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Severn Suspension Bridge

  

The Severn Bridge

The bridge carried the M4 motorway . On completion of the Second Severn Crossing the motorway from Aust on the English side to Rogiet was renamed the M48

Severn Bridge
5240 feet (1597 metres ) long suspension bridge of conventional design, with the deck supported by two main cables slung between two steel towers. The towers are approximately 400 feet (120 m) above the river and are of hollow box construction.

Severn Bridge is the suspension bridge that forms part of the original Severn crossing . The bridge was opened by Queen Elizabeth II , and hailed it as the dawn of a new economic era for South Wales.

Designers Freeman, Fox and Partners following wind tunnel tests for the Forth Road Bridge , after the original wind tunnel model was accidentally destroyed. The Severn Bridge is in almost exactly the same location as the old Aust Ferry . The severn bridge was granted Grade I listed status in 1998 .

- Vehicle Category 1 (Up to 9 seats)
£4.90
- Vehicle Category 2 (Small bus up to 17 seats) Goods vehicles up to 3,500KG)
£9.80
- Vehicle Category 3 (18 seats and more) Goods vehicles from 3,500KG) £14.70
2006 toll rates my change

Other Severn Bridges

  • Welsh Bridge
    St George's Bridge (historic) and English Bridge in Shrewsbury
  • Ironbridge
    ( 1779 , arch ) the world's first iron bridge, built by Abraham Darby .
  • Bridgnorth bridge
    (multiple masonry arches)
  • Hampton Loade bridge
    Is unusual because the tubular welded blue arches are waterpipes that carry a small roadway suspended below.
  • Highley footbridge
    (two haunched concrete beams)
  • Arley footbridge
    Replacing vehicular ferry.
  • Bewdley bridge
    ( 1798 , multiple masonry arches), built by Thomas Telford .
  • Stourport bridge
    ( 1870 , single iron arch)
  • Holt Fleet bridge
    ( 1828 , cast iron trussed arch), built by Telford. Opened 1830 . Identical design to Galton Bridge, Smethwick over canal ( 1829 ).
  • Sabrina footbridge
    Worcester (an asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge with one tower)
  • Worcester railway bridge
    (iron truss).
  • Worcester A44 road bridge
    ( 1781 , multiple masonry arches)
  • Upton-on-Severn bridge
    ( 1940 , haunched cantilever )
  • Mythe Bridge
    Near Tewkesbury , Glos. ( 1826 , cast iron arch), built by Telford.
  • Haw Bridge
    West of Tewkesbury. ( 1961 , steel beam semi-arch).
  • Maisemore Bridge
    Carrying the A417. ( 1956 , single masonry arch)
  • Over Bridge
    At Gloucester . ( 1829 , single masonry arch), built by Telford
  • Severn Railway Bridge
    Between Lydney and Sharpness (Demolished in the 1960s after accident)
  • The Severn Bridge
    Between Chepstow and Aust ( 1966 , steel suspension bridge ).
  • The Second Severn Crossing
    ( 1996 , cable-stayed bridge ).

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