How thick were the steel beams in the Twin Towers?

In areas, the thickness ranged from . 25 inches at the very top of the building to 4 inches at the base. Part of the revolutionary design created by Yamasaki and his engineers was the idea of the two hollow tubes, which were mostly supported by closely spaced steel columns encased in aluminum.



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