Kingsferry Bridge
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Kingsferry Bridge is an older road and railway crossing over The Swale between mainland Kent and the Isle of Sheppey in England, now largely superseded by the more modern Sheppey Crossing.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| combined road-rail Kingsferry Bridge | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bascule bridge
ⓘ
combined road-rail bridge ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ vertical-lift bridge ⓘ |
| allows | passage of shipping on The Swale ⓘ |
| bridgeType | combined road and rail lift bridge ⓘ |
| carries |
pedestrians
ⓘ
rail traffic ⓘ road traffic ⓘ |
| connects |
Isle of Sheppey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mainland Kent ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| crosses | The Swale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
pedestrians
ⓘ
road vehicles ⓘ trains ⓘ |
| function |
railway crossing
ⓘ
road crossing ⓘ |
| geographicLocation | between Sittingbourne and Sheerness ⓘ |
| hasAlternative | Sheppey Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLaneCount | single carriageway road ⓘ |
| hasMovableSpan | yes ⓘ |
| hasStructureType | lift bridge ⓘ |
| hasToll | no ⓘ |
| isOlderThan | Sheppey Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Iwade
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queenborough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | A249 road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Kent County Council
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Network Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedToTraffic | 1960 ⓘ |
| openingMechanism | vertical lift ⓘ |
| openingYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| owner | Network Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sheerness Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railTrackCount | single track ⓘ |
| railwayLine | Sheerness Branch Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | South East England ⓘ |
| replaced | earlier Kingsferry Bridge ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Sheppey Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadDesignation | A249 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves |
Isle of Sheppey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kent mainland ⓘ |
| status | in use ⓘ |
| supersededForRoadTrafficBy | Sheppey Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterway | The Swale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
combined road-rail Kingsferry Bridge