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.