Lagan Bridge - Belfast
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N 54° 36.156 W 005° 55.182
30U E 311416 N 6054487
The Lagan Bridge, Belfast, carries the busy M3 motorway through the city.
Waymark Code: WMV1ZJ
Location: Ulster, Ireland
Date Posted: 02/10/2017
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The Lagan Bridge, Belfast, carries the busy M3 motorway through the city.
"The M3 is an incalculably important route in Belfast that allows traffic on the M2 and A12 Westlink on the west bank of the River Lagan to cross over to east Belfast and hence to Bangor on the A2. For part of its length the M3 is elevated on pillars and also features the
8-lane Lagan Bridge which gives rise to its alternative name of the "Cross Harbour Motorway".
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"A concrete arch bridge made from pre-cast segments. The bridge itself is made up of two independent spans running parallel, one for each carriageway. The road deck was designed to carry four lanes in each direction - an enhancement to the original plan to have three lanes each way. The extra two lanes each way act as lane drops/gains between junctions 1 and 1A. This gives the bridge a total width of 37 metres. The distance between the sliproads for junction 1 and junction 1A is 340 metres, the shortest between any two motorway junctions in Northern Ireland."
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Length of bridge: 250m
What type of traffic does this bridge support?: Road traffic
What kind of gap does this bridge cross?:
River Lagan, Belfast
Date constructed: 1995
Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: Yes
Name of road or trail the bridge services: M3
Location:
Belfast
Height of bridge: Not listed
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