General Information
| Completion: | 1959 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Pipeline bridge |
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| Structure: |
Tied-arch bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 54° 32' 1" N 1° 19' 24" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 64 m |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Preston Pipe Bridge carries three water pipes across the River Tees north of Ingleby Barwick in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in the north-east of England. The bridge is situated over five kilometres upriver from Stockton town centre, and some 660 feet (200 m) upriver from Jubilee Bridge.
Design
Preston Pipe Bridge is a 210 feet (64 m) span tied arch bridge with concrete abutments and supplies water to southern Teesside.
Construction
The bridge was built in 1959 by constructor Dowsett to carry two 33 inches (84 cm) diameter water pipes across the Tees. The bridge arch, weighing 200 tonnes was assembled on the Durham bank from prefabricated parts and rolled out across the river on a temporary Bailey bridge, then moved sideways onto its pre-prepared concrete abutments.
Operation
A third pipe was added in 1979 and there is strictly no public access across the bridge. The bridge is best accessed on foot from the Jubilee Bridge along the river bank. The additional third pipe allowed for the removal a nearby single pipe bridge.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Preston Pipe Bridge" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20057677 - Published on:
16/08/2010 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
