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s0000067 |
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10/28/98 |
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06/08/05 |
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Severn Bridge |
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Built:
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1961
- 1966
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| Status: |
in use
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Location: |
Between Aust, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, South West England, England, United Kingdom and Beachley, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, South West England, England, United Kingdom
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Crosses: |
River Severn
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Carries: |
M 48 Motorway
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| Description | Value |
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| cables |
steel wire
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| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
steel
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main span |
988.00 m | | |
length of side spans |
305 m | | |
clearance |
47 m |
| main bridge |
span lengths |
304.80 m - 988.00 m - 304.80 m |
| pylons |
pylon height |
121.80 m |
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| The cables are made of zinc-coated wire. |
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Severn bridge follows Forth with cable woes, in
"Bridge Update", March 2007, n. 66 .
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Severn cables under constant scrutiny, in
"Bridge Update", September 2008, n. 78 .
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Wrapped up well, in
"Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2008, n. 51 v. 14 .
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Beckett, Derrick Great Buildings of the World: Bridges, Paul Hamlyn, New York (USA) , 1969; pp. 180-188.
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Brown, David J. Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA) , ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 116-117.
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Fisher, Jeffrey Severn Bridge – Recent assessment of main suspension cables, presented at 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures, London, September 2011.
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Flint, Anthony The strengthening and refurbishment of the Severn suspension bridge (England), presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
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Lancaster, John Engineering Catastrophes (2nd edition), Woodhead Publishing Ltd., England (United Kingdom) , ISBN 1855733420; pp. 191-196.
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Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 452-453.
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Prade, Marcel Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 278.
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Schröter, H.-J. Der augenblickliche Stand der Bauarbeiten an der Severn-Bridge, in
"Stahlbau", April 1965, n. 4 v. 34 .
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Sriskandan, K. Maintenance of the structures of the existing Severn Crossing, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
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Teyssandier, Jean-Paul Grande-Bretagne. Ancien pont sur la Severn. Renforcement, in
"Ouvrages d'art", July 1995, n. 21 .
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Williams, D. T. Le nouveau pont suspendu sur la Severn (Grande-Bretagne), in
"Acier = Stahl = Steel", April 1967 v. 32 .
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Wittfoht, Hans Buiding bridges, Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany) , ISBN 3764001763, 1984.
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Young, Jeff Assessment of the Suspension Cables of the Severn Bridge, presented at 17th IABSE Congress, Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure, Chicago, September 17-19, 2008.
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