Preston Pipe Bridge

{{Short description|Bridge over the River Tees in Northern England}}

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|locale = Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom

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The Preston Pipe Bridge carries three water pipes across the River Tees between Ingleby Barwick and Preston-on-Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, northern England.

The bridge is situated over {{convert|5|km|mi|order=flip}} upriver from Stockton town centre, and some {{convert|200|m|order=flip}} upriver from Jubilee Bridge.

Design

Preston Pipe Bridge is a {{convert|210|ft|m}} span tied arch bridge with concrete abutments{{cite web|last=Kenyon |first=Chris |title=A Trip up the Tees |publisher=Tees Rowing Club |accessdate=19 July 2010 |url=http://www.teesrowingclub.co.uk/v_tripuptees.asp |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508163115/http://teesrowingclub.co.uk/v_tripuptees.asp |archivedate=8 May 2010 }}{{cite web |title=Preston Pipe Bridge |work=Bridges on the Tyne |accessdate=17 July 2010 |url=http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/prespipe.html}} and supplies water to southern Teesside.

Construction

The bridge was built in 1959 by constructor Dowsett to carry two {{convert|33|in|cm}} diameter water pipes across the Tees.

The bridge arch, weighing 200 tonnes was assembled on the Durham bank from prefabricated parts and rolled out across the river on a temporary Bailey bridge, then moved sideways onto its pre-prepared concrete abutments.

Operation

A third pipe was added in 1979 and there is strictly no public access across the bridge.

The bridge is best accessed on foot from the Jubilee Bridge along the river bank.

The additional third pipe allowed for the removal a nearby single pipe bridge.

References

External links

[http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/prespipe.html Preston Pipe Bridge] on the Bridges on the Tyne website
[http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0057677 Preston Pipe Bridge] at Structurae.

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{{Geographic location

|Northwest = Preston-on-Tees

|North = Stockton-on-Tees town centre

|Northeast = Jubilee Bridge

|West = Eaglescliffe

|Centre = Preston Pipe Bridge

|East = Thornaby-on-Tees

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|South = Ingleby Barwick

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