William Brown (bridge designer)
William Christopher Brown OBE was a structural engineer and bridge designer who specialised in suspension bridges. He is credited with the idea of designing bridge decks with an aerofoil-shaped cross section for stability in a wide variety of wind conditions.
He was educated at Monmouth School, University College, Southampton and Imperial College London.
He was one of the principal designers at Freeman Fox & Partners from 1956 to 1985.
In 1987 he set up the Brown Beech & Associates.- 1957. Adome Bridge on the Volta River, Ghana, length 334m/1095 ft, arch span 245m/803 ft
- 1959-1971. Auckland Harbour Bridge, New Zealand, length 1020m/3346 ft, main span 243m/797 ft
- 1964. Forth Road Bridge, Scotland, length 1824m, main span 1006m/3300 ft
- 1966. Wye Bridge, link South Wales-England, length 1153m/3184 ft, main span 235m/1000 ft
- 1966. Severn Bridge, England, length 1839m/6033 ft, main span 988m/3240 ft
- 1971. Erskine Bridge, Scotland, length 524m/1719, main span 305m/1000 ft
- 1973. Bosporus Bridge, Turkey, length 1560m/5118 ft, main span 1074m/3523 ft
- 1975. Cleddau Bridge, Wales, length 820m
- 1978. West Gate Bridge, Australia, length 2583m, main span 336m
- 1981. Humber Bridge, England, length 2220m/7283 ft, main span 1410m/4264 ft
- 1988. Bosporus II Bridge, Turkey, length 1090m/3576 ft, main span 1090m/3576 ft
- 1993. Vidyasagar Setu, India, length 823m/2700 ft, main span 457.5m/1500 ft
- 1998. Storebaelt Bridge, Denmark, length 6800m/4.2 miles, main span 1624m/5328 ft
- 2001. Triangle Link, Norway, length max 1077m/3533 ft, main span 677m/2221 ft
Bridges proposed or not yet built
- 1993. ' Strait of Messina Bridge, Italy, length 3666m/12028 ft, main span 3300m/10827 ft
- 1995. proposed Dardanelles Bridge, Turkey, length 2150m/7053 ft, main span 1450m/4757 ft
- 1997. proposed Java-Bali Bridge, Indonesia, length, main span 2100m/6889 ft
- 1997. proposed Izmit Bay Bridge, Turkey, length 3.3 km/2 miles, main span 1688m/5538 ft
- 2003. ' Tsing Lung Bridge, length, main span 1418m/4652 ft
