Tees Jubilee Bridge
Bridge over the River Tees in Northern England
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Jubilee Bridge | |
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Jubilee Bridge over the river Tees from west side | |
| Coordinates | 54°32′5.4″N 1°19′14.5″W |
| Carries | Queen Elizabeth Way |
| Crosses | River Tees |
| Locale | Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom |
| Official name | Jubilee Bridge |
Preceded by | Preston Pipe Bridge |
Followed by | Surtees Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Balanced cantilever |
| Material | Reinforced concrete and T-section steel plate girders |
| Total length | 150 metres (492 ft) |
| Longest span | 106 metres (348 ft) |
| No. of spans | 3 |
Piers in water | 2 |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Birse Construction Ltd. |
| Fabrication by | Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company |
| Construction end | 2002 |
| Opened | 20 April 2002 |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Jubilee Bridge | |
The Jubilee Bridge is a road and pedestrian/cycle bridge carrying the Queen Elizabeth Way north-south across the River Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, northern England. It links Preston-on-Tees with Ingleby Barwick.[1][2] The bridge is over 3.1 miles (5 km) upriver from, and over 1.9 miles (3 km) approximately south of Stockton town centre.[citation needed]
Design
The Jubilee Bridge is a balanced cantilever design, 150 m long with 3 spans and a main span of 106 m.[1][2] It is constructed from reinforced concrete and T-section steel plate girders.[3] It carries dual two lane carriageways and additionally on the western side, a pedestrian cycle track linking in to the local pedestrian cycle tracks on the southern bank of the River Tees.[4]
The piers are supported on 914 mm concrete-filled tubular steel piles and the abutments are supported by steel 'H' piles.[2]
Construction
The bridge was built by Birse Construction Ltd with steel fabrication supplied by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of Darlington.[2]