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s0000009 |
| Created on: |
10/28/98 |
| Modified on: |
01/31/07 |
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| Next to: |
Menai Straits Bridge (1826)
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Britannia Bridge (1971)
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| Part of structure | Description | Value |
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| piers |
stone
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| girder |
wrought iron
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length of side spans |
70 m | | |
total length |
432 m | | |
main spans (2x) |
146 m |
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| May 1970
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| A fire severely damages the metal superstructure which is subsequently demolished. |
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| The bridge was originally designed to be a suspension bridge where cables would have supported the tubes and passed through the holes in the pylon tops. The tubes turned out to be stiff enough and the cables were left out. The bridge was considerably damaged by fire in 1970 and has since be rebuilt as an arch bridge, although the original piers remain intact. It now carries the A55 expressway in addition to the main railway line from London to Holyhead ferry port as previously. |
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Britannia 'health check', in
"Bridge Design & Engineering", August 1996, n. 4 v. 2 .
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Congestion threatens historic Britannia Bridge, in
"Bridge Update", December 2007, n. 72 .
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Beasley, Elizabeth The Menai suspension bridge, 1819-26 and Britannia Bridge, 1845-50, in
"Ancient Monuments Society Transactions", 1985 v. 29 .
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Beckett, Derrick Great Buildings of the World: Bridges, Paul Hamlyn, New York (USA) , 1969; pp. 76-87.
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Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 47-49.
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Brown, David J. Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA) , ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 64-65.
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Clark, Edwin The Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges (2 volumes), Day and Son, London (United Kingdom) , 1850.
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Deswarte, Sylvie L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 95.
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Dupré, Judith Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 46-47.
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Dupré, Judith Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 46-47.
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Dupré, Judith Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004109; pp. 46-47.
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Fernández Troyano, Leonardo Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain) , ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 92.
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Hoff, Robert Meisterbauwerke der Ingenieurbaukunst, Bundesanzeiger Verlag, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3887848861, 1998; pp. 153-160.
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Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 92-94.
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Pottgießer, Hans Eisenbahnbrücken aus zwei Jahrhunderten, Birkhäuser, Basel (Switzerland) , ISBN 3764316772, 1985; pp. 58-66.
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Rapley, John The Britannia & other tubular bridges, Tempus Publishing, ISBN 0752427539.
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