The Royal Victoria Dock Bridge is a signature high-level
footbridge
A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.''Oxford English Dictionary'' While the primary meaning for a bridge is a structure which links "two points at a ...
crossing the
Royal Victoria Dock
The Royal Victoria Dock is the largest of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands.
History
Although, the structure was in place in the year 1850, it was opened in 1855, on a previously uninhabit ...
in the
Docklands area of east London designed by London-based architects and designers
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands is a practice of architects, urban designers and masterplanners established in 1986 and practising out of London.
History
Alex Lifschutz and Ian Davidson met working on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Headquarters ...
. The bridge provides a direct link from
Eastern Quay
Eastern Quay Apartments is in Royal Victoria Dock, East London
Constructed between April 2002 and November 2003, Eastern Quay Apartments were built at a cost of £10.75m. The building sits adjacent to the site once earmarked for Silvertown Quay ...
and Britannia Village, a residential development to the south of the dock, to the
ExCeL Exhibition Centre
ExCeL London (an abbreviation for Exhibition Centre London) is an exhibition centre, international convention centre and former hospital in the Custom House area of Newham, East London. It is situated on a site on the northern quay of the Roy ...
and
Custom House station
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, both situated to the north of the dock.
The bridge takes the form of an inverted
Fink truss The Fink truss is a commonly used truss in residential homes and bridge architecture. It originated as a bridge truss although its current use in bridges is rare.
History
The Fink Truss Bridge was patented by Albert Fink in 1854.
Albert Fink des ...
, with six masts rising above the deck at centres, varying in height from almost at each end to just for the smallest masts. The shape of the bridge is designed to reflect the masts of the sailing boats which use the dock. The bridge crosses the dock with a clearance of some above the water, a height which was necessary to allow yachts to pass below the bridge deck. The bridge is accessed at each end by lift and stair towers.
The bridge was completed in 1998, at a cost of £5 million.
A second construction stage envisaged in the bridge's design involves the addition of a glass passenger cabin travelling on a rail of the underside of the deck to make this a
transporter bridge
A transporter bridge, also known as a ferry bridge or aerial transfer bridge, is a type of movable bridge that carries a segment of roadway across a river. The gondola is slung from a tall span by wires or a metal frame. The design has been use ...
.
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Pedestrian Bridge at Royal Victoria Dock, London
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Gallery
See also
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List of bridges in London
List of bridges in London lists the major bridges within Greater London or within the influence of London. Most of these are river crossings, and the best-known are those across the River Thames. Several bridges on other rivers have given thei ...
References
External links
Royal Victoria Dock Bridge
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Pedestrian bridges in London
Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Newham
Bridges completed in 1998
1998 establishments in England
Silvertown
Canning Town