Leamouth Lifting Footbridge
| Leamouth Lifting Footbridge | |
| Essex, Middlesex | |
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| Location | |
| Type: | Footbridge |
| Crossing: | River Lea |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ39358138 |
| Location: | 51°30’51"N, -0°0’25"E |
| Structure | |
| Type: | Footbridge |
| History | |
| Information | |
The Leamouth Lifting Footbridge or Leamouth North Bridge is a steel lifting arch bridge for pedestrians over Bow Creek, the estuary of the River Lea. It connects Leamouth in Middlesex to Canning Town in Essex.
History
Leaside Regeneration set up a design competition, which was won by Whitbybird in or before 2004. The bridge was budgeted at £3.5 million and would have a 148-foot mast, that tilted and lowered the bridge at the north side of the river. The bridge was due for completion in 2007, but in 2005 the funding was withdrawn for the Thames Gateway Delivery Unit.[1]
In 2008 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed a new bridge as part of a ‘master plan’ for the area, and in 2011 it won the planning.[1]
The bridge was ordered by Ballymore Group. Bridge engineering was done by Davies Maguire,[2] with consulting on the mechanical design by Eadon consulting[3]
The bridge was pre-fabricated off-site and in August 2014 was lifted into place.[1]
Characteristics
The bridge can rise 13 feet on hydraulic pistons on both bridge ends.[2]
The bridge headway is 17 feet above mean high water when closed, and 31 feet when opened.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Leamouth Bridge Competition". https://www.leamouthbridge.com/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leamouth North Bridge: Davies Maguire
- ↑ Leamouth Vertical Lift Footbridge: Eadon Consulting
- ↑ Bow Creek / River Lea (lower): Port of London Authority