Severn Bridge

General Information

Structure:	Suspension bridge with diagonal hangers
Function / usage:	Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Material:	Steel bridge

Location:	Aust, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, South West England, England, United Kingdom Beachley, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, South West England, England, United Kingdom
Crosses:	River Severn
Carries:	M 48 Motorway
See also:	Wye River Bridge (1966)
Coordinates:	51° 36' 49.65" N 2° 39' 1.20" W
Coordinates:	51° 36' 16.55" N 2° 37' 34.33" W

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The cables are made of zinc-coated wire.

Design

Construction

Co-contractor

Cable steel supplier

Renovation

Structural engineering

Strengthening (1987-1988)

Cable steel supplier

Monitoring (2006-2009)

Monitoring equipment

ADVITAM

Picon, Antoine (1997): L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 452-453.
Young, Jeff / Lynch, Martin / Lambert, Paul / Fisher, Jeff (2008): Assessment of the Suspension Cables of the Severn Bridge, UK. Presented at: 17th IABSE Congress, Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure, Chicago, September 17-19, 2008, pp. 300-301.
https://doi.org/10.2749/222137908796292768
Schröter, H.-J. (1965): Der augenblickliche Stand der Bauarbeiten an der Severn-Bridge. In: Stahlbau, v. 34, n. 4 (April 1965), pp. 126-128.
Brown, David J. (1993): Bridges. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), pp. 116-117.
Wittfoht, Hans (1984): Buiding bridges. History, Technology, Construction. Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany).