![]() ![]() During World War II the superstructure of the bridge was hit by a bomb but despite this, the gondola and The Transporter Bridge are still running in perfect order. The bridge is one of only six known operational transporter bridges remaining in the world, three of which are in Britain. It was the largest bridge of its kind when it was finished in 1911 and remains the longest existing transporter bridge in the world at 851 feet long. The Tees Transporter or Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge has become a landmark that embodies the town it which it stands. Tees Transporter Bridge, Grade II* listed Tees Transporter Bridge © Historic England The Severn bridge can be seen almost complete in the background. A promotional image for Martin Scorsese’s film No Direction Home, about the life of Bob Dylan, features an image of Dylan standing in front of the ferry terminal in May 1966, not long before it closed for good. The structure is a symbol of the industrial heritage of South Wales which it is the gateway to, and where some of the country’s wealth was quite literally forged, providing infrastructure for the whole British Empire.īefore the bridge opened in 1966, people waited in their cars for the jeopardous trip on the car ferry in Aust, to avoid a 60 mile round trip to Gloucester. It was the first bridge in the world to use the revolutionary concept of a streamlined deck and inclined hangers, and an early example of a fully welded steel deck. Severn Bridge, Gloucestershire, Grade I listed Severn Bridge, Gloucestershire 2011 © Historic EnglandĪ physical embodiment of the near 500 year union between England and Wales, the 1966 Severn River Crossing is granted the highest level of protection by listing. It has been the location of the first bungee jump in 1979 and the last ever Concorde flypast in 2003. Sarah Guppy was a prolific inventor, patenting a design for safe foundations for bridges ‘whereby the danger of being washed away by floods is avoided.’ This patent for piling foundations came into being in 1811 and formed the blueprint for the iconic bridge that Brunel would design 19 years later.īefore the bridge was completed in the 1850s, intrepid passengers could cross the gorge in a basket slung from an iron bar. However, little is reported about the contribution by a woman who was one of the foremost engineering, inventing and designing minds of the Georgian era. Spanning the Avon Gorge in Bristol, the Clifton Suspension Bridge is famously known to be based on a design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Grade I listed Clifton Suspension Bridge at dawn. ![]() The sandy concrete towers and muted deck, echo the colours of the reeds, grass, pebbles and sand of the shores and muddy brown of the Humber it crosses. Despite its enormous size and strength, the Humber Bridge has an elegance that is in harmony with the landscape. The bridge is supported by massive cables – almost enough cable to go round the earth twice. It remains in the top ten longest spans worldwide and is the longest that you can walk across. At 1,410 metres long, the Humber Bridge was the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world when it was built in 1981, a record it maintained for 16 years. ![]()
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