The A406 London North Circular Trunk Road (East London River Crossing (A13 to A2) No. 2 Bridge) Order 1991

Made: 8th October 1991

Coming into force: 17th October 1991

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 106(1) of the Highways Act 1980[^f00001], and now vested in him[^f00002], and having taken into account the reasonable requirements of navigation on the River Thames, hereby makes this Order.

1

The Secretary of State for Transport is hereby authorised to construct as part of the main new trunk road a bridge over the River Thames.

2

The position and dimensions of that proposed bridge are indicated on the plans which form Schedule 1 to this Order, and in the specifications which are set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

3

In this Order, “the main new trunk road” has the same meaning as in article 1(a) of the A406 London North Circular Trunk Road (East London River Crossing (A13 to A2) Trunk Road and Slip Roads) Order 1988[^f00003].

4

This Order shall come into force on 17th October 1991 and may be cited as the A406 London North Circular Trunk Road (East London River Crossing (A13 to A2) No. 2 Bridge) Order 1991.

SCHEDULE 1 — PLANS OF THE PROPOSED ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER THAMES

PLAN A – PLAN OF BRIDGE

PLAN B – ELEVATION ALONG CENTRE LINE OF BRIDGE

PLAN C – ELEVATION SQUARE TO NAVIGATIONAL CHANNEL BRIDGE ELEVATION —

SCHEDULE 2 — SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROPOSED ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER THAMES

Points of commencement and termination

From a point on the north bank about 231 metres south of the south-west corner of the Beckton Gas Works Storage Building.

To A point about 525 metres east of the west side of the slipway on the old Arsenal site measured from the high water mark.

Spans

Headroom

Width

Waterway

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

I. Yass — A Grade 3 Officer in the — Department of Transport — 8th October 1991

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1980 c. 66.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1979/238.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1988/1387.