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About this model
- Main span
- 1,595.5 ft (486.3 m)
- Side spans
- 930 ft (283.5 m) each
- Towers
- 276.5 ft above high water
- Clearance
- 135 ft at mid-span
- Cables
- 4 main cables, 15¾ in diameter, 5,434 wires each
- Engineers
- John A. Roebling, Washington Roebling, Emily Warren Roebling
- Opened
- 05/24/1883
Built at 1:1 scale in meters. Tower arches, deck profile, cable sag, diagonal stays, and suspender spacing follow published dimensions. The surrounding city is a simplified stand-in.
Made by Tim VanBenschoten. More experiments on the playground.