A way to keep dry

摘要

The result was a team of structural, electrical and mechanical engineers from both sides of the Atlantic collaborating on the overall design, layout and installation of the Bay Bridge's new cable dehumidification system, the first system of this kind installed on a bridge in North America. The bridge consists of a dual-span crossing which rises 186 ft over the Chesapeake Bay. The eastbound bridge opened in 1952 and the westbound in 1973. The centerpieces of the bridges are two 1,600-ft-long parallel main-suspension spans. With annual traffic volume approaching 26 million vehicles, the bridges connect ocean destinations on Maryland's eastern shore with the urban centers of Baltimore, Annapolis and Washington, D.C.