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10/28/98 |
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Tamar Bridge (1961)
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| superstructure |
wrought iron
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| piers |
masonry
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main spans (2x) |
177 m |
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| 1 September 1857
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| First truss is floated out. |
| 3 May 1859
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| Prince Albert opens the bridge. |
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Berridge, P. S. A. Le royal Albert Bridge à Saltash (Grande-Bretagne), in
"Acier = Stahl = Steel", May 1959 v. 24 .
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Binding, John Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge, Twelveheads Press, ISBN 0906294398.
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Brown, David J. Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA) , ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 68-69.
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Deswarte, Sylvie L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 97.
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Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 424-425.
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Pottgießer, Hans Eisenbahnbrücken aus zwei Jahrhunderten, Birkhäuser, Basel (Switzerland) , ISBN 3764316772, 1985; pp. 143-145.
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Russell, Helena Royal rail, in
"Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2006, n. 43 v. 12 .
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Troitsky, M. S. Cable-Stayed Bridges, Crosby Lockwood Staples, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0258970340, 1977.
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