- Royal Tweed Bridge
The Royal Tweed Bridge is a 1920s
road bridge inBerwick-upon-Tweed ,Northumberland ,England , that carries Pudding Lane across theRiver Tweed . It was intended to diverttraffic from the 17th century Old Bridge, and until the 1980s it formed part of the A1 road, the main route fromLondon toEdinburgh . However, the construction of a new bridge to the west of Berwick as part of bypass has since reduced the Royal Tweed Bridge's importance.Construction took place between 1925 and 1928. It was undertaken by L G Mouchel & Partners, who still operate today (as
Mouchel Parkman ). The design is ofreinforced concrete and consists of four unequalarch es. The bridge altogether spans a distance just short of 430 metres. However, the spans of the arches themselves (50.1, 74.4, 95.5 and 108.50 metres) vary remarkably, so much so that the longest, northern arch for a while held the record forGreat Britain 's largestconcrete arch.External links
* [http://www.sine.ncl.ac.uk/view_structure_information.asp?struct_id=286 Information from the SINE project] ,
University of Newcastle upon Tyne .
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* [http://www.stboswells.bordernet.co.uk/walks-by-the-tweed/14.html Tweed bridges]
* [http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/berwick/berwickupontweed/ Guide to Berwick-upon-Tweed]
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