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SSDA 2005 – River Usk Crossing, Newport Southern Distributor Road
With the new river Usk crossing the construction team have created a landmark structure designed and built in an extremely compressed timescale. Newport’s …
Reed bridge chosen as Eastern landmark
East Anglia is to press ahead with construction of two bridges which are intended to become symbols of the region in the same way as the Angel of the North and …
Sheffield Professor to launch new charter at Steel Conference
Professor Roger Plank of the University of Sheffield will launch the Steel Construction Sustainability Charter at the BCSA’s ‘Steel Construction – The …
Bridge over the River Tagus
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 The £50 million suspension bridge at present being built across the Tagus River at Lisbon is reputed to be one of the …
40 Years Ago: Progress Report on the Severn Bridge
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 …
40 Years Ago: Two interesting bridges
1. New Bridge over the River Calder in Huddersfield The £3 million scheme for the extension and modernisation of the Corporation of Huddersfield’s sewage …
Bridges breakthrough
Steel overbridges are increasingly appearing on major new highways where once concrete dominated. Nick Barrett analyses the factors behind changing trends in …
News in Brief: January 2005
Erection of over 10,000t of steelwork for the new Swale crossing, linking the Isle of Sheppey to mainland Kent, began in December. Working in partnership with …
SSDA Award: Swansea Sail Bridge
This project is part of a larger scheme comprising two bridges across the River Tawe with an additional opening span and associated Quayside walkways. The …
SSDA Commendation: Whittle Arch and Glass Bridge, Coventry
The Phoenix Initiative is Coventry City Council’s most extensive city centre regeneration project to date. The £20M scheme, jointly funded by the Millennium …
