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Sundial Bridge Statistics

STATISTICS
Completion & Opening July 4, 2004
Dimensions 700 feet long
23 feet wide
217 feet high (pylon)
Weight 3.2 million pounds (1,600 tons)
Materials steel structure with galvanized steel cables
Deck Materials non-skid glass panels in steel framework, granite accents
Foundation 115 tons of rebar
1,900 cubic yards of concrete
Superstructure 400 tons of steel
200 tons of glass and granite for the deck
Cables 4,342 feet of cable,
Pylon 580 tons of steel
Funding  
Funders The McConnell Foundation
Redding Redevelopment Agency
Federal Highway Administration
Turtle Bay Exploration Park
Project Team  
Architect Santiago Calatrava (Zurich)
Project Manager Omni Means (Redding/Roseville, Calif.)
Margaret Zech
General Contractor Kiewit Pacific Co. (Vancouver, Wash.)
Steel Fabricator Universal Structural, Inc. (Vancouver, Wash.)
Steel Detailers Tensor Engineering
Erection Engineers Buckland and Taylor
Other Consultants and Contractors Sharrah Dunlap Sawyer, Stimpel-Wiebelhaus, Northstate Resources, Carr Kennedy Peterson Frost, Coyote & Fox, Pace Engineering, Shasta Water Action Group, Tom Micoh Engineering Services, and others.

Portions of this site courtesy of Turtle Bay Exploration Park

 

 

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