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DHRUV_SETH 0824 BUILDING_TECHNOLOGY GATESHEAD MILLENIUM BRIDGE_INTRO
CATEGORY : ROTATING CABLE-STAYED STEEL-ARCH BRIDGE
(Baltic Millennium Bridge)
Gateshead MillenniumBridge
RIVER TYNE
GatesheadNewcastle
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Gifford and P
artners (S
tructural engineer)
WORLD’S FIRST ROTATING BRIDGE
DHRUV_SETH 0824 BUILDING_TECHNOLOGY GATESHEAD MILLENIUM BRIDGE_INTRO
DHRUV_SETH 0824 BUILDING_TECHNOLOGY GATESHEAD MILLENIUM BRIDGE_SCHEMATIC
CROSS SECTION OF CURVED PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE DECK, SHOWING STEEL BENCH
LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF THE BRIDGE SHOWING UNDERLYING FISSURED COAL MEASURES
CROSS SECTION THROUGH END SUPPORT, SHOWING LOCATIN OF 450 MM DIA OPENING RAMS
45 M H
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HYDRAULIC ACTUATORSPOWERED BY
8 ELECTRICMOTORS
Rs 300/OPENING
4 min/OPENING
18
unsorted glacial sediment
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unda
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DHRUV_SETH 0824 BUILDING_TECHNOLOGY GATESHEAD MILLENIUM BRIDGE_CONSTRUCTION
The concept of the rotating bridge was a reaction to three main design constraints:1. The bridge should be 4.5m above the spring high tides in its closed position.2. Nothing was to be built on the Gateshead quayside.3. The deck should have a maximum slope of 1:20 to allow for disabled access.
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DHRUV_SETH 0824 BUILDING_TECHNOLOGY GATESHEAD MILLENIUM BRIDGE_FABRICATION
STRESS LEVELS AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PARABOLA
DHRUV_SETH 0824 BUILDING_TECHNOLOGY GATESHEAD MILLENIUM BRIDGE_STRUCTURAL INFO