Carries Water supply pipes Official name Preston Pipe Bridge Followed by Jubilee Bridge Longest span 64 m Body of water River Tees | Crosses River Tees Preceded by Yarm Bridge Opened 1959 Material Concrete Owner Northumbrian Water | |
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Locale Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom Address River Tees, United Kingdom Location Borough of Stockton-on-Tees Similar Jubilee Bridge, Surtees Bridge, Teesquay Millennium Footbridge, Princess of Wales Bridge, River Tees | ||
The Preston Pipe Bridge carries three water pipes across the River Tees north of Ingleby Barwick in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in the north-east of England. The bridge is situated over five kilometres upriver from Stockton town centre, and some 200 m upriver from Jubilee Bridge.
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Design
Preston Pipe Bridge is a 210 feet (64 m) span concrete tied arch bridge with concrete abutments and supplies water to southern Teesside.
Construction
The bridge was built in 1959 by constructor Dowsett to carry two 33 inches (84 cm) diameter water pipes across the Tees. The bridge arch, weighing 200 tonnes was assembled on the Durham bank from prefabricated concrete parts and rolled out across the river on a temporary Bailey Bridge, then moved sideways onto its pre-prepared concrete abutments.
Operation
A third pipe was added in 1979 and there is strictly no public access across the bridge. The bridge is best accessed on foot from the Jubilee Bridge along the river bank.