125 years of steel bridges in Britain (part 1)

• Autores: Alan Hayward
• Localización: The Structural Engineer: journal of the Institution of Structural Engineer, ISSN 1466-5123, Vol. 93, Nº. 3, 2015, págs. 10-18
• Idioma: inglés
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  • On completion of the Forth Rail Bridge in 1890, steel rapidly replaced wrought iron as a material for bridge construction in Britain.

    Until then, the Board of Trade had restricted steel bridges. In this two-part article based on the James Sutherland History Lecture 2015, Alan Hayward traces the development of bridge types, construction methods, steel strengths and design practices.

    Part 1 covers the period from around 1890 to 1970. Part 2 will describe steel bridges from the 1970s using Alan’s own experience and include movable, suspension and cable-stayed bridges.