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Created on: 22/01/00
Modified on: 07/11/07


West India Quay Footbridge

Completed in: 1996
Location: Docklands, Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
West India Quay Footbridge
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Structural Type:
Pontoon bridge
Function / usage:
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner London Docklands Development Corporation
Architecture Future Systems
Structural engineering Anthony Hunt Associates
General contractor Littlehampton Welding Ltd
Steel construction Littlehampton Welding Ltd
Quantity surveyor Buckland & Taylor Ltd.
Mechanical & electrical engineering Rendel Palmer & Tritton

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
piers  steel
deck slab  aluminum
girders  steel
Dimensions
  main span 15 m
  total length ~ 94 m
Cost
  cost of construction £ 1 700 000

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External Link0lll.com - Architecture Gallery: Pedestrian Bridge at West India Dock - London English
External LinkBritish Steel Web: Canary Wharf to West India Quay Footbridge English

Relevant Literature
* Fußgängerbrücke West India Dock, London / Pedestrian Bridge at West India Dock, London, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", December 1999, n. 8 v. 39 .
* Pearce, Martin   Bridge Builders, Wiley, ISBN 047149786X, 2002; pp. 22-25.
* Watanabe, E.   Floating Bridges: Past and Present, in "Structural Engineering International", May 2003, n. 2 v. 13 .
* Wells, Matthew   30 Bridges, Laurence King, ISBN 1856692175, 2002; pp. 90-95.
* Wells, Matthew   30 Brücken, Callwey Verlag, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3766715011; pp. 90-95.

 
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