Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    HiX/BR/A45/47
  • Title
    Plans for St Neots Bridge, route A45. Office copy of set of plans, originals sent to Bedfordshire County Council Highways committee 15 June 1957. S W Lynn, County Surveyor, Bedfordshire County Council.
  • Date free text
    1956-1957
  • Production date
    From: 1956 To: 1957
  • Scope and Content
    Contains: BR/A45/47-1 Key plan 1": 60 feet. From junction of A45 to Bedford and Kimbolton to the Bridge Hotel, St Neots. BR/A45/47-2a Plan & section, plan 1": 20 feet, Horizontal section 1 inch to 20 feet; vertical section 1" to 10 feet. Signed GEW, Nov 1956, amended May 1957. BR/A45/47-3 Plan and north elevation main river spans, 1/4 inch : 1 foot. Dec 1956. BR/A45/47-4 Section & details of main reiver spans 1/2 inch : 1 foot and 1" to 1 foot. Cross section at centre of arch No 2. Details of corbelling from main ribs north and south sides arch 2. Details of corbelling from main ribs north and south sides arch 3. Nov 1956. BR/A45/47-5 Details of RC cantilevers, arches 8-11, arches 4-7 and arches 12-15. 1/2 inch to 1 foot. Nov 1956. BR/A45/47-6a Arch No 1 1/2" : 1 foot May 1957 amended 23/5/57. BR/A45/47-7a Arch No 2 Plan and sections showing the outline and irregularities of the stone ribs 1/2 inch : 1 foot, 23/5/57. BR/A45/47-8a Arch No 3 Plan and sections showing the outline and irregularities of the stone ribs 1/2 inch : 1 foot, 23/5/57. BR/A45/47-9 Contour plan and details of boreholes. 1 inch to 20 feet and 1/4 inch to 1 foot, May 1957. C/HH/1 Penetration test results 16 feet to 1 inch. Pre-piling Survey Ltd, Oct 1956. In addition to the set of dyelines with added colour is a pencil on paper drawing of Staircase detials showing front and side elevations, plan sections BB, CC and DD and plan of column base. Undated c. 1957
  • Archival history
    Gordon Edwin White C.Eng MICE FIHT Chief Assistant (Bridge Section) of Bedfordshire County Council 1959-1981, on his retirement in 1981, took the drawings, photographs etc. with him, but left instructions that they should be offered to the County Surveyor or to the County Record Office presumably at his death. The items were deposited with Bedfordshire Archives in 2016.
  • Level of description
    file
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