Jubilee Bridge (Stockton-on-Tees)

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Coordinates: 54°32′06″N 1°19′16″W / 54.535°N 1.321°W / 54.535; -1.321

Jubilee Bridge

Jubilee Bridge over the river Tees from west side
Official name Jubilee Bridge
Carries Queen Elizabeth Way
Crosses River Tees
Locale Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom
Design Balanced cantilever
Material reinforced concrete and T-section steel plate girders
Total length 150 metres (492 ft)
Longest span 106 metres (348 ft)
Number of spans 3
Piers in water 2
Constructed by Birse Construction Ltd.
Fabrication by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
Construction end 2002
Opened 20 April 2002
Preceded by Preston Pipe Bridge
Followed by Surtees Bridge
Coordinates 54°32′5.4″N 1°19′14.5″W / 54.534833°N 1.320694°W / 54.534833; -1.320694

The Jubilee Bridge is a road and pedestrian/cycle bridge carrying the Queen Elizabeth Way north-south across the River Tees linking Stockton-on-Tees with nearby Ingleby Barwick in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in the north-east of England.[1][2] The bridge is over 5 kilometres upriver from, and over 3 kilometres approximately south of Stockton town centre.[citation needed]

Design

The Jubilee Bridge is a balanced cantilever design, 150 m long with 3 spans and a main span of 106 m.[1][2] It is constructed from reinforced concrete and T-section steel plate girders.[3] It carries dual two lane carriageways and additionally on the western side, a pedestrian cycle track linking in to the local pedestrian cycle tracks on the southern bank of the river Tees.[4]

The piers are supported on 914 mm concrete-filled tubular steel piles and the abutments are supported by steel 'H' piles.[2]


Construction

The bridge was built by Birse Construction Ltd with steel fabrication supplied by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of Darlington.[2]

Operation

The bridge was opened on 20 April 2002.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Jubilee Bridge". Bridges on the Tyne. Retrieved 17 July 2010. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Bridges over the Tees" (PDF). touristleafletsonline.com. Retrieved 16 July 2012. 
  3. Janberg, Nicolas. "Jubilee Bridge". Structurae. Retrieved 16 July 2012. 
  4. "View Cabinet Decision Record". Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2010. 

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