fflint
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Thanks again Flying Phil for your coverage. Can I ask if there will be support columns needed in between the 2 sets of tracks to support the bridge?
Thanks for the updates Phil. That's going to be a very long span then isn't it?
Are there many rail bridges in the UK that cross four lines in one span does anyone know? There probably is, I'm just curious.
Thanks for the updates Phil. That's going to be a very long span then isn't it?
Are there many rail bridges in the UK that cross four lines in one span does anyone know? There probably is, I'm just curious.
Thanks for the updates Phil. That's going to be a very long span then isn't it?
Are there many rail bridges in the UK that cross four lines in one span does anyone know? There probably is, I'm just curious.
The GC bridge over Nottingham Midland spanned across five lines (platforms 1,3 & 4 plus two middle roads) with abutments far side of Platform 1/Station Street and the other in the middle of platforms 4 & 5.
Thanks for the updates Phil. That's going to be a very long span then isn't it?
Are there many rail bridges in the UK that cross four lines in one span does anyone know? There probably is, I'm just curious.
I have worked on a good few bridges crossing four tracks over the years - I have a couple of websites that show examples - www.dbmbridges.com and www.dbmbridges2.com
Project 8 Micklefield - this is a 36m span concrete pre-stressed beams carries the A1M over the Leeds - Hull & Leeds - York Line (2004)
Project 13 TJC3 Bridge 17 Nineveh Road (2001) this one is a plate girder which also flies over the sidings lines at Holbeck Leeds. Actually can't remember the span - have the drawings somewhere !! sad i know!!
Project 15,17,18 are all on the Leeds Inner Ring Road - they cross two tracks but are also likely to enable HS2 to get into leeds (future proof in 2007)
Project 45 ECML5 Bridge 19 Warehills Christmas 2015.
Project 47 SPC3 Bridge 53 Headlands (part of MML 2015)
It's interesting to see the GCR project progress - i actually led one of the rival bids to build the new bridge and i can sympathise with the piling problem - we had problems on Project 56 - TCC 27A Awsworth Road Ilkeston - with high water tables - This structure only crosses 3 tracks and the new bridge is curved vertically to give allowance for Overheads (future proof) it is possible to fit 6 tracks under the bridge (at least there were 6 tracks under the old bridge in 1953 !!) i think 4 is more realistic. This project won the ICE East Midlands Merit Award Team Achievement Award last week - just saying!!.
Sorry to rabbit on - the new structure was going to be a box girder construction (similar to project 23 ECML149 Darkes Lane Potters Bar replaced after the train crash in 2002) - but as i understand the bridge was being changed to an E Type Plate Girder (Similar to the Project 3 Bingham Railway bridge) not sure if this is the case - the one at Bingham was 66m long but was located onto central pile columns.
Hopefully not to much information - lost of bridges on my two website they are useful - also not for profit just for helping students and engineers design good bridges and structures.
pessimistic, yes, but accurate as i'm involved on the project.
Irrelevant not really, i take it that the GCR Bridge will provide clearance to OLE requirements for MML below, my question is does this introduce a 'sky jump' like the East Lancs Railway? I know there is plenty of land either side so it wont be too steep or noticable but does the design account for this and how much extra work/materials/time/money does this involve? as opposed to jus putting a bridge back to the previous clearance levels.
Bridge 5? out of Hull near the stone terminal.
I think this used to have 8 lines through it now just one.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1129567
Welcome to the forum mogulB snd thsnk you for taking up the "Baton" whilst Phil is away.
Is this a re-instatement of the connection, or a new connection via the bridge?