General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Chain suspension bridge |
|---|---|
| Support conditions: |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
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Awards and Distinctions
Location
| Location: |
Bristol, South West England, England, United Kingdom |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 51° 27' 18" N 2° 37' 40.01" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 214.05 m | |
| total length | 412 m | |
| clearance | 75 m | |
| weight | 1 500 t | |
| height above valley floor or water | 101 m | |
| pylons | height | 26 m |
Materials
| chains |
wrought iron
|
|---|---|
| pylons |
masonry
|
| abutments |
masonry
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Chronology
| 27 August 1836 | First stone is laid in a big ceremony. |
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| 1860 | Hungerford chain suspension bridge is demolished, the chains are reused later in the construction of the Clifton bridge. |
| 18 December 1864 | Inauguration |
Notes
Clifton Bridge would have been the longest-spanning bridge if it had been completed soon after it was designed, but for financial reasons it was not put into service until 1864. Brunel never saw this bridge finished, he passed away before the funding problems were resolved. An alternative design by Thomas Telford would have had the same span as the Menai Straits Bridge.
Participants
Owner
Design
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel (designer)
Participant in construction
- William Henry Barlow (participant in construction)
Steel connections
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1993): Analytical modelling for fatigue assessment of the Clifton suspension bridge. Presented at: IABSE Colloquium: Remaining Structural Capacity, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1993.
- (1997): L'architecture et les ingénieurs. Deux siècles de réalisations. Moniteur, Paris (France), pp. 134.
- (1993): Bridges. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), pp. 67.
- (2002): Bridges that Changed the World. Prestel, Munich (Germany), pp. 64-65.
- (2006): Bristol fashion. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 12, n. 43 (2nd Quarter 2006), pp. 45-46.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000018 - Published on:
28/10/1998 - Last updated on:
14/03/2023
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