Pont du détroit de Tacoma (1950)

Pont du détroit de Tacoma
Le pont du détroit de Tacoma en 1988.
Le pont du détroit de Tacoma en 1988.
Géographie
Pays Drapeau des États-Unis États-Unis
État État de Washington
Commune Tacoma
Coordonnées géographiques 47° 16′ 06″ N, 122° 33′ 01″ O
Fonction
Franchit Détroit de Tacoma (Puget Sound)
Fonction Pont autoroutier
Itinéraire SR16
Caractéristiques techniques
Type Pont suspendu
Longueur 1 822,4 m
Portée principale 853,4 m
Hauteur 59,4 m
Hauteur libre 56,8 m
Construction
Mise en service
Géolocalisation sur la carte : États-Unis
(Voir situation sur carte : États-Unis)
Pont du détroit de Tacoma
Géolocalisation sur la carte : État de Washington
(Voir situation sur carte : État de Washington)
Pont du détroit de Tacoma

Le pont du détroit de Tacoma ou pont de Tacoma, en anglais Tacoma Narrows Bridge, est un pont suspendu des États-Unis situé dans l'État de Washington et permettant de franchir le détroit de Tacoma. Il est construit en 1950, dix ans après l'effondrement du premier ouvrage, et il est doublé en 2007 d'un second pont suspendu.

Histoire

Le pont est construit en 1950 et ouvert à la circulation le , au même endroit que le premier pont qui s'est effondré dix ans auparavant[1],[2],[3].

A la suite d'un vote public en 1998[4], il est doublé en 2007 d'un second pont suspendu, pour faire face à l'accroissement du trafic routier dans la région[5].

Récompenses et distinctions

En 2008, le projet reçoit plusieurs distinctions[6]:

  • Build Washington Award - Grand Award, de l'Association général des entrepreneurs de Washington
  • Excellence of Concrete Construction, de Washington Aggregates & Concrete Association
  • Grand Award, du Conseil Américain des compagnies d’ingénierie
  • Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award of Merit, de l'American Council of Civil Engineers
  • Platinum Award, de l'American Council of Engineering Compagnies of Washington.

En 2012, le pont, conjointement avec celui construit en 1940, est désigné comme faisant partie de la liste des Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks par l'American Society of Civil Engineers[7].

Les ponts de 1950 (à droite) et de 2007 (à gauche).

Références

Sur les autres projets Wikimedia :

  1. (en) « The Strangest, Most Spectacular Bridge Collapse (And How We Got It Wrong) », sur www.vice.com (consulté le )
  2. « Tacoma Narrows Bridge » (consulté le )
  3. « Tacoma Narrows Bridge » (consulté le )
  4. (en) « Tacoma Narrows Bridge history », sur www.wsdot.wa.gov (consulté le )
  5. « New Tacoma Narrows Bridge » (consulté le )
  6. (en-US) « Tacoma Narrows Bridge », sur Kiewit Corporation (consulté le )
  7. (en-US) Index Staff, « A successful failure? Engineers to honor Tacoma's Galloping Gertie | Tacoma Daily Index », sur www.tacomadailyindex.com, (consulté le )

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