General Information
| Completion: | 6 May 1937 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Self-anchored suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom Battersea, Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom |
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| Address: | Chelsea Bridge Road (A 3216) |
| Crosses: |
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| Replaces: |
Victoria Bridge (1858)
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| Coordinates: | 51° 29' 4.23" N 0° 8' 59.29" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 101 m | |
| width | 20 m | |
| total length | 213 m | |
| number of spans | 3 |
Materials
| towers |
steel
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Participants
Design
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2019): Chelsea Bridge - The assessment of a 1937 self-anchored suspension bridge. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Towards a Resilient Built Environment Risk and Asset Management, Guimarães, Portugal, 27-29 March 2019, pp. 392-399.
- : An Engineer's Guide to Interesting Structures in London. Arranged for Walking Tours. pp. 46.
- La reconstruction du pont de Chelsea à Londres. In: Ossature métallique, v. 6 (September 1937), pp. 409-411.
- (1938): The Reconstruction of Chelsea Bridge. In: Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 7, n. 3 (January 1938), pp. 383-429.
- (1999): Tierra sobre el agua. Visión histórica universal de los puentes. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), pp. 584.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20001672 - Published on:
07/08/2001 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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