The Millennium Bridge

 The Millennium Bridge - Case Study On the 10th of June 2000 a brand new iconic bridge across the Thames rier in !ondon was o"ened to celebrate and mar# out the millennium year$ year$ The bridge called %The Millennium Bridge& and was the result of world class architects 'orman (osters and )artners* ciil engineering consultancy Oe +ru" and scul"tor Sir +nthony +nthony Caro Caro winning a com"etition run by the (inancial (inancial Times and !ondon Borough of Southwar# to design a new foot bridge$ The now twele years old %Millennium Bridge& seres as a functional lin# oer the Thames as well as an iconic structure structure in the heart of !ondon ,(it"atric#* ,(it"atric#* 2001.$  The bridge is a shallow sus"ension sus"ension bridge su""orted su""orted by two "iers with two sets of four 120mm diameter loc#ed coil cables s"anning from end to end su""orting a 1//m long dec#$ Steel bo sections s"an between the two sets of coiled cables su""orting the dec# structure which com"rises of two steel edge tubes and etruded aluminium bo sections$ The "ier body is a ta"ering elli"se cast in C0 reinforced concrete and on to" of these rests a steel  brac#et$ The foundations for the north and south abutments consist of a series of cast in situ concrete "iles made of C0 concrete and    T30 steel bars$ The "ier "ier foundations are are designed m diameter caissons caissons within a sheet "ile co4erdam$ The "robable design life for the structure structure is 120 years as although there is not any s"eci5c information released it meets the 120 year category as mar#ed by the BS 63/* The 7esign Manual for 8oads and Bridges olume 2 B7 29:0 %The design manual for footbridges& as well as the 7esign standards for urban infrastructure olume 6 %Bridges and related Structures& ,(it"atric#* ,(it"atric#* 2001.$  The structure structure is situated on the Thames Thames rier in the ;nited 'ST>T;TD$ ,200. BS3000-1 E 200$ 8euired Coer related to D"osure Conditions$ Milton $ The 7esign Standards for ;rban >nfrastructure ,2012. %Bridges and 8elated Structures& Urban Services onlineK +ailable atE htt"E::www$tams$act$go$au:LLdata:assets:"dfL5le:000/:1236:ds06L  bridges$"df  ,+ccessed 10 7ecember 2012. 3$ 7M8B ,200. % 7esign Criteria for (oot Bridges& +ailable atE htt"E::www$dft$go$u#:ha:standards:dmrb:ol2:section2:bd290$"df  ,+ccessed 10 7ecember 2012. $ ;< grid reference 5nder ,2012. +ailable atE htt"E::gridreference5nder$com:  ,+ccessed 10 7ecember 2012. 6$ +8;)$ ,2001.$ %General Arrangement and Damper Layout’  E Oe +ru" and )artners$ $ +8;)$ ,2001.$ %orth and South !iers General Arrangement’  E Oe +ru" and )artners$ 9$ Mulheron* M$ ,2012. Construction Materials* D'@2100 !ecture notesK "onstruction #aterials$ #etals and there Alloys$ "oncrete

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