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Jubilee Bridge (Stockton on Tees)

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Carries
  
Queen Elizabeth Way

Official name
  
Jubilee Bridge

Followed by
  
Surtees Bridge

Total length
  
150 m

Material
  
Reinforced concrete

Crosses
  
River Tees

Preceded by
  
Preston Pipe Bridge

Opened
  
20 April 2002

Longest span
  
106 m

Body of water
  
River Tees

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Locale
  
Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom

Location
  
Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

Similar
  
Teesquay Millennium Footbridge, Surtees Bridge, Princess of Wales Bridge, Victoria Bridge, Preston Pipe Bridge

The Jubilee Bridge is a road and pedestrian/cycle bridge carrying the Queen Elizabeth Way north-south across the River Tees linking Stockton-on-Tees with nearby Ingleby Barwick in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in the north-east of England. The bridge is over 5 kilometres upriver from, and over 3 kilometres approximately south of Stockton town centre.

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Design

The Jubilee Bridge is a balanced cantilever design, 150 m long with 3 spans and a main span of 106 m. It is constructed from reinforced concrete and T-section steel plate girders. 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.

The piers are supported on 914 mm concrete-filled tubular steel piles and the abutments are supported by steel 'H' piles.

Construction

The bridge was built by Birse Construction Ltd with steel fabrication supplied by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of Darlington.

Operation

The bridge was opened on 20 April 2002.

References

Jubilee Bridge (Stockton-on-Tees) Wikipedia