Orwell Bridge
The Orwell Bridge is a concrete box girder bridge just south of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. Opened to road traffic in 1982, the bridge carries the A14 road (formerly the A45) over the River Orwell.
Orwell Bridge | |
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The Orwell Bridge from Orwell Country Park | |
| Coordinates | 52.026909°N 1.16449°E |
| OS grid reference | TM163445 |
| Carries | Motor vehicles (A14 and A12) |
| Crosses | River Orwell (Freston Reach), B1456 |
| Locale | Ipswich (east) and Wherstead (west) |
| Maintained by | National Highways |
| Preceded by | Stoke Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Twin box girder bridge |
| Material | Pre-stressed reinforced concrete |
| Total length | 1,287 metres (4,222 ft) |
| Width | 24 metres (79 ft) |
| Height | 43 metres (141 ft) |
| Longest span | 190 metres (620 ft) |
| No. of spans | 18 |
| History | |
| Architect | Frederick Gibberd Partners |
| Engineering design by | Sir William Halcrow & Partners |
| Constructed by | Stevin Construction B.V. |
| Fabrication by | Høsveis & Bofa |
| Construction start | October 1979 |
| Construction end | April 1982 |
| Construction cost | £23.6m |
| Inaugurated | 17 December 1982 |
| Location | |
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