Surtees Bridge
The Surtees Bridge is a road bridge carrying the A66(T) road east west across the River Tees near Thornaby-on-Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in the north east of England. The bridge is situated one kilometre upriver from Stockton town centre, just upriver of Surtees Rail Bridge – a rail bridge carrying the Tees Valley Line. Built at a cost of £14.3 million the bridge replaces an earlier Surtees Bridge (1981) that showed signs of distress resulting from excessive settlement.
Surtees Bridge | |
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Surtees Bridge over the River Tees | |
| Coordinates | 54°33′15.7″N 1°18′38.6″W |
| Carries | A66 road |
| Crosses | River Tees |
| Locale | Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom |
| Official name | Surtees Bridge |
| Owner | National Highways |
| Preceded by | Jubilee Bridge |
| Followed by | Surtees Rail Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | slab and girder |
| Material | Reinforced concrete and steel plate girder |
| Total length | 150 metres (492 ft) |
| Longest span | 50 metres (164 ft) |
| No. of spans | 3 |
| Piers in water | 2 |
| Design life | 120 years |
| History | |
| Designer | A1 Integrated Highway Services |
| Engineering design by | Halcrow Group |
| Constructed by | Edmund Nuttall |
| Fabrication by | Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company |
| Construction start | 20 March 2006 |
| Construction end | 22 January 2008 |
| Opened | 3 December 2007 |
| Inaugurated | 24 January 2008 |
| Replaces | Surtees Bridge (1981) |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 55,000 vpd |
| Location | |
The Surtees Bridge and the A1(M) motorway bridge are the busiest over the River Tees with 55,000 vehicles per day. The river level at this point is held at 2.7 mOD by the Tees Barrage which makes the river here permanently navigable.
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