Royal Albert Bridge
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The Royal Albert Bridge is a railway bridge which spans the River Tamar in England, between Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall. Its unique design consists of two 455-foot lenticular iron trusses 10
Royal Albert Bridge 2009
A tide recorder designed by Brunel as part of his survey
The first span and centre pier under construction in 1854, seen from Saltash
The second span soon after it was floated onto the piers and had been jacked up the first 12 feet (3.7 m) towards its final position
Tamar Bridge
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The Tamar Bridge is a suspension bridge over the River Tamar between Saltash in Cornwall and Plymouth in Devon, South West England. It is 335 metres long, running adjacent to the Royal Albert Bridge a
Royal Albert Bridge
…approach spans. Its total length is 2,187.5 feet (666.8 m). It carries the Cornish Main Line railway in and out of Cornwall and is adjacent to the Tamar Bridge, which opened in 1961 to carry the A38 road. The Royal Albert Bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Surveying started in 1848 and construction…
View from the Royal Albert Bridge, 2009
Traffic on the Tamar Bridge uses a tidal flow arrangement to reduce rush-hour congestion
The original Tamar Bridge in 1978, before its late-1990s reconstruction.
A set of plaques commemorating the original opening of the Tamar Bridge, and its reconstruction 40 years later