Writing Testbench:The Quebec Bridge Company was formed in 1887 and for the nextthirteen years, very little was done. In 1900, Thomas Cooper, a consultantin civil engineering specializing in bridge building wasappointed the company’s consulting engineer for the duration of thework. The Sixth Street bridge in Pittsburgh, the Seekonk bridge inProvidence, and the Second Avenue bridge in New York werealready part of his portfolio.Conscious of the precarious financial situation of the QuebecBridge Company, Cooper recommended the cantilever superstructureproposed by the Phoenix Bridge Company, of Phoenixville,Pennsylvania as the best and cheapest of the proposals. He also recommendedthat the span of the bridge be increased from 1600 feetto 1800 feet to minimize the cost of constructing the piers supportingthe bridge. The specifications were also modified to allow forgreater unit stresses in the structure. The Quebec Bridge was to bethe longest cantilever bridge in the world.\\
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