NEAR WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
OWNER:

STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION
P.O. Box 778 / U.S. RT. 113, Bay Road
Dover, Delaware 19903

Mr. Thomas Clement
Phone: (302) 734-9533
CONTRACT NO:

88-110-08

CONTRACT AMOUNT:

$58,064,079.00

 
GENERAL DESCRIPTION

This project comprised a high-level, cable-stay bridge over the C&D Canal. The bridge consists of 2 carriageways, 138 feet over the water, including: reinforcing steel, 36 stay cables, a main span of 750 feet, 2 side spans of 375 feet, and 26 approach spans of 150 feet each. The structure is cable-stayed concrete segmental with 4 shoulder lanes. Approaches were constructed using the span-by-span system with overhead launching truss.
 
MAJOR CONSTRUCTION COMPONENTS
Length of each approach Carriageway
3,140 Ft.
Total Project Length
7,790 Ft.
Volume of Embankment
1,100,000 Cu.Yd.
Post-tensioning Steel
3,200,000 Lb.
Maximum Span Length
750 Ft.
Number of Spans
27 Ea.
Volume of Concrete
70,000 Cu. Yd.
Reinforcing Steel
10,313,000 Lb.
Total of Stay Cables
936,000 Lb.
Width of each Carriageway
66 Ft.

 
Completion: November 1995