. Architect and engineer. ..»ii(«iti«i •?/An-tVH>.i>-.^n PROPOSED MULTIPLE BRIDGE, SAN FRANCISCO BAYLouis C. MuIlKardl. Architect MARCH, 1927 69 pension bridge of single span would block the passage of all ships. Thisbridge consists of eleven spans, which together provide as much water-way as the Golden Gate entrance to the bay. The spans of lesser heightwill be adequate for other than the highest ships. The foundations will be of reinforced concrete, primarily of cellularconstruction, then filled solid, where the loads are concentrated. Thefootings would, of course, rest upon solid stra
. Architect and engineer. ..»ii(«iti«i •?/An-tVH>.i>-.^n PROPOSED MULTIPLE BRIDGE, SAN FRANCISCO BAYLouis C. MuIlKardl. Architect MARCH, 1927 69 pension bridge of single span would block the passage of all ships. Thisbridge consists of eleven spans, which together provide as much water-way as the Golden Gate entrance to the bay. The spans of lesser heightwill be adequate for other than the highest ships. The foundations will be of reinforced concrete, primarily of cellularconstruction, then filled solid, where the loads are concentrated. Thefootings would, of course, rest upon solid stratum below the silt bottomof the bay. The exact nature of the stratum will have to be ascertainedas is customary in all such construction work. Statements frequently heard that it will not be possible to findadequate stratum under the bay, on which to support a bridge are onlyconjectural; based entirely on worthless opinion. The probabilities arethat the channel of the bay extends over an accessible solid
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