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Archived Bridge Hunter;
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This 5991' (1.8km, 1.1mile) bridge has a main span of 1499' (457m). [BridgeHunter]
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| David Kimbrough commented on Brian's post |
"The Vincent Thomas Bridge was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Caltrans Historic Bridge Inventory Update of 2010. The bridge is eligible for engineering significance. In addition to being a rare bridge type of 'exceptional spant length, monumental scale and design complexity,' it is the first suspension bridge in the United States not to use rivets in its construction." [Gloria Scott comment in ArchivedBridgeHunter]
"This bridge connects San Pedro, a district of Los Angeles but once a separate city, with Terminal Island. Terminal Island is a basically a very large sand bar at the mouth of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers which has since been turned into a completely paved island. No one lives on Terminal Island any more, it is eniterly given over to ship yards, train yards, coal storage facilities, a fish cannery (the sole survivor of what used to be many), sewage treament plant, etc. The bridge led to the demise of the ferry that used to transport people back and forth between San Pedro and Terminal Island." [David Kimbrohgh comment in ArchivedBridgeHunter]
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