Tamar Bridge

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Tamar Bridge is a major suspension bridge in southwest England that carries road traffic between Plymouth in Devon and Saltash in Cornwall across the River Tamar.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tamar Bridge canonical 8
Tamar Bridge (road bridge) 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf road bridge
suspension bridge
carries A38 road
cyclists
motor vehicles
pedestrians
connects Plymouth
Saltash
constructionStartDate 1959
country England
United Kingdom
crosses River Tamar
designedBy Mott, Hay and Anderson
function road transport link between Devon and Cornwall
governingBody Cornwall Council
Plymouth City Council
hasFeature shared-use path for pedestrians and cyclists
hasNumberOfMainSpans 1
hasNumberOfSideSpans 2
hasToll yes
hasType highway bridge
toll bridge
heritageStatus Grade I listed structure
locatedIn Cornwall
Devon
South West England
linked to: southwest England
maintainedBy Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee
material concrete
steel
namedAfter River Tamar
near Plymouth city centre
Saltash railway station
notableFor first major suspension bridge in the world to be widened and strengthened while remaining open to traffic
opened 1961
owner Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee
parallelStructure Royal Albert Bridge
partOf strategic road network in South West England
regionServed Plymouth urban area
South East Cornwall
riverBankLocation east bank at Plymouth
west bank at Saltash
spans Tamar Valley
tollDirection eastbound only
trafficDirection bidirectional
wideningCompleted 2001

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Referenced by (9)

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

River Tamar crossedBy Tamar Bridge
Saltash hasLandmark Tamar Bridge
Saltash crossedBy Tamar Bridge
Royal Albert Bridge hasParallelStructure Tamar Bridge (road bridge)
linked to: Tamar Bridge
Tamar Valley hasBridge Tamar Bridge
River Tamar estuary crossedBy Tamar Bridge
St Stephens-by-Saltash crossesBy Tamar Bridge
Tamar River hasBridge Tamar Bridge