MERIT AWARD SPECIAL PURPOSE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEMORIAL BRIDGE ROANOKE, VA.

摘要

The City of Roanoke, Va., wanted to preserve a historic but deteriorating 19th century steel truss bridge that spans the Norfolk Southern rail lines by renovating the existing vehicular structure for pedestrian use only and enhancing its approaches to create a memorial to civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Formerly known as the First Street Bridge, the structure consists of three 53 ft, 10-in. approach spans on the south, a 100-ft main truss span, and a single 53-ft, 3-in. approach span on the north.