Infinity Bridge

Initial investigations for the footbridge were done by the White Young Green Group,{{cite web |title=Firm looks to Infinity and beyond |url=http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2008/11/24/firm-looks-to-infinity-and-beyond-51140-22325950/ |work=Evening Gazette|date=24 November 2008 |access-date=14 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004062750/http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2008/11/24/firm-looks-to-infinity-and-beyond-51140-22325950/ |archive-date=4 October 2011 }}

who with English Partnerships produced a brief for an international architectural design competition, organised with RIBA Competitions{{cite web |title=Expedition Engineering |url=http://expedition.uk.com/projects/infinity-bridge-stockton-on-tees/ |publisher=Expedition Engineering |work=expedition-engineering.com |access-date=14 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530073313/http://expedition.uk.com/projects/infinity-bridge-stockton-on-tees/ |archive-date=30 May 2015 |url-status=live }} and launched in April 2003.

The brief was for a "prestigious" and "iconic" "landmark" footbridge at North Shore Stockton, to cross the River Tees, which is {{convert|125|m|ft|0}} wide at that point.{{cite web |url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/ace/uploads/StudentProjects/Bridgeconference2009/Papers/MASKELL.pdf |title=A Critical Analysis of North Shore Footbridge, Stockton-on-Tees, UK |first=Daniel |last=Maskell |work=Proceedings of Bridge Engineering 2 Conference 2009 |publisher=bath.ac.uk |year=2009 |access-date=11 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604072510/http://www.bath.ac.uk/ace/uploads/StudentProjects/Bridgeconference2009/Papers/MASKELL.pdf |archive-date=4 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}

More than 200 submissions were made to the RIBA Competition; from these a shortlist of five was selected. The successful competition design was by Expedition Engineering and Spence Associates.{{cite web |title=Lift off for North Shore |work=Building Design News |access-date=19 January 2010 |url=http://www.buildingdesign-news2008.co.uk/2008/25-Tees-Valley-Regeneration-Regeneration,-planning-and-development-News-160608.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803022106/http://www.buildingdesign-news2008.co.uk/2008/25-Tees-Valley-Regeneration-Regeneration,-planning-and-development-News-160608.asp |archive-date=3 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Overview of the Scheme |work=The Footbridge at North Shore |access-date=19 January 2010 |url=http://www.northshorefootbridge.com/overview-of-the-scheme |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120181437/http://www.northshorefootbridge.com/overview-of-the-scheme |archive-date=20 November 2008 }}{{cite web|title=The Infinity Footbridge |work=The Institution of Structural Engineers |access-date=16 October 2009 |url=http://www.istructe.org/activities_events_awards/Pages/SA09-InfinityFootbridge.aspx}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

The subsequent design was led by Expedition Engineering assisted by{{cite web |url=http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/infinity.html |title=Infinity Bridge, Stockton-on-Tees |work=Bridges on the Tyne |access-date=17 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121012102/http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/infinity.html |archive-date=21 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}

Arup Materials, Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering, Black and Veatch, Bridon, University of Cambridge, Cleveland Bridge UK,{{cite news|url=https://www.scottishconstructionnow.com/article/cleveland-bridge-the-british-bridges-built-by-innovation |title=Cleveland Bridge: The British bridges built by innovation|date=16 April 2021|newspaper=Scottish Construction Now| access-date=18 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.door-way.co.uk/clevelandbridge/sectors.aspx |title=North Shore Footbridge |work=Cleveland |access-date=11 December 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Dorman Long Technology,

Flint & Neill,{{cite web|url=http://www.flintneill.com/storage/pdf-documents/new-data-sheets/FN%20Flyer%20-%20Infinity%20Bridge.pdf |title=Infinity Bridge, UK |publisher=Flint & Neill |work=flintneill.com |access-date=16 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711011615/http://www.flintneill.com/storage/pdf-documents/new-data-sheets/FN%20Flyer%20-%20Infinity%20Bridge.pdf |archive-date=11 July 2011}}

Formfab, GCG, GERB, Imperial College,{{cite web |url=http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_9-11-2009-12-36-34 |title=Iconic bridge wins award with a little help from Imperial students |first=Colin |last=Smith |work=imperial.ac.uk |publisher=Imperial College |date=9 October 2009 |access-date=11 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616061806/http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_9-11-2009-12-36-34 |archive-date=16 June 2011 |url-status=live }} RWDI, Spence Associates, Speirs & Major, Stainton, and William Cook. White Young Green were project managers.{{cite web |url=http://www.wyg.com/news/iconic-bridge-wins-double-accolade |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306235333/http://www.wyg.com/news/iconic-bridge-wins-double-accolade |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 March 2016 |title=Iconic Bridge Wins Double Accolade |publisher=WYG Group |work=wyg.com |date=20 May 2009}}

English Partnerships appointed Flint & Neill Limited to carry out a Category III independent check of the bridge design, including loading, wind tunnel testing, and investigation of failure modes. A number of aspects fall outside current standards. The bridge has a 120-year design life.

The bridge is a dual, tied arch bridge or bowstring bridge. It has a pair of continuous, differently-sized structural steel arches with suspended precast concrete decking and one asymmetrically placed river pier. The tapering arches with a trapezoidal box section are fabricated from weathering steel plate.

Each of the arches bifurcates within the spans to form a double rib over the river pier.{{cite web |title=Northshore footbridge, UK |publisher=Dorman Long Technology |work=dormanlongtechnology.com |access-date=19 January 2010 |url=http://dormanlongtechnology.com/en/projects/Northshore.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105182942/http://www.dormanlongtechnology.com/en/projects/Northshore.htm |archive-date=5 November 2009 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=About Cleveland Bridge |work=Cleveland Process Designs Limited |access-date=19 January 2010 |url=http://www.door-way.co.uk/clevelandbridge/index.aspx}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web |author=DLT Consulting |title=Infinity footbridge, UK |work=Dorman Long Technology |access-date=12 February 2010 |url=http://dormanlong.com/en/projects/Northshore.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710144558/http://dormanlong.com/en/projects/Northshore.htm |archive-date=10 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}

A reflex piece between the two arches holds them together, making the two arches one continuous curve. No other bridge is known to have quite the same design.

The offset river pier is to accommodate water sports and leisure craft to one side.{{cite web |url=http://www.nce.co.uk/clever-step-over/1389114.article |title=Clever step over |first=Jessica |last=Rowson |work=New Civil Engineer |date=20 May 2008 |access-date=7 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002145040/http://www.nce.co.uk/clever-step-over/1389114.article |archive-date=2 October 2011 |url-status=live }} The river pier is supported by an 11.5 m square by 2.5 m thick pile cap on sixteen 1 m diameter hollow steel pipe piles. On the pile cap beneath the water line are four 3 m cylindrical concrete legs, onto which are bolted and welded the four inclined grey steel legs visible above water.

Riprap covers the river bed around the river pier for scour protection{{cite web |title=The Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council North Shore Development (North Shore Footbridge) Scheme 2006 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information |access-date=19 January 2010 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2503/pdfs/uksi_20062503_en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219035940/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2503/pdfs/uksi_20062503_en.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2010 |url-status=live }}

against the large flows when the Tees Barrage downstream discharges.

Each of the two concrete riverside piers are supported on four 500 mm hollow steel piles and a pile cap.

The bridge as initially proposed was to have been some 272 m long.{{cite web |title=Statutory Instruments 2006 No. 2503 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2503/pdfs/uksi_20062503_en.pdf |publisher=Office of Public Service Information |work=opsi.gov.uk |year=2006 |access-date=18 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219035940/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2503/pdfs/uksi_20062503_en.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2010 |url-status=live }} It was originally designed with a northern approach 38 m long and a southern approach of 54 m;{{cite web|title=North Shore Footbridge |publisher=Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd |access-date=19 January 2010 |url=http://www.bbcel.co.uk/capabilities/bridges/540_north-shore-footbridge |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905041626/http://www.bbcel.co.uk/capabilities/bridges/540_north-shore-footbridge |archive-date=5 September 2011}}

however, the design of the north side of the bridge was later simplified and the bridge's northern approach shortened. The design of the southern approach is largely unaltered and has a staircase connecting it directly to the river frontage.

The bridge deck is 5 m wide and 4 m between its custom-made handrails.{{cite web |title=The Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council North Shore Development (North Shore Footbridge) Scheme 2006 Confirmation Instrument 2006 |publisher=Office of Public Sector Information |work=opsi.gov.uk |access-date=19 January 2010 |year=2006 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2503/contents/made |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223210532/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2503/contents/made |archive-date=23 December 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Spectacular Infinity Bridge Is Regeneration Catalyst For Tees Valley |url=http://www.realwire.com/release_detail.asp?ReleaseID=12383 |work=realwire.com |date=15 May 2009 |access-date=16 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719174519/http://www.realwire.com/release_detail.asp?ReleaseID=12383 |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=live }}

The main arch of the bridge is 120 m long, weighing 300 tonnes, and 32 m tall, with its top 40 m above the Tees. The short arch is 60 m long and 16 m tall. The hangers (droppers) are spaced 7.5 m apart and are made from 30 mm diameter, high-strength, locked-coil steel cable.

File:Infinity Bridge tuned mass damper on small arch-1632.jpg

Four exposed, high-strength, post-tensioned, locked-coil steel-tie cables run alongside the deck and tie the bases of the arches together, pre-stressing the concrete deck sections.

The tie cables are 90 mm diameter on the large arch and 65 mm on the smaller.

The aggregate concrete deck sections are 7.5 m long and down to 125 mm thick in places, making it one of the thinnest bridge walking surfaces.{{cite web|url=http://www.betterpublicbuilding.org.uk/finalists/2009/ |title=PM's Award Finalists 2009 |publisher=The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment |work=betterpublicbuilding.org.uk |access-date=11 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207050250/http://www.betterpublicbuilding.org.uk/finalists/2009/ |archive-date=7 December 2009}}

The handrails and parapet are stainless steel while the balustrade is made from stainless steel wire.{{cite web |title=No bridge too far for Fabric8 |publisher=S3i Stainless Steel Solutions |access-date=19 January 2010 |url=http://www.s3i.co.uk/north_shore_footbridge.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429025241/http://www.s3i.co.uk/north_shore_footbridge.php |archive-date=29 April 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=Wire balustrade installed on iconic footbridge in Stockton-on-Tees |work=finditinurbanliving.co.uk |access-date=19 January 2010 |date=18 November 2008 |url=http://www.finditinurbanliving.co.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901122432/http://www.finditinurbanliving.co.uk/News_Article_Main.aspx?n_id=68c8121d-2e47-4760-b155-3ba3f11cd6f0 |archive-date=1 September 2009}}

To ensure any bridge oscillation is controlled, the deck is fitted to the underside with seven tuned mass dampers – one on the short arch, and six on the larger

weighing 5 tonnes in all. The mass dampers control horizontal as well as vertical oscillations – a feature only required on very slender bridges. There is provision for the addition of further dampers when the issue of maintenance arises.

The clearance (heading) below the decking on the navigable part of the river is 8 m.

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A special feature is made of the way the bridge is lit at night.

This lighting scheme was designed by Speirs and Major Associates

who also designed the lighting for the Burj Al-Arab.

At night the bridge handrail and footway are lit with custom-made blue-and-white LED lighting built into the handrail that changes colour as pedestrians cross the bridge; sensors trigger a change from blue to white, leaving a 'comet's trail' in the person's wake.{{cite web|url=http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20091216/building-with-light |title=Building with Light |first=Jonathan |last=Glancy |work=metropolismag.com |date=16 December 2009 |access-date=17 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221004517/http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20091216/building-with-light |archive-date=21 December 2009}}

Attached to the steel cable ties are white metal-halide up-lighters to illuminate the white painted bridge arches, and blue LED down-lighters to illuminate the water and ground surfaces immediately below the deck.

At night from certain viewing angles when the river surface is flat calm, the twin arches together with their reflection in the river appear as an infinity symbol $\backslash infty$, and it is this effect that inspired its name.

{{gallery |align=center

|File:Infinity_Bridge_first_south_pier-uplighters-900.jpg |Uplighters on the southern riverside pier illuminating the southern end of the arch

|File:Infinity Bridge-up down lighters-400.jpg |White metal halide up-lighters and blue LED down-lighters, attached to two steel tie cables running along either side of the bridge walkway

|File:Infinity_bridge_handrail_%26_deck_lighting-1024.jpg |Handrail and integral custom-made walkway lighting

}}

File:North Shore Footbridge, Stockton-on-Tees, under construction (geograph 904211).jpg

The bridge was constructed in 18 months between June 2007 and December 2008 by site constructor Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering and steel fabricator Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company with White Young Green managing the whole project.

At the start of construction, a temporary jetty was built on the south bank to enable the building of a cofferdam for the safe construction of the central pier.{{cite web|title=Balfour Beatty Update – September 2007 |url=http://www.northshorefootbridge.com/news/balfour-beatty-update-september-2007 |publisher=Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council |work=northshorefootbridge.com |access-date=29 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105220537/http://www.northshorefootbridge.com/news/balfour-beatty-update-september-2007 |archive-date=5 January 2009}}

In April 2008, the supporting legs were added to the central pier.{{cite web|title=Balfour Beatty Update – January 2008 |url=http://www.northshorefootbridge.com/news/balfour-beatty-update-january-2008 |publisher=Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council |work=northshorefotbridge.com |access-date=29 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106230042/http://www.northshorefootbridge.com/news/balfour-beatty-update-january-2008 |archive-date=6 January 2009}}

Steel falsework was constructed in the cofferdam by Dorman Long

to support the ends of both incomplete arches as they cantilevered over the river during construction.

The first steel arch, made from four pieces of fabricated steel welded together, was put in place in June 2008 and was later used to stabilise the cantilevering lower portions of the main arch using a strand-jack and tie cable between the top of the small arch and the large arch and then to reduce sway stress during the progressive construction of the large arch.{{cite web |publisher=Dorman Long Technology |title=Infinity bridge, UK |access-date=19 January 2010 |work=dormanlong.com |url=http://www.dormanlongtechnology.com/?tab=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209190318/http://www.dormanlongtechnology.com/?tab=2 |archive-date=9 February 2015 |url-status=live }}

The final section of the main arch came in four pieces which were welded together on site and on 5 September 2008 all 170 tonnes of it was lifted into place by a 1,500-tonne mobile crane, the largest in the country.

The crane, a Gottwald AK680 owned by Sarens UK, is based in nearby Middlesbrough.

The crane is {{convert|80|m|ft|0}} high with a maximum of 1200 tonnes of superlift, requires 45 transport wagons to move it,{{cite web |title=UK’s biggest crane is huge lift for bridge |department=Gazette Live |work=Evening Gazette|access-date=18 January 2010 |date=4 September 2008 |url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2008/09/04/uk-s-biggest-crane-is-huge-lift-for-bridge-84229-21673474/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015012623/http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2008/09/04/uk-s-biggest-crane-is-huge-lift-for-bridge-84229-21673474/ |archive-date=15 October 2008 |url-status=live }} and takes three days to set up using a 100-tonne crane.

The concrete deck panels were cast on site using three steel moulds in temporary sheds in a construction compound on the north bank of the river.

Using a short temporary jetty on the north bank the deck, panels were floated out on a small barge and jacked into position, working progressively away from the river pier.

The concrete deck sections are held together by steel welds and adhesive.

The footbridge was completed on time and to budget in December 2008 with 530 workers and uses in total some 450 tonnes of Corus steel,

1.5 km of locked coil steel cable, 780 lights and 5,472 bolts,{{cite web|title=Infinity Festival |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/entertainment-in-newcastle/ |first=Karen |last=McLauchlan |work=Chronicle Live |date=24 April 2009 |access-date=3 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527223308/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/entertainment-in-newcastle/ |archive-date=27 May 2010}} and weighs 1040 tons.

Almost all labour, materials and components were sourced regionally.

The bridge was officially opened on 14 May 2009 with celebrations that included a sound, light and animation show, parkour freerunners who climbed the bridge arches with flares, and a specially composed music track and synchronised pyrotechnics from the bridge itself with big screens for the estimated audience of 20,000 spectators along the banks.{{cite web|title=Infinity Bridge Opening Celebrations |work=Visit England |access-date=13 March 2009 |url=http://www.visitengland.com/ee/Events/Stockton-On-Tees/Show-or-Display-Ceremony-/833996/Infinity-Bridge-Opening-Celebrations.htm}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}; {{cite web |title=Infinity Bridge Opening Event, Stockton |work=News Guardian |access-date=20 January 2013 |url=http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/news/local/cultural-programme-2009-unveiled-1-1596669 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807091149/http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/news/local/cultural-programme-2009-unveiled-1-1596669 |archive-date=7 August 2012 |url-status=live }}

The bridge was opened to the public two days later.{{cite web|title=Awards for Infinity Bridge |url=http://www.teesvalleyunlimited-investment.co.uk/news/story/storyid=129 |publisher=Tees Valley Regeneration |work=teesvalleyregeneration.co.uk |access-date=16 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809072504/http://www.teesvalleyunlimited-investment.co.uk/news/story/storyid%3D129 |archive-date=9 August 2011 }}

Foot traffic is anticipated to rise to some four thousand people a day as the North Shore site develops.

The bridge won the Institution of Structural Engineers' Supreme Award for Structural Excellence 2009,{{cite web |url=http://www.nce.co.uk/news/structures/infinity-bridge-scoops-structural-awards/5209351.article |title=Infinity bridge scoops Structural Awards |work=New Civil Engineer |date=12 October 2009 |access-date=5 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427081038/http://www.nce.co.uk/news/structures/infinity-bridge-scoops-structural-awards/5209351.article |archive-date=27 April 2012 |url-status=live }}

the premier structural engineering award in the UK.

It also won in its own category of Pedestrian Bridges.

The other awards the bridge has won include the British Constructional Steelwork Association's Structural Steel Design Award 2010,{{cite web|title=Corus Structural Steel Design Award 2010 |work=corusconstruction.com |access-date=5 November 2010 |year=2010 |url=http://www.corusconstruction.com/en/news_and_events/awards/structural_steel_design_award/2010/#44018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122081023/http://www.corusconstruction.com/en/news_and_events/awards/structural_steel_design_award/2010/ |archive-date=22 November 2010}}

the Concrete Society Civil Engineering Award 2009,{{cite web|title=Civil Engineering Category Winner |work=The Concrete Society |access-date=5 November 2010 |url=http://www.concrete.org.uk/awards/awards2009/awards_civil.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719151750/http://www.concrete.org.uk/awards/awards2009/awards_civil.asp |archive-date=19 July 2011}}

the ICE Robert Stephenson Award 2009, the North East Constructing Excellence Awards 'Project of the Year', and the Green Apple Award for the environment.{{cite web|title=Green Apple Awards 2009 for the Built Environment and Architectural Heritage |work=The Green Organisation |access-date=11 December 2009 |url=http://www.thegreenorganisation.info/GABEA.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215020100/http://www.thegreenorganisation.info/GABEA.asp |archive-date=15 February 2009}}

{{gallery |align=center

|Image:Infinity_bridge_small-south_arch.jpg |The smaller south arch

|Image:Infinity_bridge_big-north_arch.jpg |The larger north arch

|Image:Infinity_bridge_central_pier%26_small_arch-2.jpg |Central pier and large arch

|Image:Infinity_bridge_central_pier.jpg |The central pier

|Image:Infinity Bridge first south pier from north side-1088.jpg |The southern riverside concrete pier with reaction plate viewed from the north side

|Image:Infinity Bridge first south pier-1088.jpg |The south riverside pier and concrete decking

|Image:Infinity_bridge_seven_south_piers.jpg |The seven south piers and approaches

|Image:Infinity_bridge_north_pier.jpg |The north riverside pier and abutment

|Image:Infinity_bridge_cable_connectors-2.jpg |An angled dropper, deck support and bowstring cables

|Image:Infinity_bridge_cable_ties_north_bank.jpg |Tie cable tensioning clamps on the north bank

|Image:Infinity_bridge_info_board.jpg |Infinity Bridge information board

|Image:Infinity Bridge from River Tees Watersports Centre-1632.jpg |Infinity Bridge from the River Tees Watersports Centre

}}

{{reflist}}

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• {{Structurae|id=20010615 |title=Infinity Bridge}}
• [http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/infinity.html Infinity Bridge] on [http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/ Bridges on the Tyne] website
• Bridge design analysis, review and critique: [http://www.bath.ac.uk/ace/uploads/StudentProjects/Bridgeconference2009/Papers/MASKELL.pdf A Critical Analysis of North Shore Footbridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604072510/http://www.bath.ac.uk/ace/uploads/StudentProjects/Bridgeconference2009/Papers/MASKELL.pdf |date=4 June 2011 }}
• Construction video: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7610202.stm BBC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220125343/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7610202.stm |date=20 February 2009 }}
• Construction animation: [http://www.oasys-software.com/casestudies/casestudy/infinity_bridge Oasys]
• Images: [http://dormanlong.com/en/projects/Northshore.htm Dorman Long Technology], [https://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&q=Infinity+Bridge+Stockton&m=text Flickr].
• Bridge model: [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_9-11-2009-12-36-34 Imperial College].

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