The empirical relationship between pylon heights and span lengths is that the pylon height (above the guideway) must be at least 1/20th to 1/14th of the span length. Thus, typical pylon heights above street level for various span length used herein are as follows:
Span Length | Pylon Height |
100 200 500 600 800 1,000 1,200 | 44 - 46 49 - 53 64 - 75 69 - 82 79 - 96 89 - 110 100 - 125 |