Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
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The Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company is a renowned bridge building and structural engineering company based in Darlington, England. It has been involved in many major projects including the Victoria Falls Bridge and the Humber Bridge.[1]
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[edit] History
The company was founded in 1877 as a fabrication business.[2] In 1969 the company was acquired by Trafalgar House.[2]
In 1990, it merged with the Dorman Long group, which by then had also been acquired by Trafalgar House. In 1996 it was renamed Kvaener Cleveland Bridge following the acquisition of Trafalgar House by Kvaerner.[2]
In August 2000 a management buy-out of Cleveland Bridge took place establishing the business as independent group specialising in the design and construction of major bridges, buildings, refineries and offshore structures.[2]
In 2002 the company was appointed the contractor for the roof for the new Wembley Stadium.[3]
[edit] Bridge building
Bridges built by the company include:
- Victoria Falls Bridge, Zimbabwe
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1905
- King Edward VII Bridge, Newcastle, England
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1908
- Nile Bridge, Egypt
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1909
- Transporter bridge, Middlesbrough
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1911.
- Second Nile Bridge, Egypt
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1911
- Chiswick Bridge
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1933
- Verugas Bridge, Peru
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1936
- Howrah Bridge, India
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1942
- Auckland Harbour Bridge Auckland, New Zealand
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1959
- Tamar Bridge, England
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1959
- Forth Road Bridge, Scotland
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington / ACD Consortium 1964
- Severn Bridge, Severn Estuary, Wales/England
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington / ABB Consortium 1966
- Wye Bridge,
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1968
- Humber Bridge, Hull, England.
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1961
- Span 1410m
- Bosporus Bridge, Turkey
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1973
- Total length 1560 metres
- Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, M25 Motorway, London.
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1991
- Main span of 450m, overall length 2872 metres.
- Tsing Ma, Hong Kong.
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1997
- Span 1377m
- Jiangyin Suspension Bridge, Jiangsu Province, China.
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1999
- Span 1385m
- New Carquinez Bridge, San Francisco, USA.
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 2003
- Span 728
- Rion Antirion, Gulf of Corinth, Greece.
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington Current Project
- Span 3x560m
[edit] References
- ^ Newcastle University. Organisation's Details: Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co.. Structural Images of the North East (SINE). Retrieved on 2007-06-18.
- ^ a b c d Cleveland Bridge history
- ^ Wembley Stadium on Structurae database
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company information at Structurae
- A to Z of bridges built by Cleveland Bridge
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