Wentbridge Viaduct Carrying Bypass Over Valley of River Went
WENTBRIDGE VIADUCT CARRYING BYPASS OVER VALLEY OF RIVER WENT, A1 WENTBRIDGE BYPASS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1323681
- Date first listed:
- 29-May-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Wentbridge Viaduct Carrying Bypass Over Valley of River Went
- Statutory Address:
- WENTBRIDGE VIADUCT CARRYING BYPASS OVER VALLEY OF RIVER WENT, A1 WENTBRIDGE BYPASS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1323681
- Date first listed:
- 29-May-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Wentbridge Viaduct Carrying Bypass Over Valley of River Went
- Statutory Address 1:
- WENTBRIDGE VIADUCT CARRYING BYPASS OVER VALLEY OF RIVER WENT, A1 WENTBRIDGE BYPASS
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WENTBRIDGE VIADUCT CARRYING BYPASS OVER VALLEY OF RIVER WENT, A1 WENTBRIDGE BYPASS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wakefield (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Wentbridge
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 49321 17198
Details
DARRINGTON
SE 41 NE
Al WENTBRIDGE BYPASS
1497/7/10004
Wentbridge Viaduct carrying Bypass over valley of river Went
II
Road bridge over valley. 1961. West Riding County Council Bridges department; F A Sims, senior designer and resident engineer. Prestressed concrete. Beam continuous over three spans 140-190-14Oft, supported at abutments and two raking legs hinged at top and bottom. Span between bottoms of legs 308ft. Early (probably first in England) use of prestressing cables external to the concrete sections. Early (possibly first in England) use of precast concrete hinges, a section of which was tested for load and rotation by the Cement and Concrete Association. This was the largest structure of its kind in Europe when built, it was recognized in 1964 by the Museum of Modern Art in New York as a structure of significance in twentieth century engineering.
(Structural Concrete: Sims F A: The Design of the Wentbridge Viaduct (Nov/Dec): 1963-; Structural Concrete: Markham R B: The Construction of the Wentbridge Viaduct (Nov/Dec): 1963-).
Listing NGR: SE4932117198
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469299
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Sims, F A, Structural Concrete in The Design of the Wentbridge Viaduct, (1963)
Markham, R B, Structural Concrete in The Construction of the Wentbridge Viaduct, (1963)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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