Westway Flyover, A40, Paddington, London
Westway Flyover, A40, Paddington, London - Two workers stressing the longitudinal soffit cables inside the box section of the deck units of the Westway Flyover_x000D_
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The individual deck units of the flyover are tied together with steel cables and only when these are stressed and tightened does each span act as a single self-supporting structure. Each span of the flyover contains 53 km of cabling. The cables are each made up of twelve 16 mm thick strands
Picture No
13495861
Media ID
45392816
Size
6661px x 5275px
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Credit
© Historic England Archive / John Laing Photographic Collection / Mary Evans
Source
John Laing - Historic England Archive
Date
1970
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