Avonmouth Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Box girder bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Built: | 1969 - 1973 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Bristol, South West England, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 164 m | |
| total length | 1 388 m |
Materials
| deck |
prestressed concrete
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Participants
Design
Contractor
Strengthening (1999)
Client
Consulting engineers
Contractor
Steel construction
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Hidden strength - The Avonmouth Bridge, in "Welding & Metal Fabrication", June 1999, n. 5 v. 67
- La construction du pont d'Avonmouth (Grande-Bretagne), in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", May 1977 v. 42
- Brücken / Bridges (4th edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), ISBN 3421025908, 1994; pp. 170
- Structural Management of Avonmouth Bridge, presented at 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures, London, September 2011.
- Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 276
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0005069 |
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| Created: | 16/09/2002 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |