Second Severn Crossing
E531420
The Second Severn Crossing is a major cable-stayed motorway bridge linking England and Wales across the lower Severn Estuary, built to increase capacity and provide a more reliable alternative to the original Severn Bridge.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Second Severn Crossing (historically tolled, tolls removed) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cable-stayed bridge
ⓘ
motorway bridge ⓘ road bridge ⓘ toll bridge ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Prince of Wales Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approachViaductMaterial | concrete ⓘ |
| carries | M4 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | cable-stayed ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| crosses |
River Severn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
River Wye NERFINISHED ⓘ Severn Estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designer |
Halcrow Group
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SETRA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPylonHeight | about 149 m ⓘ |
| hasTollPlazasFormerlyOn | westbound carriageway ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| length | about 5128 m ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | lower Severn Estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Magor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Severn Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainBridgeMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| mainSpanLength | about 456 m ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | National Highways ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles, Prince of Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfLanes | 6 ⓘ |
| numberOfSpans | 37 ⓘ |
| officialName | Second Severn Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1996-06-05 ⓘ |
| openedBy | Queen Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedToTraffic | 1996 ⓘ |
| owner | UK Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallelTo | Severn Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | M4 corridor between London and South Wales ⓘ |
| partOfRoute | Trans-European Transport Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
increase road capacity across Severn Estuary
ⓘ
provide more reliable alternative to Severn Bridge ⓘ |
| region |
South Wales
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
|
| renamed | 2018 ⓘ |
| replacedInFunction | Severn Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadSurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| tollAbolishedOn | 2018-12-17 ⓘ |
| trafficType | motor vehicles ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
M4 motorway
subject surface form:
M4 motorway
this entity surface form:
Second Severn Crossing (historically tolled, tolls removed)