Don Bridge

Don Bridge
Don Bridge
	View, looking west, in August 2007
Coordinates	53°31′N 1°11′W / 53.51°N 1.18°W
OS grid reference	SE547016
Carries	A1(M)
Crosses	River Don
Locale	Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire
Maintained by	National Highways
Characteristics
Design	Girder bridge
Material	Reinforced concrete, Steel
Total length	760 ft (230 m)
Height	70 ft (21 m)
Longest span	180 ft (55 m)
No. of spans	7
No. of lanes	2 each direction
History
Designer	West Riding County Council
Construction start	June 1959
Opened	31 July 1961
Statistics
Daily traffic	85,747 (2018); Count point
Location

Don Bridge

Location in South Yorkshire

Don Bridge

Location in Doncaster Borough

Don Bridge

Location in UK motorway network

The Don Bridge is a motorway viaduct in South Yorkshire, England.

History[edit]

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

Design[edit]

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.

Construction[edit]

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.^[1]^[2]

The fabrication of the steelwork for the bridge took place at the West Bromwich Works. The steel superstructure for the bridge was launched from one end of the bridge on an embankment. The steel fabrication was sprayed with zinc.^[3] The concrete and steel design is known as composite construction.

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

The bypass was built by a consortium including Holland, Hannen & Cubitts, on a £6 million contract.

Structure[edit]

The south side of the bridge is in Warmsworth, and the north side is in Sprotbrough and Cusworth. The bridge crosses the Trans Pennine Trail (National Cycle Route 62), which follows the river. It is situated around one mile north of junction 36.

References[edit]

^ The Surveyor and Municipal and County Engineer, Volume 120, page 960, 1961
^ Traffic Engineering & Control, Volume 4, page 455, 1962
^ Zinc Handbook: Properties, Processing, and Use In Design, page 320

External links[edit]

[1] The Surveyor and Municipal and County Engineer, Volume 120, page 960, 1961

[2] Traffic Engineering & Control, Volume 4, page 455, 1962

[3] Zinc Handbook: Properties, Processing, and Use In Design, page 320

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