The Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council North Shore Development (North Shore Footbridge) Scheme 2006 Confirmation Instrument 2006

THE SCHEDULE TO THE SCHEME

1.  The North Shore footbridge forms an important footpath-cycleway link between the proposed North Shore Development and the existing Teesdale site on the South Bank of the River Tees.

2.  The specification of the Structure is as follows:

Plan and Specification to the North Shore Footbridge

The location and general design of the footbridge are shown on the Plan being Job No. 114 Drawing No. 2000 Rev 2 and marked “The Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council North Shore Development (North Shore Footbridge) Scheme 2006” (hereinafter referred to as “the Plan”).

Points of Commencements and Termination

From setting out point Reference SA1 on the South Bank (approximately 107.5 metres from the centre of the University Boulevard Harvard Avenue roundabout) to setting out point Reference NA1 on the North Bank (approximately 56.1 metres from the centre line of the North Shore Road) as indicated on the Plan.

Span

Two spans with an overall distance of 180 metres.

Headway

Not less than 8.0 metres above the Mean Water Level of the River Tees of 2.65 metre AOD within the 62 metre Central Navigation Channel and a minimum of 7.0 metres elsewhere over the river. A minimum headway of 4.0 metres over a 5.0 metre width on the Northbank Promenade, and a minimum headway of 4.0 metres over a 7.5 metre width on the Sounth Bank Promenade.

Waterway

A minimum clear navigable waterway of 93 metres.

Overall Dimensions

The Bridge is designed as an asymmetrical tied double arch. The northern arch will have a span of 120 metres and the southern arch will have a span of 60 metres. A 5.0 metre wide reinforced concrete deck which will provide a footway is suspended on high strength steel cables from the arch. Approach spans comprising a 5.0 metre wide concrete deck on reinforced concrete columns of varying heights are to be constructed on the north and south sides of the mainstructure.