General Information
| Other name(s): | Charing Cross Bridge |
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| Completion: | 1845 |
| Status: | demolished |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge) |
Location
| Location: |
Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom City of Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom |
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| Crosses: |
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| Replaced by: |
Hungerford Bridge (1864)
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Technical Information
There currently is no technical data available.
Notes
Due to the stench of the river the bridge remained unused in summers and the chains were subsequently used in the construction of the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Participants
Design
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- (1863): The Charing Cross Bridge. In: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 22, n. 1863 ( 1863), pp. 512-527.
- (1945): Charing Cross Railway Bridge: Temporary Repairs to Damaged River Span. In: Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 23, n. 4 (February 1945), pp. 188-197.
- Hungerford Suspension Bridge. In: The Civil engineer and architect's journal, v. 8 ( 1845), pp. 165-166, pl. XIII, XIV, XV.
- (2006): Master of materials. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 12, n. 43 (2nd Quarter 2006), pp. 43.
- (1999): Tierra sobre el agua. Visión histórica universal de los puentes. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), pp. 584.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20002315 - Published on:
11/11/2001 - Last updated on:
24/06/2022
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