Runcorn–Widnes Bridge

E375137

arch bridge road bridge steel bridge

The Runcorn–Widnes Bridge is an iconic steel arch road bridge spanning the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal in northwest England, linking the towns of Runcorn and Widnes.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Runcorn Bridge	2
Runcorn–Widnes Bridge canonical	2
M6 crossing of Mersey and Ship Canal	1
Widnes–Runcorn Bridge	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arch bridge ⓘ road bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ
builder	Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company ⓘ
carries	cyclists ⓘ pedestrians ⓘ road traffic ⓘ
clearanceBelow	24 m ⓘ
connects	Runcorn ⓘ Widnes ⓘ
constructionStart	1956 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses	Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ River Mersey ⓘ
design	through arch bridge ⓘ
designer	Freeman Fox & Partners ⓘ Mott, Hay and Anderson ⓘ
formerName	Runcorn–Widnes Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Runcorn Bridge
hasCategory	Bridges across the River Mersey ⓘ Bridges completed in 1961 ⓘ Grade II listed bridges in Cheshire ⓘ Road bridges in England ⓘ Through arch bridges in the United Kingdom ⓘ
heritageStatus	Grade II listed structure ⓘ
length	482 m ⓘ
listingDate	2015 ⓘ
locatedIn	Borough of Halton ⓘ North West England ⓘ
mainSpanLength	330 m ⓘ
maintainedBy	Borough of Halton ⓘ surface form: Halton Borough Council
material	steel ⓘ
namedAfter	Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableFeature	single steel arch spanning the Mersey estuary ⓘ
officialName	Silver Jubilee Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
opened	1961 ⓘ
openingDate	1961-07-21 ⓘ
parallelTo	Mersey Gateway Bridge ⓘ
region	Cheshire ⓘ Merseyside ⓘ
renamed	1977 ⓘ
replaced	Mersey Gateway Bridge ⓘ surface form: Widnes–Runcorn Transporter Bridge
structureType	single-span arch ⓘ
tollStatus	toll-free ⓘ
tollStatusChange	tolls removed in 1961 ⓘ
trafficRole	part of A533 road ⓘ
width	18 m ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Silver Jubilee Bridge → openedAs → Runcorn–Widnes Bridge ⓘ

Silver Jubilee Bridge → hasAlternativeName → Runcorn–Widnes Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Runcorn Bridge

Silver Jubilee Bridge → hasAlternativeName → Runcorn–Widnes Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Widnes–Runcorn Bridge

Thelwall Bridge → isPartOf → Runcorn–Widnes Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: M6 crossing of Mersey and Ship Canal

Runcorn–Widnes Bridge → formerName → Runcorn–Widnes Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Runcorn Bridge