Billingham Branch Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Stockton-on-Tees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1986. Bridge.

Billingham Branch Bridge

WRENN ID
sombre-panel-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stockton-on-Tees
Constituency
Stockton North MP: Chris McDonald (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 May 1986
Type
Bridge
Address
Billingham Branch Bridge, A1130 Middlesbrough to Billingham Road
OS grid reference
NZ 474 200
Coordinates
54.57374, -1.26829
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Billingham Branch Bridge is a road bridge built in 1934 over a disused railway line. It was designed by the engineering firm Mott, Hay and Anderson and constructed by Dorman Long & Co Ltd. The bridge is made of steel, concrete, and brick and is slightly skewed. It features a troughing deck supported by nine longitudinal steel girders, each consisting of five welded spans. These spans are welded to supporting stanchion legs, with the outer spans extending to support the centrally slung length of the middle span, while the southern-most span is similarly slung. At both ends, the girders rest on reinforced concrete beams, which are supported by reinforced concrete columns set into the abutments. Rockers at the base of the stanchion legs sit on mild steel slabs that are dowelled to transverse reinforced concrete beams. Below ground, additional support is provided by a framework of reinforced concrete piles, struts, beams, and cylinders. The bridge has a panelled brick parapet with a concrete plinth and copings. It is reputed to be the first welded steel bridge in Britain.

Local climate

Billingham Branch Bridge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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