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Severn Bridge
bridge, England, United Kingdom
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- In bridge: Lessons of the disaster
The 972-metre- (3,240-foot-) span Severn Bridge (1966), linking southern England and Wales over the River Severn, uses a shallow steel box for its deck, but the deck is shaped aerodynamically in order to allow wind to pass over and under it—much as a cutwater allows water to deflect around…
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span of Severn River
- In River Severn
The Severn Bridge, an impressive suspension bridge with a 3,240-foot (990-metre) main span, was built in the 1960s and forms part of a motorway link (M48) from London to South Wales. An increase in automobile traffic led to construction of the 1,500-foot (456-metre) Second Severn Crossing…
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