Tamar Bridge

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Tamar Bridge is a major suspension bridge in southwest England that carries road traffic between Plymouth in Devon and Saltash in Cornwall across the River Tamar.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tamar Bridge canonical 8
Tamar Bridge (road bridge) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf road bridge ⓘ
suspension bridge ⓘ
carries A38 road ⓘ
cyclists ⓘ
motor vehicles ⓘ
pedestrians ⓘ
connects Plymouth ⓘ
Saltash ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1959 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses River Tamar ⓘ
designedBy Mott, Hay and Anderson ⓘ
function road transport link between Devon and Cornwall ⓘ
governingBody Cornwall Council ⓘ
Plymouth City Council ⓘ
hasFeature shared-use path for pedestrians and cyclists ⓘ
hasNumberOfMainSpans 1 ⓘ
hasNumberOfSideSpans 2 ⓘ
hasToll yes ⓘ
hasType highway bridge ⓘ
toll bridge ⓘ
heritageStatus Grade I listed structure ⓘ
locatedIn Cornwall ⓘ
Devon ⓘ
South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
maintainedBy Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
steel ⓘ
namedAfter River Tamar ⓘ
near Plymouth city centre ⓘ
Saltash railway station ⓘ
notableFor first major suspension bridge in the world to be widened and strengthened while remaining open to traffic ⓘ
opened 1961 ⓘ
owner Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee ⓘ
parallelStructure Royal Albert Bridge ⓘ
partOf strategic road network in South West England ⓘ
regionServed Plymouth urban area ⓘ
South East Cornwall ⓘ
riverBankLocation east bank at Plymouth ⓘ
west bank at Saltash ⓘ
spans Tamar Valley ⓘ
tollDirection eastbound only ⓘ
trafficDirection bidirectional ⓘ
wideningCompleted 2001 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Tamar → crossedBy → Tamar Bridge ⓘ
Saltash → hasLandmark → Tamar Bridge ⓘ
Saltash → crossedBy → Tamar Bridge ⓘ
Royal Albert Bridge → hasParallelStructure → Tamar Bridge (road bridge) ⓘ
linked to: Tamar Bridge
Tamar Valley → hasBridge → Tamar Bridge ⓘ
River Tamar estuary → crossedBy → Tamar Bridge ⓘ
St Stephens-by-Saltash → crossesBy → Tamar Bridge ⓘ
Tamar River → hasBridge → Tamar Bridge ⓘ