Runcorn Gap

E164634

geographical feature river crossing

Runcorn Gap is a narrow crossing point on the River Mersey in northwest England that has long served as a key location for road and rail bridges linking Runcorn and Widnes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Runcorn Gap canonical	6
Runcorn bridges	1
Runcorn–Widnes crossing	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ river crossing ⓘ
connects	Cheshire ⓘ Halton ⓘ Runcorn ⓘ surface form: Runcorn urban area Widnes ⓘ surface form: Widnes urban area
crossedBy	Mersey Gateway Bridge ⓘ Runcorn Railway Bridge ⓘ Silver Jubilee Bridge ⓘ railway bridges ⓘ road bridges ⓘ
hasFunction	rail crossing point ⓘ road crossing point ⓘ transport corridor ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement	Runcorn ⓘ Widnes ⓘ
hasStrategicImportanceSince	19th century ⓘ
historicallyUsedFor	ferry crossings ⓘ
isPartOfTransportRoute	Liverpool–London railway line ⓘ surface form: Liverpool–London rail corridor regional road network across the Mersey ⓘ
knownFor	narrow width of the River Mersey ⓘ strategic crossing location ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ North West England ⓘ River Mersey ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf	Mersey Estuary ⓘ surface form: River Mersey estuarine system
separates	Runcorn ⓘ Widnes ⓘ
watercourse	River Mersey ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Runcorn Railway Bridge → crossesBetween → Runcorn Gap ⓘ

Runcorn Railway Bridge → passesOver → Runcorn Gap ⓘ

Mersey Gateway Bridge → locatedNear → Runcorn Gap ⓘ

Spike Island → hasViewOf → Runcorn Gap ⓘ

this entity surface form: Runcorn bridges

Silver Jubilee Bridge → spans → Runcorn Gap ⓘ

Silver Jubilee Bridge → crossesAt → Runcorn Gap ⓘ

this entity surface form: Runcorn–Widnes crossing

Ethelfleda Bridge → crossesAt → Runcorn Gap ⓘ

Runcorn Docks → locatedNear → Runcorn Gap ⓘ