Teesquay Millennium Footbridge
| Teesquay Millennium Footbridge | |
| County Durham, Yorkshire | |
|---|---|
 Teesquay Millennium Footbridge | |
| Location | |
| Carrying: | Pedestrians |
| Crossing: | River Tees |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ44731879 |
| Location: | 54°33’44"N, 1°18’35"W |
| Structure | |
| Design: | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Material: | Steel and concrete |
| History | |
| Built December 2000 | |
| Architect: | Yee Associates |
| Information | |
Teesquay Millennium Footbridge, also referred to as the Millennium Bridge, is a footbridge crossing east-west over the River Tees between Stockton-on-Tees high street in County Durham and Thornaby-on-Tees opposite it in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The Yorkshire end of the bridge is in the Teesdale Business Park.
The bridge crosses the river and the A1035 Riverside Road. The Teesdale Way runs beneath it on the Durham bank.
Up-river on Castlegate Quay by the western side of the bridge there is the Castlegate Quay Watersports Centre.
Design
The bridge has a cable-stayed design.[1] It has a 130-foot 'A' frame pylon/mast with fanned cables[2] and a total span of 502 feet.
The walkway is 9 feet wide,, narrowing to 7 feet on the extension over Riverside Road to the Castlegate Centre.[3]
Picture
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Teesquay Millennium Footbridge) |
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Outside links
- Teesquay Millennium Footbridge: Bridges on the Tyne
- Teesquay Millennium Footbridge at Structurae
- Replica HM Bark Endeavour
References
- ↑ Teesquay Millennium Bridge at Structurae
- ↑ "Bridge A-Team". Construction News. 14 December 2000. https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/archive/bridge-a-team-14-12-2000/. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
- ↑ "Teesside and Sedgefield". Lune Millennium Bridge. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080515153919/http://www.lunemillenniumbridge.info/Stockton.html. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
| Bridges and crossings on the River Tees | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surtees Bridge | Surtees Rail Bridge | Victoria Bridge | Millennium Footbridge | Princess of Wales Bridge | Infinity Bridge | Tees Barrage |