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Wishbone Bridge - West Midlands Metro

Tony Gee (Civil Engineers) provided the following description on an early news webpage, now deleted.

As the route leaves Wolverhampton and heads down the A41 Bilston Road a gateway structure has been created by the Wishbone Bridge. Located at the crossover with the ring road the structure bridges a sunken pedestrian facility within the roundabout. The deck consists of two reinforced concrete elements either side of a split spine steel arch which rises out of their centre and transverses the deck to found on their extremity. The distinctive "wishbone" profile is thus created. A central line of hangers supports the deck which spans 40 metres in the arch span. A secondary 20 metre "back span" provides an aesthetic balance to the main span.

Steel struts from the central pier support the outer edge beam which contributes to the spanning structure under out of balance loading. The abutment of the arch is tied by a ground beam to the central pier in order to resist the arch thrusts effectively. The foundations to all three spine arch supports are bored piles with rock sockets formed in the underlying sandstone.
by Roger D Kidd

Created: Sun, 4 Oct 2020, Updated: Sun, 4 Oct 2020


13 images use this description:

SO9198 : Wishbone  - study No 1 - Wolverhampton by Roger  D Kidd
SO9198 : The Wolverhampton Wishbone (detail) by Roger  D Kidd
SO9198 : Wishbone  - study No 2 - Wolverhampton by Roger  D Kidd
SO9198 : Wishbone  - study No 3 - Wolverhampton by Roger  D Kidd
SO9198 : The Wolverhampton Wishbone by Roger  D Kidd
SO9198 : Midland Metro line entering Wolverhampton terminus by Roger  D Kidd
SO9198 : Wishbone  - study No 4 - Wolverhampton by Roger  D Kidd
SO9198 : Under the wishbone, Wolverhampton by Roger  D Kidd
SO9198 : The Wolverhampton Wishbone Bridge by Roger  D Kidd
SO9198 : The Wolverhampton Wishbone by Roger  D Kidd
SO9198 : Tram crossing the Wishbone Bridge, Wolverhampton by Roger  D Kidd
SO9198 : Wishbone Bridge in Wolverhampton by Roger  D Kidd
SO9198 : Under the Wolverhampton Wishbone by Roger  D Kidd


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