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Structure-ID: s0000580
Created on: 12/28/99
Modified on: 12/31/04


Flintshire Bridge

Dee Estuary Bridge
Built: 1994 - 1997
Status: in use
Location: Between Shotton, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom and Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Crosses: River Dee
The Flintshire Bridge.
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
inverted-Y pylon, asymmetric, fan arrangement
Function / usage:
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner National Assembly for Wales
Client Flintshire County Council
Architecture Percy Thomas Partnership
Structural engineering Tony Gee and Partners LLP foundations
Structural design Gifford Graham & Partners
Co-contractor Campenon Bernard
  Kier Construction
  Norwest Holst Construction
Stay cables Freyssinet International
Formwork RMD Kwikform

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
deck  concrete
Dimensions
  total length 954 m
deck   width 28 m
main bridge   total length 294 m
  span lengths 100 m - 194 m
pylon   pylon height 118 m
Cost
  cost of construction £ 55 000 000

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External LinkLusas Case Studies: Dee River Crossing English
External LinkRMD: Deeside River Crossing English

Relevant Literature
* Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France) , 2004; pp. 22.
* Curran, Peter   Design and Monitoring of the Flintshire Bridge, UK, in "Structural Engineering International", August 1999, n. 3 v. 9 .

 
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