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Structure-ID: s0002345
Created on: 15/11/01
Modified on: 08/06/05


Newport Transporter Bridge

Completed in: 1906
Status: in use
Location: Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Crosses: Usk River
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Structural Type:
Suspension bridge with cable-stays
deck truss
Function / usage:
Transporter bridge

Persons involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer Ferdinand Arnodin
Resident engineer Georges Camille Imbault

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Rehabilitation
Consulting engineers Capita Gwent Consultancy
Suspension system replacement (1993)
Cable steel supplier Bridon International

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  steel
towers  steel
truss  steel
Dimensions
  main span 325 m

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External LinkDie Welt der Schwebefähren: Newport German
External LinkFriends of Newport Transporter Bridge (FONTB) English
External LinkNewport Transporter Bridge English
External LinkThe Transporter Bridge At Newport, South Wales (J. B. Calvert) English

Relevant Literature
* Fernández Troyano, Leonardo   Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain) , ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 709.

 
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