| Name | Charing Cross Railway Bridge, London |
|---|---|
| Who | |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Design | Sir John Hawkshaw |
Contractor |
Cochrane & Co, Dudley |
| When | 1864 |
| Where | Central London |
| Latitude | N 51 30' 22" |
| Longitude | W 0 07' 13" |
| Why | Railway bridge over Thames to Charing Cross Station |
| What | |
| Same alignment as | Brunel's Hungerford Suspension Bridge and 2002 Hungerford footbridge |
| Overall type | Truss |
| Width | |
| Length | 9 spans |
| Main span | 3 at 30.5 m, 6 at 46.9 m. |
| Trusses | at 15.2 m. centres |
| Materials | Steel |
| Foundations | Makes use of 2 bases to Brunels's suspension towers built in 1845. Other piers are cast iron cylinders sunk as caissons, filled with concrete to river bed and lined with brickwork above that. |
| References | Hayter H, The Charing Cross bridge, Proc. Instn, Civ Engrs, 1862/3, 22, 512-39 |
| How to read a bridge | Read more about trusses..... Read more about the book metaphor..... |
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