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The center span of the George Washington Bridge, as originally constructed, consisted ol a...

The center span of the George Washington Bridge, as originally constructed, consisted ol a uniform roadway suspended from four cables. The uniform load supported by each cable was w =9.75 kips/ft along the horizontal. Knowing that the span L is 3500 ft and that the sag h is 316 ft, determine for the original configuration (a) the maximum tension in each cable, (b) the length of each cable.

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