Key Words :- viaduct

Address :- Choats Manor Way, London, Greater London
Grid Ref :- TQ 49097 82860
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.524978 , Long 0.147809
Local Authority :- Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Essex
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 2000 -

Description and History of Site:-
Opened in 2000. This six-lane dual carriageway carries the A13 trunk road over the Ford Dagenham Estate.

The design comprising 1,031 parallel box girders, pre-cast off site, has no internal expansion joints, instead the girders have been stitched and epoxy glued together to form a single unit, 1,725 metres long in 30 spans making it the longest single concrete structure in the UK.

Awarded a 2000/2001 Certificate of excellence for Outstanding Structures by the Concrete Society.

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