General Information
| Other name(s): | Medway Crossing |
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| Completion: | 2003 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Single-cell box girder bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
High-speed rail bridge |
| Construction method: |
Balanced cantilever method |
| Material: |
Prestressed concrete bridge |
Awards and Distinctions
| 2002 |
for registered users |
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Location
| Location: |
Medway, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom |
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| Crosses: |
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| Part of: | |
| Next to: |
Medway Viaduct (M-2) (2003)
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| Coordinates: | 51° 22' 33" N 0° 28' 28" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 152 m | |
| total length | 1 256 m | |
| clearance | 25 m | |
| deck | deck depth | 3.23 - 11.50 m |
| deck width | 12.25 m | |
| approach viaducts | ||
|---|---|---|
| length | 384 m 554 m |
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Materials
| deck |
prestressed concrete
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Chronology
| December 2001 | Structural works completed. |
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| 2003 | Expected opening to traffic. |
Notes
Approach viaducts are constructed using the incremental launching method.
Participants
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Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- (2001): CTRL: liaison ferroviaire à grande vitesse entre Londres et le tunnel sous la Manche. Lot 350/410: le viaduc sur la Medway. In: Travaux, n. 781 (December 2001), pp. 26-31.
- (2003): Design of Medway Viaduct for Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL). Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Structures for High-Speed Railway Transportation, Antwerp, Belgium, 27-29 August 2003, pp. 96-97.
- (2000): Fast track to Europe. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 6, n. 21 (4th Quarter 2000), pp. 38-40.
- (2004): Vermessungstechnische Lösungen auf den Baustellen North Downs Tunnel und Brücke Medway Crossing – Hochgeschwindigkeitstrasse von London zum Eurotunnel. In: Bauingenieur, v. 79, n. 6 (June 2004).
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20001309 - Published on:
11/02/2001 - Last updated on:
21/04/2016
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