Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Gary Hymes
Architects: J.E. Greiner Company
Built: 1949-1973
Height: 354 ft (eastbound), 379 ft (westbound)
Length: 22,790 ft
Date opened: July 30, 1952 (eastbound), June 28, 1973 (westbound)
Location: Maryland
Daily Traffic: 70,000 vehicles
O’Callaghan Tillman Memorial Bridge
Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz)
Architects: T.Y. Lin International
Built: 2005-2010
Height: 890 ft
Length: 1,900 ft
Date opened: Oct. 16, 2010
Location: Boulder City, Nev.
Daily Traffic: 16,000 vehicles
George Washington Bridge
Architects: Othmar Ammann and Cass Gilbert
Built: 1927-1931/1962
Height: 604 ft
Length: 4,760 ft
Date opened: October 24, 1931 (upper level), August 29, 1962 (lower level)
Location: New York/New Jersey
Daily traffic: 282,000 vehicles
Bixby Creek Bridge
Ian McWilliams (CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Architects: Frederick W. Panhorst, Charles H. Purcell, and Harvey D. Stover
Built: 1931-1932
Height: 280 ft
Length: 714 ft
Date opened: November 27, 1932
Location: Big Sur, Calif.
Daily Traffic: 5,000 vehicles
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
Glenn from Houston, USA (CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Architects: Palmer & Baker, Inc.
Built: 1955-1956/1969
Height: 50 ft
Length: 126,122 ft
Date opened: Aug. 30, 1956 (southbound), May 10, 1969 (northbound)
Location: New Orleans, La.
Daily traffic: 33,000 vehicles
Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge
Patrick Feller
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Built: 2005-2012
Height: 400 ft
Length: 1,870 ft
Date opened: March 29, 2012
Location: Dallas, Tex.
Daily traffic: 42,000 vehicles
Royal Gorge Bridge
Hustvedt (CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL, from Wikimedia Commons)
Architect: George E. Cole
Built: 1929-1929
Height: 1,053 ft
Length: 1,260 ft
Date opened: Dec. 8, 1929
Location: Cañon City, Colo.
Daily Traffic: 1,000 vehicles
