Princess of Wales Bridge
| Princess of Wales Bridge | |
| County Durham, Yorkshire | |
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 Princess of Wales Bridge | |
| Location | |
| Type: | Slab and girder |
| Carrying: | Council of Europe Boulevard |
| Crossing: | River Tees |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ44891916 |
| Location: | 54°33’57"N, 1°18’26"W |
| Structure | |
| Main span: | 130 feet |
| Type: | Slab and girder |
| Material: | Steel plate girders and concrete |
| History | |
| Built 1992 | |
| Information | |
The Princess of Wales Bridge is a dual carriageway road bridge[1] which carries a road (‘Council of Europe Boulevard’) over the River Tees by Stockton-on-Tees, crossing from County Durham on the north bank to the North Riding of Yorkshire on the south.
The bridge is named after the late Diana, Princess of Wales.[2][3], and is sometimes referred to as the Diana Bridge or the Princess Diana Bridge.
Teesdale Business Park in Thornaby, Yorkshire is to the south and to the north is the north-east of Stockton-on-Tees town centre.[2][3]
Design and construction
The bridge is of a slab and girder design[4] with concrete piers and steel plate girder decking.[2] The bridge has three spans – the centre span is 130 feet long with two side spans of 100 feet each.[2][5] The bridge has four steel plate girders with composite concrete decking and the abutments and piers are supported on steel H piles driven to sandstone bedrock.[5]
The bridge was commissioned by the Teesside Development Corporation[2] and built at a cost of £3 million by Tarmac Group.[2][3][5][6]
Operation
The bridge was inaugurated on 23 September 1992[3][1][5][6] by Diana, Princess of Wales.[7] On rare occasions the bridge is closed for fireworks events.
After the death of the Princess, the bridge was fitted with two memorial plaques.[8]
Pictures
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Princess of Wales Bridge) |
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Outside links
- Princess of Wales Bridge: Bridges on the Tyne
- Princess of Wales Bridge at Structurae
- The River Tees Watersports Centre.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Burluraux, Don (26 April 2001). "Today's walk: Tees Barrage-Stockton Riverside-Newport Bridge". North York Moors CAM. http://www.nymcam.co.uk/042601.htm.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Princess of Wales Bridge". Bridges on the Tyne. http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/princess.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kenyon, Chris (March 2002). "A Trip up the Tees". Tees Rowing Club. http://www.teesrowingclub.co.uk/v_tripuptees.asp.
- ↑ Janberg, Nicolas. "Princess of Wales Bridge". Structurae. http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0047945.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Bridges over the Tees" (PDF). Institute of Civil Engineers. http://www.ice.org.uk/getattachment/43500669-bebe-4738-afc8-2742fcce639c/Bridges-over-the-Tees.aspx.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Building the Princess of Wales Bridge". Picture Stockton. http://www.picturestockton.co.uk/viewpage.aspx?id=3693.
- ↑ "Court Circular". The Independent. 24 September 1992. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/court-circular-1553322.html.
- ↑ Delplanque, Paul (16 February 2012). "The Jim Kelley Bridge?". Gazettelive – Remember When. http://rememberwhen.gazettelive.co.uk/2012/02/the-jim-kelley-bridge.html.
| Bridges and crossings on the River Tees | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surtees Rail Bridge | Victoria Bridge | Millennium Footbridge | Princess of Wales Bridge | Infinity Bridge | Tees Barrage | Tees Viaduct |