Tamar Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Built: | 1959 - 1961 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Plymouth, Devon, South West England, England, United Kingdom, Europe Saltash, Cornwall, South West England, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
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| Crosses |
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| Next to |
Royal Albert Bridge (1859)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 335 m | |
| length of side spans | 2 x 114 m | |
| pylon | pylon height | 67 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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|---|---|
| pylon |
reinforced concrete
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| deck truss |
steel
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Participants
Construction
Cable steel supplier
Strengthening & Widening
Stay cable steel supplier
Relevant Web Sites
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BBC News: Bridge opens after £30m revamp (20.12.2001)
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BBC News: New York inspired by Tamar Bridge (04.01.2002)
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Tamar Bridge Strengthening & Widening Project
Relevant Publications
- Le royal Albert Bridge à Saltash (Grande-Bretagne), in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", May 1959 v. 24
- Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 69
- No cause for concern, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2009, n. 55 v. 15
- Effects of service loading on the behaviour of a suspension bridge, presented at 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures, London, September 2011.
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000931 |
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| Created: | 10/09/2000 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |