Queen Elizabeth II Bridge

51.4644444444440.25833333333333Koordinaten: 51 ° 27 ' 52 "N, 0 ° 15' 30" E

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Thames

Motorway M25

The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge is a 137 meters high and 812 meters long cable-stayed bridge over the River Thames in southern England. Named after Elizabeth II Bridge was opened by her on 30 October 1991. It is the southward part of the Dartford Crossing, a toll section of the ring road around London. The bridge leads to two parallel tunnels under the Thames, which still serve as a connection to the north. At the time of its opening, the bridge was the longest cable-stayed bridge in Europe, since 1996 she has been after the Second Severn Crossing, the second longest in the United Kingdom. The bridge is one of the junctions located east of London on the River Thames.

Description

The bridge has a span between its two pylons of 450 meters. The bridge deck is supported by up to 84 meters long steel cables at the pylon. The overall height of the towers is 137 meters. Two viaducts of concrete lift at both ends of the bridge the road to the level of the bridge. The viaduct in the north is 1052 feet long, the 1008 meters in the south. The total length of the bridge structure so obtained 2872 meters. At its highest point the bridge is 65 meters above the river and thus also enables larger vessels to transit in the port of London. The cost of the bridge amounted to £ 120 million, another 30 million cost the construction of the viaducts.