Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway" in English language version.
The first precast segmental box girder bridge in the U.S., the John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway, built in 1971 over salt water on the Texas coast, had a 1999 NBI superstructure condition rating of 6 (satisfactory).
He named it the Don Patricio causeway in honor of Patrick Dunn. The construction was very simple: four wooden troughs supported by a trestle. The troughs were spaced so that a standard automobile could place it [sic] tires in them and drive across.
The cantilever construction of the first segmental precast prestressed concrete box girder bridge in the United States has been recently completed on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway, Corpus Christi, Texas. The segments were precast, transported to the site, and erected by the balanced cantilever method of post-tensioned construction, using epoxy resin as a jointing material.
He named it the Don Patricio causeway in honor of Patrick Dunn. The construction was very simple: four wooden troughs supported by a trestle. The troughs were spaced so that a standard automobile could place it [sic] tires in them and drive across.
