Tamar Bridge [Carriageway pedestrian bridge]

Name of building
Tamar Bridge [Carriageway pedestrian bridge] 
Construction year
1961 
Structural system
Bridge 
Primary use
Carriageway pedestrian bridge 
Architect
 
Architect2
 
Structural engineer
Mott, Hay & Anderson 
Constructor
 
Professional
Cleaveland Bridge & Engneering Co. Ltd 
Country
UNITED KINGDOM 
Address
River Tamar at Saltash, Cornwall 
Means of transportation
400m from Saltash Station. bus #01,02,76,77 from west of Plymputh Station. 
Admission
outside:OK. inside:OK 
Reference
①Civil Engineering Heritage-Southern England, Edited by R.A.Otter, Published by Thomas Telford Ltd, London, 1997. p39-40. 
Note
The same suspension bridge is being added to the Royal Albert Bridge side(May 1999).
double widening construction during May 1999.
Locates 60m(200ft) upstream of Royal Albert Railway Bridge(opened in 1859).
span:335m(1100ft). total length:642m(2107ft). height:85.3m(260ft)
photo taken on September 3, 1994, ⑧-2. 
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