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[[image:Im1955EnV199-p654.jpg |thumb| 1955 wind tunnel model of proposed suspension bridge alongside railway bridge. Test showed that a suspension bridge would be unsuitable here, and so a through-arch bridge was built instead]] | [[image:Im1955EnV199-p654.jpg |thumb| 1955 wind tunnel model of proposed suspension bridge alongside railway bridge. Test showed that a suspension bridge would be unsuitable here, and so a through-arch bridge was built instead]] | ||
[[image:Im1955EnV199-p654a.jpg |thumb| 1955 wind tunnel model of a section of deck for a proposed bridge. Tests showed that due to wind effects, such a bridge would be unsuitable so close to the railway bridge]] | |||
[[image:Im1960v210-p148a.jpg|thumb| 1960. ]] | [[image:Im1960v210-p148a.jpg|thumb| 1960. ]] | ||
[[image:Im1960v210-p148b.jpg|thumb| 1960. ]] | [[image:Im1960v210-p148b.jpg|thumb| 1960. ]] | ||
[[image:Im1960v209-p86a.jpg |thumb| 1960. ]] | [[image:Im1960v209-p86a.jpg |thumb| 1960. ]] | ||
[[Image:JD Runcorn Widnes 2017 2.jpg|thumb|Silver Jubilee Bridge, with railway bridge beyond]] | [[Image:JD Runcorn Widnes 2017 2.jpg|thumb|Silver Jubilee Bridge, with railway bridge beyond]] | ||
[[Image:JD 2017 Runcorn 6.jpg|thumb|2017]] | |||
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1956-61 Construction of this through-arch road bridge to carry the A533 over the River Mersey, connecting Runcorn and Widnes. It replaced the [[Widnes and Runcorn Transporter Bridge]]. | 1956-61 Construction of this through-arch road bridge to carry the A533 over the River Mersey, connecting Runcorn and Widnes. It replaced the [[Widnes and Runcorn Transporter Bridge]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:06, 8 February 2018
1956-61 Construction of this through-arch road bridge to carry the A533 over the River Mersey, connecting Runcorn and Widnes. It replaced the Widnes and Runcorn Transporter Bridge.
Structural engineers were Mott, Hay and Anderson; civil works contractor Leonard Fairclough; steelwork contractor Dorman Long; the steel cable for the suspenders was supplied by Bridon International
See Wikipedia entry
Opened in 1961. It was widened in 1975-7, and was then officially named the Silver Jubilee Bridge.
It will be closed for refurbishment on completion of the Mersey Gateway Bridge, and reopened in modified form as a toll bridge.
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