Tees Jubilee Bridge

54°32′06″N 1°19′16″W / 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 / 54.534833°N 1.320694°W / 54.534833; -1.320694
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]

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

External links

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