General Information
Other name(s): | Runcorn Bridge; Runcorn-Widnes Bridge |
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Beginning of works: | 25 April 1956 |
Completion: | 21 July 1961 |
Status: | in use |
Project Type
Structure: |
Two-hinged arch bridge Truss arch bridge Through arch bridge |
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Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
Material: |
Steel bridge |
Awards and Distinctions
Location
Location: |
Runcorn, Halton, North West England, England, United Kingdom Widnes, Halton, North West England, England, United Kingdom |
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Crosses: |
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Next to: |
Runcorn Railway Bridge (1868)
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Coordinates: | 53° 20' 47.76" N 2° 44' 15.72" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
width | 16 m | |
height | 87 m | |
total length | 482 m | |
span lengths | 76 m - 330 m - 76 m | |
clearance | 22.87 m | |
arch span | 330.00 m |
Materials
deck |
steel
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arch |
steel
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Participants
Structural engineering
Construction
Cable steel supplier
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 278. (1990):
- The Maintenance of Silver Jubilee Bridge, UK. Presented at: ARCH 2019, 9th International Conference on Arch Bridges, 2-4 October 2019, Porto, Portugal, pp. 790-797. (2019):
- (2018): The Maintenance of Silver Jubilee Bridge, UK. Presented at: IABSE Conference: Engineering the Past, to Meet the Needs of the Future, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-27 June 2018, pp. 267-274.
- Runcorn-Widnes Bridge. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 29, n. 3 (November 1964), pp. 535-570, plates. (1964):
- Silver Service. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 10, n. 37 (4th Quarter 2004), pp. 63.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20002257 - Published on:
11/11/2001 - Last updated on:
20/05/2020