General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Haunched girder bridge Box girder bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
|
| Near: |
Tay Bridge (1887)
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| Coordinates: | 56° 27' 33.48" N 2° 57' 48.51" W |
| Coordinates: | 56° 26' 48.96" N 2° 56' 1.91" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 2 250 m | |
| number of spans | 42 | |
| height above valley floor or water | 9.7 - 38 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 8 150 t |
Cost
| cost of construction | ca. Pound sterling 6 000 000 |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| deck slab |
reinforced concrete
|
| abutments |
reinforced concrete
|
| girders |
steel
|
Chronology
| 18 August 1966 | Opened by Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother. |
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Notes
A 15.5m (51 feet) high obelisk at the Fife end of the bridge commemorates Willie Logan (1913-66), director of the construction company, Robert Lyle, former town clerk of Dundee, and five men who died while the bridge was being built.
A temporary piled jetty was used for the full length of the bridge during construction.
Participants
Design
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W. A. Fairhurst and Partners
- William A. Fairhurst (designer)
Structural engineering
Contractor
Steel erection
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): Tay road bridge: Analysis of chloride ingress variability & prediction of long term deterioration. In: Construction and Building Materials, v. 11, n. 4 (June 1997), pp. 249-254.
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20002795 - Published on:
27/01/2002 - Last updated on:
07/01/2019
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