Royal Victoria Dock Bridge
- Royal Victoria Dock Bridge
The Royal Victoria Dock Bridge is a signature high-level footbridge crossing the Royal Victoria Dock in the Docklands area of east London. The bridge provides a direct link from Eastern Quay and Britannia Village, a residential development to the south of the dock, to the ExCeL Exhibition Centre and Custom House station, both situated to the north of the dock.
The bridge takes the form of an inverted Fink Truss, with six masts rising above the deck at 25.5 m centres, varying in height from almost 30 m at each end to just 10.6 m for the smallest masts. The shape of the bridge is designed to reflect the masts of the sailing boats which use the dock. The bridge crosses the dock with a clearance of some 15 m above the water, a height which was necessary to allow yachts to pass below the bridge deck. The bridge is accessed at each end by lift and stair towers.
The bridge was completed in 1998, at a cost of £5 million. [Structurae|id=s0000610|title=Royal Victoria Dock Pedestrian Bridge. Retrieved November 12, 2005] A second construction stage envisaged in the bridge's design involves the addition of a glass passenger cabin travelling on a rail of the underside of the deck to make this a transporter bridge. [DETAIL Online (1999). " [http://www.detail.de/Archiv/En/HoleArtikel/1751/Artikel Pedestrian Bridge at Royal Victoria Dock, London] ". Retrieved November 12, 2005]
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