Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge

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Coordinates: 54 ° 35 '4 "  N , 1 ° 13' 41"  W.

Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge
Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge
Official name Tees Transporter Bridge
use Motor vehicles, pedestrians
Crossing of Teas
place Middlesbrough
construction Transporter bridge
overall length 259 m
Longest span 180 m
opening October 17, 1911
toll Vehicles (<3 t): £ 1.20
Pedestrians: 60 p
location
Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge (England)
Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge

The transporter bridge Middlesbrough ( English Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge , officially Tees Transporter Bridge ) is the last bridge over the teas before flowing into the North Sea. It connects Middlesbrough on the south bank with Port Clarence on the north bank. It is a transporter bridge : a platform (also referred gondola) suspended from ropes under the bridge support and lays the way across the river in 90 seconds back. It can transport either 200 people or 9 cars or 6 cars and a minibus. The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge is one of two operational transporters in the UK ; the other is in Newport, South Wales.

history

After a parliamentary decision of 1907, the bridge was 68,026 £ (this corresponds to 7210000 £ in 2020) by Sir William Arrol & Co. built of Glasgow from 1910 to 1911 to replace an older steam ferry. A transporter ferry was chosen because parliament had demanded that the new river crossing should not affect shipping traffic. The bridge was opened on October 17, 1911 by Prince Arthur of Connaught .

The Middlesbrough transporter bridge has a total length (including the outer jibs) of 259 m, the span between the supports is 180 m, the bridge girder is 49 m above the roadway. These dimensions in connection with a total height of 69 m make this structure the second largest of its kind still in existence today. Only the Newport Transporter Bridge across the Usk in South Wales is bigger.

In December 1993, the bridge received the Institution of Mechanical Engineers ' highest award , the Heritage Plaque , in recognition of the Council's efforts to keep it in good condition and in working order. Due to its historical importance, it was listed as a Grade II * building in 1985 . Since 1993 it has been floodlit during the winter months, which further increases its importance as a local landmark.

She has appeared in films (including Billy Elliot ) and television programs. On the occasion of the millennium celebrations in 2000 , fireworks were set off along its entire length.

The bridge is now jointly owned by Middlesbrough Council and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Middlesbrough Council is responsible for day-to-day operations and maintenance.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brian Howes: Building the Past - Middlesbrough Transport Bridge . In: Best of British . May 2009, p. 73. ISSN  1355-6681 .

annotation

  1. ↑ a b Strictly speaking, the static system consists of two cantilever beams, each 90 m long, which are articulated to one another in the middle of the bridge and anchored in the ground by the bracing of the rear boom.

literature

  • The transporter bridge over the River Tees . In: The Engineer . No. 112 , September 1911.
  • Leonardo Fernández Troyano: Bridge engineering: a global perspective . Thomas Telford, London 2003, ISBN 0-7277-3215-3 (Original title: Tierra sobre el agua .).
  • Marcel Prade: Ponts et viaducs au XIXe siècle . Brissaud, Poitiers 1988, ISBN 2-902170-59-9 .
  • Marcel Prade: Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe . Brissaud, Poitiers 1990, ISBN 2-902170-65-3 .
  • Robert Woodhouse: Tees Valley Curiosities . The History Press, Stroud (Gloucestershire) 2009, ISBN 978-0-7509-5077-0 .

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