Millennium Bridge (also the Millennium Bridge ; Eng. Gateshead Millennium Bridge ) - a bridge over the Tyne River, connecting the cities of Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne ( Northern England ); The world's first [1] .
| Millennium Bridge | |
|---|---|
 View of the bridge in a partially rotated position | |
| Official name | Gateshead millennium bridge |
| Application area | walking bike |
| Crosses | Tyne River |
| Location | between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead |
| Design | |
| Type of construction | tiltable bridge |
| total length | 126 m |
| Exploitation | |
| Constructor, architect | architectural company, construction company |
| Opening | September 2001 |
Content
History
The design of the bridge was developed by the ; their project won the competition, which in 1996 was announced by the Gateshead City Council. The task of the architects was to create and build a pedestrian and bicycle bridge, which would not prevent large vessels from passing along the Tyne River. The constructed bridge became the first “tilted” bridge in the world [1] .
The construction of the Millennium Bridge was a large-scale engineering project with a budget of $ 40 million ; The project has been implemented for more than two years. The steel structure of the bridge was cast at a factory in Bolton , and then transported in parts for assembly to , at the mouth of Tyne . The assembled structure was transported 10 km up the river with the help of - the largest floating crane in Europe . Due to the small width of Tyne, a structure measuring 126 m and weighing 850 tons [1] had to be rotated from time to time.
In September 2001, the bridge was commissioned. The opening ceremony was attended by 35 thousand people. The bridge “turns” about 200 times a year; every time huge crowds of spectators gather to see its turn. However, even in a stationary state, the bridge does not leave spectators indifferent. This building, originally conceived as a passage through the Tyne and with it the so-called "theatrical spectacle", transformed the panoramic view of Tyneside [1] .
Description
The base of the bridge is two steel arches . One of them rises 50 m above the surface of the water; on another, located almost horizontally, pedestrians and cyclists move, and under it small vessels can pass. When a tall vessel is approaching the bridge, unable to pass under the horizontal part, both arches as a whole rotate 40 ° around the axis connecting their ends: the pedestrian-bicycle deck of the bridge rises, while the upper arch, on the contrary, lowers. A turn lasts no more than 4.5 minutes , depending on wind speed. When it is completed, the two arches are in the “equilibrium-raised” position, in which the upper points of the arches rise 25 meters above the surface of the water. For this maneuver, the bridge received the nickname "Winking Eye" [1] .
Photo Gallery
View from the city of Gateshead
The same, but in a raised state
Bridge at night
Across the river at night
View from the bridge looking west (upstream) at dusk, with color lighting
The principle of operation of the bridge
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Millennium Bridge :: One Hundred Wonders of Modern Architecture // modernecture.ru.
Literature
- Karen P. Millennium Bridge in Gateshead (UK) // Peace Bridge. - M. , 2006. - No. 1-2 . - S. 44-49 .
Links
- Gateshead Council page // gateshead.gov.uk.
- Construction photographies // ejayar.ndo.co.uk.
- Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Tyneside (link not available) // gifford.uk.com.
- Interactive demonstration of how the bridge works on the Wolfram Demonstrations project website
- The plot of the Russian television channel "Science" dedicated to the bridge