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Dates: during 1964-1964
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...bridge builders, are awesome. Using their new tools and talents, builders think suspension bridges can be built twice as long as they are now. "I don't think a suspension bridge of 10,000 ft. is impossible," says Raymond Boynton of the Manhattan engineering firm of Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist & London. Bridge strength will also increase. "I tell people we put up bridges that will last 1,000 years," says American Bridge Engineer William K. McGrath. "But I'm not sure they couldn't last forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Engineering: To Get to the Other Side | 8/28/1964 | See Source »

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