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2002 No. 1134

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND

The Devon County Council (Barnstaple Downstream Bridge) Scheme 2000 Confirmation Instrument 2002

  Made 17th April 2002 
  Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions makes this Instrument, in exercise of powers conferred by section 106(3) of the Highways Act 1980[1] and now vested in him[2] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf:

     1. This Instrument may be cited as The Devon County Council (Barnstaple Downstream Bridge) Scheme 2000 Confirmation Instrument 2002 and shall come into force on the date on which notice that it has been confirmed is first published in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Highways Act 1980.

     2. The Devon County Council (Barnstaple Downstream Bridge) Scheme 2000 ("the Scheme") is hereby confirmed without modifications.

     3. The Scheme as confirmed is set out in the Schedule hereto (including the plan) and copies of the Scheme with its accompanying plan are deposited at the offices of the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA, and at the offices of the Devon County Council, County Environment Directorate, Room 512, Fifth Floor, Civic Centre, Barnstaple.



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions


J Blackie
Regional Director Government Office for the North East

17th April 2002



THE SCHEDULE

THE DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL (BARNSTAPLE DOWNSTREAM BRIDGE) SCHEME 2000


The Devon County Council of County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, Devon (hereinafter referred to as "the Council" makes this Scheme in exercise of their powers under section 106(3) of the Highways Act 1980 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf: - 

     1. The Council are authorised to construct over the navigable waters of the River Taw the bridge specified in the Schedule to this Scheme as part of the highway which they are proposing to construct between the A361 Braunton Road, Barnstaple, and the A39 Barnstaple to Bideford Trunk Road at Lake in the Parishes of Barnstaple, Fremington and Tawstock in the said County.

     2. This Scheme may be cited as the Devon County Council (Barnstaple Downstream Bridge) Scheme 2000.



Given under the Common Seal of the Council on the twenty fifth day of July 2000.



The COMMON SEAL of DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL was hereunto affixed in the presence of: - 


J A Sweeney
Assistant County Solicitor


THE SCHEDULE TO THE SCHEME

PLAN AND SPECIFICATION OF THE BARNSTAPLE DOWNSTREAM BRIDGE


Points of Commencement and Termination
From a point on the northern bank of the River Taw, 340 metres west of the confluence of the River Yeo with the River Taw

To a point on the southern bank of the River Taw at Anchorwood Bank, 650 metres north west of Long Bridge, Barnstaple

Spans
An overall span of 409 metres, comprising 2 spans of 71 metres and three spans of 89 metres

Two spans over the navigation channel of 89 metres each

Headway
At the mid-point of each of the spans over the navigation channel, not less than 12.04 metres above the mean high water spring tide level of 4.7 metres AOD.

Waterway
A minimum clear waterway of 83 metres in the navigation channel

Overall Dimensions
The Bridge will be 12.5 metres wide overall and will carry a 7.3 metres wide carriageway, with a 1 metre wide verge on the eastern side and a 2.7 metres wide segregated footpath/cycleway set back 0.5 metres from the edge of the carriageway on the western side.



MAP - Drawing number B.TAW(3)/16/A


Notes:

[1] 1980 c. 66.back

[2] SI 1997/2971.back


ISBN 0 11 039815 7


  Prepared 24 April 2002

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