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Royal Victoria Dock Pedestrian Bridge

General Information

Completion: 1998
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: , , ,
Coordinates: 51° 30' 22.24" N    0° 1' 34.28" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

span 127.5 m

Cost

cost of construction Pound sterling 5 000 000

Materials

deck steel

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.

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Royal Victoria Dock Bridge is a signature high-level footbridge crossing the Royal Victoria Dock in the Docklands area of east London designed by London-based architects and designers Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands. The bridge provides a direct link from Eastern Quay and Britannia Village, a residential development to the south of the dock, to the ExCeL Exhibition Centre and Custom House station, both situated to the north of the dock.

The bridge takes the form of an inverted Fink truss, with six masts rising above the deck at 25.5 m (84 ft) centres, varying in height from almost 30 m (100 ft) at each end to just 10.6 m (35 ft) for the smallest masts. The shape of the bridge is designed to reflect the masts of the sailing boats which use the dock. The bridge crosses the dock with a clearance of some 15 m (50 ft) above the water, a height which was necessary to allow yachts to pass below the bridge deck. The bridge is accessed at each end by lift and stair towers.

The bridge was completed in 1998, at a cost of £5 million. A second construction stage envisaged in the bridge's design involves the addition of a glass passenger cabin travelling on a rail of the underside of the deck to make this a transporter bridge.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Royal Victoria Dock Bridge" and modified on 16 December 2022 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20000610
  • Published on:
    22/01/2000
  • Last updated on:
    05/02/2016
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