The Tamar Bridge is a suspension bridge over the River Tamar between Saltash, Cornwall and Plymouth, Devon in southwest England. It is 335 metres (1,099 ft) long, running adjacent the Royal Albert Bridge, and part of the A38, a main road between the two counties.
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
The Tamar is a river in south west England that forms most of the border between Devon and Cornwall. A part of the Tamar Valley is a World Heritage Site due to its historic mining activities.
The Tamar near Bohetherick
The tidal river, between Cotehele Quay and Weir Quay, with its mudbanks and reed beds.
The dam of the Upper Tamar Lake.
The most northerly bridge over the river