General Information
| Completion: | October 2020 |
|---|---|
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Deck arch bridge Tied-arch bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Steel-reinforced concrete composite bridge |
| Plan view: |
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Location
| Location: |
Pooley Bridge, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Replaces: |
Pooley Bridge (1764)
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| Coordinates: | 54° 36' 43.97" N 2° 49' 19.82" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 40 m | |
| number of spans | 1 | |
| abutments | number | 2 |
Materials
| arch |
reinforced concrete
stainless steel |
|---|---|
| railing |
stainless steel
|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Pooley Bridge was an historic stone road bridge that crossed the River Eamont in the village of Pooley Bridge near the northern end of Ullswater. It connected two civil parishes, Barton and Pooley Bridge and Dacre, and was grade II listed in January 1991.
The bridge, erected in 1764 and replacing an earlier bridge from the 16th century, was washed away on 6 December 2015 when Cumbria was hit by heavy flooding during Storm Desmond, after storm waters eroded the riverbed around the base of the bridge supports.
New bridge
A temporary replacement footbridge was opened on 20 March 2016, and a new stainless steel clear span road bridge was lifted into place in January 2020. It was opened to the public in October 2020, with some detailing still to be finished.
While a clear span bridge would normally have deep pile foundations on the banks, rock was not found even 15 m deep, so the new bridge was built as a tied arch bridge with the arch above the deck, designed with the slimmest profile possible without obstructing the view.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Pooley Bridge (structure)" and modified on 6 September 2024 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2020): Construction - Design. The Measure of: Pooley Bridge. In: Engineering & Technology, v. 15, n. 5 (1 June 2020), pp. 92-93.
- (2024): The New Pooley Bridge – Reconnecting a Community. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Construction’s Role for a World in Emergency, Manchester, United Kingdom, 10-14 April 2024, pp. 235-242.
- (2022): Replacement Pooley Bridge in Cumbria: the UK’s first stainless-steel road bridge. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering, v. 175, n. 4 (November 2022), pp. 1-8.
- (2024): Sustainability and Beauty in Bridge Design. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Construction’s Role for a World in Emergency, Manchester, United Kingdom, 10-14 April 2024, pp. 955-963.
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05/09/2024 - Last updated on:
05/09/2024
