Royal Victoria Dock Pedestrian Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cable-stayed bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Transporter bridge
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge) |
| Completed in: | 1998 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Newham, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| span | 127.5 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | Pound sterling 5 000 000 |
Materials
| deck |
steel
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Notes
A second construction stage includes the addition of a glass passenger cabin traveling on a rail of the underside of the deck to make this a transporter bridge.
Participants
Owner
Architecture
Structural design
General contractor
Aluminum construction
Metal construction
Quantity surveyor
Relevant Web Sites
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archINFORM: Fußgängerbrücke am Royal Victoria Dock
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Cable-Stayed Bridges of Europe: England (L)
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Schwebefähren dieser Welt: London
Relevant Publications
- Fußgängerbrücke am Royal Victoria Dock / Pedestrian Bridge at Royal Victoria Dock, London, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", December 1999, n. 8 v. 39
- A moving story, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2005, n. 41 v. 11
- The World of Footbridges, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 3-433-02943-1, 2011; pp. 40-41
- Fußwegbrücken und Radwegbrücken, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 3433029377, 2011; pp. 40-41
- An Engineer's Guide to Interesting Structures in London; pp. 61
- Bridge Builders, Wiley, ISBN 047149786X, 2002; pp. 122-127
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 422-427
- 30 Bridges, Laurence King, ISBN 1856692175, 2002; pp. 112-116
- 30 Brücken, Callwey Verlag, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3766715011; pp. 112-116
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000610 |
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| Created: | 22/01/2000 |
| Last Updated: | 18/04/2013 |