Second Severn Crossing

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The Second Severn Crossing is a major cable-stayed motorway bridge linking England and Wales across the lower Severn Estuary, built to increase capacity and provide a more reliable alternative to the original Severn Bridge.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cable-stayed bridge ⓘ
motorway bridge ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
toll bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Prince of Wales Bridge ⓘ
approachViaductMaterial concrete ⓘ
carries M4 motorway ⓘ
connects England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
constructionMethod cable-stayed ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1992 ⓘ
crosses River Severn ⓘ
linked to: Severn

River Wye ⓘ
Severn Estuary ⓘ
designer Halcrow Group ⓘ
SETRA ⓘ
hasPylonHeight about 149 m ⓘ
hasTollPlazasFormerlyOn westbound carriageway ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
length about 5128 m ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater lower Severn Estuary ⓘ
linked to: Severn Estuary
locatedNear Magor ⓘ
Severn Beach ⓘ
locationCountry England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
mainBridgeMaterial steel ⓘ
mainSpanLength about 456 m ⓘ
maintainedBy National Highways ⓘ
namedAfter Charles, Prince of Wales ⓘ
linked to: Prince Charles
numberOfLanes 6 ⓘ
numberOfSpans 37 ⓘ
officialName Second Severn Crossing ⓘ
opened 1996-06-05 ⓘ
openedBy Queen Elizabeth II ⓘ
linked to: Elizabeth II
openedToTraffic 1996 ⓘ
owner UK Government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
parallelTo Severn Bridge ⓘ
partOf M4 corridor between London and South Wales ⓘ
partOfRoute Trans-European Transport Network ⓘ
purpose increase road capacity across Severn Estuary ⓘ
provide more reliable alternative to Severn Bridge ⓘ
region South Wales ⓘ
South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
renamed 2018 ⓘ
replacedInFunction Severn Bridge ⓘ
roadSurface asphalt ⓘ
tollAbolishedOn 2018-12-17 ⓘ
trafficType motor vehicles ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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

Severn Estuary → crossedBy → Second Severn Crossing ⓘ
Pilning → near → Second Severn Crossing ⓘ
M4 motorway → usesStructure → Second Severn Crossing ⓘ
subject linked to: M4
M4 motorway → hasTollSection → Second Severn Crossing (historically tolled, tolls removed) ⓘ
subject linked to: M4
linked to: Second Severn Crossing
Michel Virlogeux → notableWork → Second Severn Crossing ⓘ
Michel Virlogeux → hasDesigned → Second Severn Crossing ⓘ
Severn Beach → near → Second Severn Crossing ⓘ
Severn Beach → hasViewOf → Second Severn Crossing ⓘ
Severn crossings → includes → Second Severn Crossing ⓘ
Second Severn Crossing → officialName → Second Severn Crossing ⓘ
M48 motorway → parallelTo → Second Severn Crossing (M4) ⓘ
subject linked to: M48 motorway (via Chepstow)
linked to: Second Severn Crossing
M4 motorway → crossesVia → Second Severn Crossing ⓘ
subject linked to: M4 motorway (nearby)
Denny Island → near → Second Severn Crossing ⓘ