Mersey Gateway Bridge

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cable-stayed bridge road bridge toll bridge

The Mersey Gateway Bridge is a modern six-lane toll bridge in northwest England that carries road traffic across the River Mersey between Runcorn and Widnes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Mersey Gateway Project 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cable-stayed bridge ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
toll bridge ⓘ
carries road traffic ⓘ
connects Runcorn ⓘ
Widnes ⓘ
constructionStartDate 2014 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
River Mersey ⓘ
design cable-stayed ⓘ
fundedBy public–private partnership ⓘ
hasApproachViaducts yes ⓘ
hasCentralPylonHeight 125 metres (approximate) ⓘ
hasCycleAccess no ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalMitigation yes ⓘ
hasNumberOfMainSpans 3 ⓘ
hasPedestrianAccess no ⓘ
hasTollCollectionMethod automatic number plate recognition ⓘ
hasTollSystem free-flow electronic tolling ⓘ
hasTotalLength about 2.3 kilometres ⓘ
hasTrafficRestriction no cash toll booths on bridge ⓘ
isPartOfTransportNetwork regional road network of North West England ⓘ
locatedIn Borough of Halton ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
Runcorn ⓘ
Widnes ⓘ
locatedNear Runcorn Gap ⓘ
maintainedBy Mersey Gateway Crossings Board ⓘ
nearbyBridge Silver Jubilee Bridge ⓘ
numberOfLanes 6 ⓘ
opened 2017-10-14 ⓘ
openedToTraffic 2017-10-14 ⓘ
owner Halton ⓘ
surface form: Halton Borough Council
partOf Mersey Gateway Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mersey Gateway Project
purpose to reduce congestion on the Silver Jubilee Bridge ⓘ
region Cheshire ⓘ
Merseyside ⓘ
replaced Silver Jubilee Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Silver Jubilee Bridge (for most traffic)
roadCarried A533 ⓘ
A558 ⓘ
toll yes ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Mersey Estuary → crossedBy → Mersey Gateway Bridge ⓘ
River Mersey → crossedBy → Mersey Gateway Bridge ⓘ
Halton → hasBridge → Mersey Gateway Bridge ⓘ
Runcorn → hasBridge → Mersey Gateway Bridge ⓘ
Spike Island → near → Mersey Gateway Bridge ⓘ
Mersey Gateway Bridge → partOf → Mersey Gateway Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mersey Gateway Project