sydeny Harbour Bridge, you can actually pay to go on a climbing tour, where you literally climb the bridge.