Flintshire Bridge - Connah's Quay, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 13.719 W 003° 04.097
30U E 495441 N 5897709
This cable stay bridge was built in 1998 to carry road traffic across the River Dee.
Waymark Code: WMY074
Location: North Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/26/2018
Views: 1
"The Flintshire Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge spanning the Dee Estuary in North Wales. The bridge links Flint and Connah's Quay to the shore north of the River Dee at the southern end of the Wirral Peninsula. The bridge cost £55million to construct. This cost was met by the then Welsh Office and in the future, maintenance costs are expected to be the responsibility of the local authority Flintshire County Council.
The bridge was officially opened in 1998 by Queen Elizabeth II. It carries part of the A548 road and has been nicknamed 'the bridge to nowhere' by locals.
It is the largest asymmetric cable-stayed bridge in the whole of Britain.
The Welsh Assembly Government is now considering the Flintshire Bridge as an alternative route for a major road expansion through the county, after plans to expand the A494 in Deeside were scrapped in March 2008."
Date Completed: 03/06/1998
Usage: Automobile
Length: 965 ft
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