Tyne Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Two-hinged arch bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Built: | 1925 - 1928 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
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| Crosses |
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| Next to |
Newcastle High Level Bridge (1849)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 17.08 m | |
| height | 59 m | |
| total length | 397.72 m | |
| clearance | 25.62 m | |
| arch | rise | 55 m |
| arch span | 161.95 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 7 122 t |
Cost
| cost of construction | Pound sterling 1 200 000 |
Materials
| arch |
steel
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Chronology
| July 1925 | Beginning of construction. |
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| 1928 | Inaugurated by King George V. |
Participants
Structural engineering
Construction
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Tyne Bridge, Newcastle, in "Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers", March 1930 v. 230
- Spanning the Tyne, ISBN 1857950097
- Crossing the Tyne, Tyne Bridge Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom), ISBN 1857951212
- Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 274
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0001255 |
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| Created: | 01/02/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 21/04/2013 |