Preston Pipe Bridge
| Preston Pipe Bridge | |
| County Durham, Yorkshire | |
|---|---|
 Preston Pipe Bridge over the River Tees | |
| Location | |
| Carrying: | Water supply pipes |
| Crossing: | River Tees |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ43881558 |
| Location: | 54°32’1"N, 1°19’24"W |
| Structure | |
| Length: | 210 feet |
| Design: | Tied arch |
| Material: | Concrete and steel |
| History | |
| Built 1959 | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Northumbrian Water |
The Preston Pipe Bridge is a remarkable pipe bridge which carries three water pipes across the River Tees between the North Riding of Yorkshire and County Durham, by Ingleby Barwick in Yorkshire and Preston-on-Tees in Durham. The bridge is found three and a half miles upriver from Stockton-on-Tees town centre, and about 200 yards upriver of the Jubilee Bridge. There is strictly no public access across the bridge.
Design and operation
Preston Pipe Bridge is a single span of 210 feet built as a tied-arch bridge with concrete abutments.[1] It supplies water to southern Teesside.
The bridge was built in 1959 by constructor Dowsett to carry two water pipes, each of 33-inch diameter, across the Tees. The bridge arch, weighing 200 tons, 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.
A third pipe was added in 1979. The additional third pipe allowed for the removal a nearby single pipe bridge.
Outside links
- Preston Pipe Bridge at Structurae
References
- ↑ Preston Pipe Bridge: Bridges on the Tyne