Famous Bridges of the world built at Teesside or Darlington
Above: Transporter Bridge, Middlesbrough photographed by David Simpson
and Tyne Bridge - photo The Northern Echo
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Bridges of the world built in the Teesside and Darlington area
New Lambeth Bridge London, England
(Road)
Built by Dorman Long, Middlesbrough Total length 776 ft
5 spans
Engineer to London County Council was Sir George Humphreys and the architects Sir Reginald Blomfield and Mr G Topham Forest
4,620 tons
Tyne Bridge Newcastle, England
(Road)
Built by Dorman Long, Middlesbrough Total length 1,254 feet
Messrs Mott, Hay & Anderson, associated with Messrs. Coode, Wilson, Mitchell & Vaughan-Lee
8,000 tons ?
Bangkok Memorial Bridge Bangkok, Thailand
(Road)
Built by Dorman Long, Middlesbrough Total length 755 feet
1,100 tons
Menai Suspension Bridge Menai Strait, Wales
(Road)
Built by Dorman Long, Middlesbrough Total length 1,265 feet
Consulting Engineers to Ministry of Transport Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners
100 feet above water replaced Telford's bridge of 1826
3,200 tons
Strostrom Bridge, Denmark
(Railways)
Built by Dorman Long, Middlesbrough Total length 10,535 feet
21,000 tons
Chien Tang River Bridge, China
(Railway and Road)
Built by Dorman Long, Middlesbrough Total length 3,840 feet
16 equal spans
4,135 tons
Otto Biet Bridge over the Zambesi river, Zimbabwe
Built by Dorman Long, Middlesbrough Total length 1,210 feet
1,242 tons
Khedive Ismail Bridge Cairo, Egypt
Built by Dorman Long, Middlesbrough Total length 1,250 feet
3,000 tons
Dessouk Bridge, Lower Nile, Egypt
Built by Dorman Long, Middlesbrough Total length 2.010 feet
10 spans including 194 feet swing span
3,800 tons
Limpopo Bridge, South Africa
Built by Dorman Long, Middlesbrough Total length 1,515 feet
1,876 tons
Omdurman Bridge, White Nile, Sudan
Built by Dorman Long, Middlesbrough Total length 2,012 feet
7 fixed spans, one swing span
3,700 tons
Tsing Ma Bridge, Hong Kong
Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1994
Bosporus Bridge, Turkey
Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1973Total length 1560 metres
Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney, Australia
Built by Dorman Long, Middlesbrough Total length 3,770 feet
Total weight of fabricated steelwork 51,000. Weight of steel in the arch 38,000 tons.
Newport Bridge Middlesbrough, England
Built by Dorman Long, Middlesbrough Total length 4,920 feet
8,000 tons
Birchenough Bridge, Zimbabwe
Built by Dorman Long, Middlesbrough
1,242 tons
Victoria Falls Bridge, Zimbabwe
Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1905
King Edward VII Bridge Newcastle, England
Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1908
Nile Bridge, Egypt
Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1909
Second Nile Bridge, Egypt
Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1911
Verugas Bridge, Peru
Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1936
Howrah Bridge, India
Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1942
Auckland Harbour Bridge Auckland, New Zealand
Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1959
Tamar Bridge, England
Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1959
Forth Road Bridge, Scotland
Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington / ACD Consortium 1964
Severn Bridge,
Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington /ABB Consortium 1966
Wye Bridge,
Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1968
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