General Information
Other name(s): | Coalbrookdale Bridge |
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Beginning of works: | November 1777 |
Completion: | July 1779 |
Status: | in use |
Project Type
Structure: |
Deck arch bridge |
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Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
Material: |
Iron bridge |
Plan view: |
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Awards and Distinctions
1986 |
part of an ensemble
for registered users |
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1979 |
for registered users |
for registered users for registered users |
Location
Location: |
Ironbridge, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom |
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Crosses: |
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Coordinates: | 52° 37' 39" N 2° 29' 8" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
main span | 30.5 m | |
total length | 60 m |
Quantities
weight of iron | 378.5 t |
Materials
piers |
masonry
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arches |
cast iron
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abutments |
masonry
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Participants
Design
- Abraham Darby III (designer)
Architecture
- Thomas Farnolls Pritchard (architect)
(role unknown)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- 200 Jahre Eisenkonstruktion - die Coalbrookdale-Bridge. In: Stahlbau, v. 48, n. 11 (November 1979), pp. 350-351. (1979):
- L'architecture et les ingénieurs. Deux siècles de réalisations. Moniteur, Paris (France), pp. 90. (1997):
- L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 128. (1997):
- Bridges. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), pp. 44-45. (1993):
- Bridges. A history of the world's most famous and important spans. Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), pp. 34-35. (1997):
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000038 - Published on:
28/10/1998 - Last updated on:
14/03/2023