Kingsferry Bridge
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| Kingsferry Bridge | |
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| Carries | 2 Lane Road Single Track Railway Pedestrians |
| Crosses | The Swale |
| Locale | Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK |
| Design | Vertical lift bridge |
| Longest span | 123 feet |
| Width | 50 feet |
| Vertical clearance | 120 feet |
| Opening date | 1960 |
The Kingsferry Bridge was designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson, and built by John Howard, with Dorman Long and Sir William Arrol. It comprises a reinforced concrete and structural steel deck, supported from portal-shaped reinforced concrete towers.
The first bridge on the site had been a railway bascule bridge built in 1860 as part of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. This was replaced in 1904 by a Scherzer-type bascule bridge, replaced in turn by the present bridge.[1]
Swale railway station is at the southern end of the Kingsferry Bridge.
The A249 was carried on the Kingsferry Bridge until the opening of a new fixed Sheppey crossing in 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ Otter, Robert A.: "Civil Engineering Heritage: Southern England", Thomas Telford Publishing, 1994, p. 239
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