Queen Elizabeth II Bridge
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 52 ″ N , 0 ° 15 ′ 30 ″ E
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| use | Motor vehicles (4 lanes) | |
| Crossing of | Thames | |
| Subjugated | A282 | |
| place | Dartford | |
| construction | Cable-stayed bridge | |
| overall length | 812 m | |
| Longest span | 450 m | |
| Clear width | 53 m | |
| Arrow height | 137 m | |
| height | 75 m above the river | |
| Headroom | 65 m | |
| vehicles per day | 72,700 | |
| start of building | August 1988 | |
| completion | June 7, 1991 | |
| opening | October 30, 1991 | |
| planner | Hellmut Homberg , Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company | |
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The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge is a 137 meter high and 812 meter long cable-stayed bridge over the River Thames in southern England. The bridge named after Elisabeth II was ceremoniously opened by her on October 30, 1991. It is the southward part of the Dartford Crossing , a toll section of the ring road around London . The bridge runs parallel to two tunnels under the Thames, which today still serve as a connection to the north.
At the time of its opening, the bridge was the longest cable-stayed bridge in Europe, and since 1996 it has been the second longest in the United Kingdom after the Second Severn Crossing . The bridge is one of the crossings over the Thames east of London .
description
The bridge has a span between its two pylons of 450 meters. The deck is held in place on the pylon by steel cables up to 84 meters long. The total height of the pylons is 137 meters. Two concrete viaducts at both ends of the bridge raise the course of the road to the level of the bridge. The viaduct in the north is 1052 meters long, the one in the south 1008 meters. The total length of the bridge construction is 2872 meters. At its highest point, the bridge is 65 meters above the river, allowing large ships to enter the port of London. The cost of the bridge was £ 120 million , with a further £ 30 million to build the viaducts.
traffic
Although the bridge is part of the London ring road , the road over it is not legally a motorway, but an A-road , the A282, which closes the London ring road ( M25 ) at this point . That one has in Dartford Crossing regulated deliberately, so that vehicles without motorway authorization to use the river crossing.
literature
- David J. Brown: Bridges. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA) 1993, ISBN 0-02-517455-X , pp. 132-133.
