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Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company 
Type Private Industry Bridge building Founded 1877 Headquarters Darlington, UK Key people Brian Rogan (Managing Director) Owner(s) Al Rushaid Investment Group[1] Website www.clevelandbridge.com The Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company is a renowned bridge building and structural engineering company based in Darlington, England. It has been involved in many major projects including the Victoria Falls Bridge and the Humber Bridge.[2]
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History
The company was founded in 1877 as a fabrication business.[3] In 1969 the company was acquired by Trafalgar House.[3]
In 1990, it merged with the Dorman Long group, which by then had also been acquired by Trafalgar House. In 1996 it was renamed Kvaener Cleveland Bridge following the acquisition of Trafalgar House by Kvaerner.[3]
In August 2000 a management buy-out of Cleveland Bridge took place establishing the business as independent group specialising in the design and construction of major bridges, buildings, refineries and offshore structures.[3]
Victoria Falls Bridge
In 2002 the company was appointed the contractor for the roof for the new Wembley Stadium.[4]
Bridge building
Bridges built by the company include:
- Victoria Falls Bridge, Zimbabwe
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1905
- Waibaidu Bridge (Garden Bridge), Shanghai, China
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington, 1906
- 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
- Transporter bridge, Middlesbrough
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1911.
- Second Nile Bridge, Egypt
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1911
- Trent Bridge, Nottingham
- Widening by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1924 - 1926
- Chiswick Bridge
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1933
- Verrugas 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, Severn Estuary, Wales/England
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington / ABB Consortium 1966
- Wye Bridge, Severn Estuary, Wales/England
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1968
- Bosporus Bridge, Turkey
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1973
- Total length 1560 metres
- Humber Bridge, Hull, England
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1981
- Span 1410 m
- Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, M25 Motorway, London.
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1991
- Main span of 450 m, overall length 2872 metres.
- Tsing Ma Bridge, Hong Kong
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1997
- Span 1377 m
- Jiangyin Suspension Bridge, Jiangsu Province, China.
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 1999
- Span 1385 m
- New Carquinez Bridge, San Francisco, USA.
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 2003
- Span 728
- Rio-Antirrio Bridge, Gulf of Corinth, Greece.
- Built by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, Darlington 2004
- Span 3x560m
References
- ^ Cleveland Bridge: Buying Into Success - Al Rushaid Investment Group Increases Stake In Cleveland Bridge Group
- ^ Newcastle University. "Organisation's Details: Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co.". Structural Images of the North East (SINE). http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/view_orgs_information.asp?org_id=219. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
- ^ a b c d Cleveland Bridge history
- ^ Wembley Stadium on Structurae database
- The Cape to Cairo Railway and River Routes by George Tabor (contains full details of the constructiion of railway bridges in Africa by the Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company, particularly the Victoria Falls Bridge)
See also
External links
- Official Site
- Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company information at Structurae
- A to Z of bridges built by Cleveland Bridge
Categories:- Companies established in 1877
- Construction and civil engineering companies of the United Kingdom
- Companies based in County Durham
- United Kingdom company stubs
- Victoria Falls Bridge, Zimbabwe
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