General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Three-span suspension bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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Location
| Location: |
Plymouth, Devon, South West England, England, United Kingdom Saltash, Cornwall, South West England, England, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Next to: |
Royal Albert Bridge (1859)
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| Coordinates: | 50° 24' 29.47" N 4° 12' 10.98" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 335 m | |
| length of side spans | 2 x 114 m | |
| total length | 642 m | |
| pylon | pylon height | 67 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
|
|---|---|
| pylon |
reinforced concrete
|
| deck |
steel
|
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
| deck truss |
steel
|
Participants
Initial construction (1959-1961)
Construction
Cable steel supplier
Strengthening & Widening (1999-2001)
Design
Stay cable steel supplier
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1993): Bridges. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), pp. 69.
- (2011): Effects of Service Loading on the Behaviour of a Suspension Bridge. Presented at: 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures: Taller, Longer, Lighter - Meeting growing demand with limited resources, London, United Kingdom, September 2011.
- (2015): Measuring and modelling the thermal performance of the Tamar Suspension Bridge using a wireless sensor network. In: Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, v. 11, n. 2 (May 2015), pp. 176-193.
- (2009): No cause for concern. A recent inspection of the cables on one of the UK's shorter suspension bridges showed encouraging results. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 15, n. 55 (2nd Quarter 2009), pp. 52.
- (1959): Le royal Albert Bridge à Saltash (Grande-Bretagne). In: Acier = Stahl = Steel, v. 24 (May 1959), pp. 240-242.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20000931 - Published on:
10/09/2000 - Last updated on:
06/05/2023
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