Three Moving Bridges - Cardiff Bay, Wales.
N 51° 26.809 W 003° 09.981
30U E 488439 N 5699527
Three moving bascule bridges, part of the bay barrage, give access from cardiff bay to the Sea - Cardiff, Wales.
Waymark Code: WME938
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/21/2012
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The three massive bascule bridges, allow shipping access to three massive locks over 70 feet deep, all part of the Cardiff Bay barrage.
The road over the bridges is for pedestrian and cyclist mostly, with only official vehicle use of the road.
The barrage was completed and open to the public on Monday 30 June 2008, allowing public access from Mermaid Quay in Cardiff docks to Penarth Marina.
It was one of the largest civil engineering projects in Europe during construction in the 1990s.
"The concept of a barrage was first suggested in the 1980s as a way to help regenerate Cardiff's largely disused docklands. The barrage would create a large freshwater lake intended to attract investment into the docklands. The bay was part of the Bristol Channel which has the second largest tidal range in the world. As a result, for half of the day, the bay was empty of water, leaving large unappealing mudflats exposed. The barrage was consequently seen as central to the regeneration project. The government established the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation to build the barrage, and to redevelop the area as a whole."
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