Queen Elizabeth II Bridge - Belfast
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N 54° 36.016 W 005° 55.230
30U E 311354 N 6054231
The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge is a bridge over the River Lagan in Belfast, that doubles the capacity for cross-city traffic on the A2 by carrying eastbound traffic, while westbound uses the older Queen's Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMV1YZ
Location: Ulster, Ireland
Date Posted: 02/10/2017
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"When Queen Elizabeth II opened the Queen Elizabeth bridge in 1967 she was reminded of the tensions that were never very far beneath the surface and had not gone away since her ancestor had opened the neighbouring bridge more than 100 years before.
The very name of the bridge had been a bone of contention in the city. The unionist-dominated Belfast city council wanted to name the bridge after unionist hero Lord Carson but nationalist politicians were bitterly opposed to it.
Queen Elizabeth II was a compromise, agreed to by republican councillors, but there was still a sharp reminder of the differences in the city when the Queen's car was struck by a concrete block as it drove along Great Victoria Street."
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