Tees Viaduct
| Tees Viaduct | |
| County Durham, Yorkshire | |
|---|---|
 (A19) Tees Viaduct from Maze Park | |
| Location | |
| Carrying: | A19 road |
| Crossing: | River Tees |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ47431942 |
| Location: | 54°34’4"N, 1°16’4"W |
| Structure | |
| Length: | 1.8 miles Main span: 384 feet |
| Design: | Slab and girder |
| History | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | National Highways |
The Tees Viaduct or Tees Flyover is a high-level six-lane dual carriageway road bridge carrying the main A19 trunk road north–south across the River Tees,[1] from the North Riding of Yorkshire into County Durham. The bridge crosses the 'New Cut' of the Tees and therefore the river crossing is entirely in Yorkshire, although the viaduct continues into County Durham.
The bridge is to be found between Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees just north of the A19's interchange with the A66 trunk road and carries the north–south traffic through Teesside avoiding the main towns but is also used extensively by local traffic.
On the southern, Yorkshire bank the bridge crosses the marshalling yard railway lines and the main Thornaby-on-Tees to Middlesbrough section of Tees Valley Line, the B6541 (Old A66/A67, Stockton Road) and the A66 road. On the northern, Durham bank the bridge crosses the Teesdale Way long-distance cycle/footpath, Lustrum Beck, a service road, footpath (disused railway line) and the main roundabout on the Portrack Interchange.
Design
The viaduct is a beam or girder bridge, with reinforced concrete piers and pier bends supporting steel-plate girder beams and a composite deck with some 200 moving parts. Overall it is 1.8 miles long:[2] at the time of construction it was the largest such bridge in the British Isles.[1][3]
The viaduct has 68 spans on the main north south route—the largest span being that over the river at 384 feet.
The bridge was designed with sufficient clearance to allow ships to pass, although the port of Stockton-on-Tees up-river was virtually redundant by then.[2] Since the Tees Newport Bridge had its lifting deck permanently fixed in the down position in 1990, large shipping can no longer reach the Tees viaduct, further reducing the need for such a high structure.
Pictures
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Outside links
- Tees Viaduct: Bridges on the Tyne
- A19 Tees Viaduct at Structurae.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "River Tees - Crossings". Three Rivers Cycle Routes. 2004. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080819153248/http://www.cycle-routes.org/threerivers/3r_bridges/tees_bridges.html. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "A19 Tees Viaduct". Bridges on the Tyne. http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/teesvia.html. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
- ↑ Hollaway, Leonard (1990). Polymers and Polymer Composites in Construction. Thomas Telford. ISBN 9780727715210. https://books.google.com/books?id=8SqmyiZz6GIC&dq=A19+Tees+Viaduct&pg=PA269. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
| Bridges and crossings on the River Tees | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millennium Footbridge | Princess of Wales Bridge | Infinity Bridge | Tees Barrage | Tees Viaduct | Newport Bridge | Transporter Bridge |