2022
SX4358 : The Tamar Bridge, approaching the Toll Booths
taken 2 years ago, near to St Budeaux, Plymouth, England
The Tamar Bridge, approaching the Toll Booths
The Tamar Bridge is a suspension bridge carrying the A38 trunk route over the River Tamar, connecting Saltash in Cornwall with Plymouth in Devon. It replaced the Saltash ferry and supplements the Torpoint ferry. Toll booths are located on the Plymouth side; toll charges are only applied to vehicles when from Cornwall to Devon, pedestrians and cyclists are free.
When it opened, in 1961, the Tamar Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the UK; it is 335 metres (1,099 ft) long. The bridge was initially built to carry a three-lane tidal flow road (reversible middle lane). In 1999-2001 it was widened by the addition of two cantilevered lanes, one on each side of the existing deck. It was the world's first suspension bridge to be widened using cantilevers, and the world's first suspension bridge to be widened and strengthened while remaining open to traffic.
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