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The bridge was granted Grade I [[listed building|listed]] status in [[1998]]. |
The bridge was granted Grade I [[listed building|listed]] status in [[1998]]. |
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[[Image:SevernBridgeLookingNorth.JPG|thumb|200px|left|Severn Bridge looking north, Jan 2006]] |
[[Image:SevernBridgeLookingNorth.JPG|thumb|200px|left|Severn Bridge looking north, Jan 2006]] |
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==Trivia== |
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* In the movie ''Star Wars'' (1977), "the sounds of the lasers were made by striking one of the suspension wires of the original Severn Bridge. The longer ones were used for the ships while the shorter ones were used for the hand guns." Quote from the [http://www.imdb.com/ IMDb] [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/trivia trivia page for ''Star Wars'']. |
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* For the rock band [[Marillion]]'s album ''Brave'' (1994), singer [[Steve Hogarth]] used a concept that was inspired by a radio broadcast from the Bristol Police. Quoting Steve Hogarth: "The police had picked up a young woman wandering on the Severn Bridge who refused or was unable to speak to them. In desperation the appeal was broadcast to the general public in an attempt to discover her identity." Hogarth heard it on the radio, and several years later it inspired him while he and the band were working on what was to become the ''Brave'' album. (Source: [http://marillion.com/music/albums/brave.htm Marillion's official website]) |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 12:06, 3 February 2006
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- For the Ontario community, see Severn Bridge, Ontario. For Severn Crossing, see Severn crossing
The Severn Bridge (Welsh: Pont Hafren) is the suspension bridge that forms part of the original Severn crossing. The bridge was opened by Queen Elizabeth II, who hailed it as the dawn of a new economic era for South Wales.
The bridge is a 5240 feet (1597 metres) long suspension bridge of conventional design, with the deck supported by two main cables slung between two steel towers. The towers are approximately 400 feet above the river and are of hollow box construction. The deck is an orthotropic steel box girder of aerofoil shape with cantilevered cycle tracks and footway supported from the box. The shape of the bridge was determined by the designers Freeman, Fox and Partners following wind tunnel tests for the Forth Road Bridge, after the original wind tunnel model was accidentally destroyed. The Severn Bridge is in almost exactly the same location as the old Aust Ferry.
The bridge was granted Grade I listed status in 1998.
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External links
- ST58NE Aust M4 motorway - Images of England (photos of listed buildings)