General Information
Project Type
Structure: |
Lenticular bridge |
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Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge |
Material: |
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Location
Location: |
Plymouth, Devon, South West England, England, United Kingdom Saltash, Cornwall, South West England, England, United Kingdom |
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Crosses: |
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Next to: |
Tamar Bridge (1961)
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Coordinates: | 50° 24' 28" N 4° 12' 13" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
height | 19 m | |
main spans (2x) | 177 m |
Materials
superstructure |
wrought iron
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piers |
masonry
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Chronology
1 September 1857 | First truss is floated out. |
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3 May 1859 | Prince Albert opens the bridge. |
Participants
Design
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- L'architecture et les ingénieurs. Deux siècles de réalisations. Moniteur, Paris (France), pp. 97. (1997):
- L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 424-425. (1997):
- Der Bau eiserner Brücken im Südwesten Deutschlands 1844 bis 1889 - Vom Gitterträger zum Fachwerk (Teil 3). In: Stahlbau, v. 81, n. 3 (March 2012), pp. 233-242. (2012):
- Bridges. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), pp. 68-69. (1993):
- Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge. A Study of Design and Construction of his 'Gateway to Cornwall' at Saltash. Twelveheads Press, pp. 152. :
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000063 - Published on:
28/10/1998 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016