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Newcastle-Gateshead bridge
New road bridge under construction consists of single-arch over River Tyne, with approach spans on both sides of river; width of roadway is 38 ft.; foundations consist of four masses of concrete sunk by means of caissons under compressed air; arch, which, when completed, will be largest in country, is of mild-steel, two-hinged type, with span from pin to pin of 531 ft. and rise of 170 ft.; abutments which take thrust of steel arch, have all been carried down to solid rock. (See also Engineer vol. 144, no. 3755, Dec. 30, 1927 pp. 728-730, 7 figs; Engineering, vol. 125, no. 3242, Mar. 2, 1928, p. 266, 1 fig.; Eng. and Contracting, vol. 67, no. 2, Feb. 1928, pp. 92-94, 13 figs)
Newcastle-Gateshead bridge
New road bridge under construction consists of single-arch over River Tyne, with approach spans on both sides of river; width of roadway is 38 ft.; foundations consist of four masses of concrete sunk by means of caissons under compressed air; arch, which, when completed, will be largest in country, is of mild-steel, two-hinged type, with span from pin to pin of 531 ft. and rise of 170 ft.; abutments which take thrust of steel arch, have all been carried down to solid rock. (See also Engineer vol. 144, no. 3755, Dec. 30, 1927 pp. 728-730, 7 figs; Engineering, vol. 125, no. 3242, Mar. 2, 1928, p. 266, 1 fig.; Eng. and Contracting, vol. 67, no. 2, Feb. 1928, pp. 92-94, 13 figs)
Newcastle-Gateshead bridge
Modern Transport
Modern Transport ; 20
1928
5 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1928
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