General Information
| Completion: | 1829 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Deck arch bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
original use: Road bridge current use: Pedestrian bridge (footbridge) |
| Material: |
Iron bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 52° 30' 7.10" N 1° 58' 45.60" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| arch span | 45 m |
Materials
| arch |
cast iron
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Notes
Galton Bridge is very similar in construction to Mythe Bridge which Telford had designed a few years earlier. It was originally built to take a main road over the new Smethwick Cutting on the Birmingham Canal. The bridge is still open to pedestrians, but closed to motor vehicles which now use a modern four-lane road some distance away.
Participants
Design
- Thomas Telford (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- (1999): Tierra sobre el agua. Visión histórica universal de los puentes. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), pp. 326-327.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20002245 - Published on:
11/11/2001 - Last updated on:
24/06/2022
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