The Don Bridge is a motorway viaduct in

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, England.

History

The line of the fifteen-mile Doncaster By-Pass Motorway was fixed in the spring of 1957.

Design

Each carriageway is carried on a separate structure. Each carriageway is supported by five riveted steel girders. There are 2,225 tons of structural steelwork. A1 Bridge over R Don - panoramio

Construction

Construction of the Doncaster bypass started on 22 June 1959. There were 28 bridges in the contract for the Doncaster bypass, including five railway bridges. The fabrication of the steelwork for the bridge took place at the

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Works. The steel

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for the bridge was launched from one end of the bridge on an embankment. The steel fabrication was sprayed with zinc.''Zinc Handbook: Properties, Processing, and Use In Design'', page 320 The concrete and steel design is known as ''

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''. The concrete beams were made by Ferro Concrete and Stone Co. (North Notts) Ltd of

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. The bypass was built by a consortium including

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, on a £6 million contract.

Structure

The south side of the bridge is in

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, and the north side is in

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. The bridge crosses the

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(National Cycle Route 62), which follows the river. It is situated around one mile north of junction 36.

References

External links

Motorway Archive

SABRE
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