Tees Jubilee Bridge

This article is about the Tees bridge named in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's jubilee. For the Tees bridge named in honour of Queen Victoria's jubilee, see Tees Victoria Bridge. For similarly named bridges, see Jubilee Bridge.

54.535°N 1.321°W / 54.535; -1.321

Jubilee Bridge
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

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]

A view from the southern embankment.

Construction

The bridge was built by Birse Construction Ltd with steel fabrication supplied by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of Darlington.^[2]

Operation

The bridge was opened on 20 April 2002.^[1][2]

References

1. "Jubilee Bridge". Bridges on the Tyne. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
2. "Bridges over the Tees" (PDF). touristleafletsonline.com. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
3. Janberg, Nicolas. "Jubilee Bridge". Structurae. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
4. "View Cabinet Decision Record". Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2010.

External links

• Jubilee Bridge on the Bridges on the Tyne website
• Jubilee Bridge at Structurae.
• Leaflet: tourismleafletsonline.com.