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15-10-2017, 05:58 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-41586131
Mersey Gateway opens to traffic: Britain's newest £600m bridge
Liverpool's third bridge across the River Mersey opens with firework display
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A fireworks and lights show has heralded the opening of a new £600m toll bridge over the River Mersey. Expected to cost £1.9bn until 2044, the Mersey Gateway route is the largest infrastructure project in England outside London, a spokesman said.
The bridge between Runcorn and Widnes in Cheshire opened after midnight. The government said tolls would be dropped once the costs were paid but campaigners said the charges would hit residents and local businesses.
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Building work on the six-lane bridge, which is the second crossing between Runcorn and Widnes, began in 2014. The 1.5-mile (2.2km) link forms the centrepiece in a project of improvements on a 9.2km route in the borough of Halton. The total cost of the route - including construction, maintenance and operation - is estimated to be £1.9bn until 2044, a spokesman for the Mersey Gateway Project said.
Hugh O'Connor, general manager at Merseylink, added the bridge was "opening on time and on budget" and paid tribute to those "who worked so hard to make that happen". Officials hope it will ease congestion on the nearby Silver Jubilee Bridge while improving access to jobs and Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
Britain's second newest bridge after the recently opened Queensferry Crossing which connects Edinburgh and Fife. Both bridges are virtually identical in design although the Queensferry Crossing is longer than the Mersey Gateway - the Firth of Forth is crossed by two bridges but the River Mersey by three bridges and two tunnels.
We tend to use the two tunnels under the Mersey as Liverpool city centre is closer to the tunnels than the bridges. If you use the bridges you tend to only if you're travelling to Manchester or Cheshire in general tbh.
No word yet on who will officially open the bridge... would think it would be The Queen like she opened the Queensferry Crossing but no sign of it. Liverpool Echo says early spring the official opening so maybe then!
Thoughts?
Mersey Gateway opens to traffic: Britain's newest £600m bridge
Liverpool's third bridge across the River Mersey opens with firework display
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMHxb6WW0AEeHOd.jpg
A fireworks and lights show has heralded the opening of a new £600m toll bridge over the River Mersey. Expected to cost £1.9bn until 2044, the Mersey Gateway route is the largest infrastructure project in England outside London, a spokesman said.
The bridge between Runcorn and Widnes in Cheshire opened after midnight. The government said tolls would be dropped once the costs were paid but campaigners said the charges would hit residents and local businesses.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DML-tw0X4AAr03Z.jpg
Building work on the six-lane bridge, which is the second crossing between Runcorn and Widnes, began in 2014. The 1.5-mile (2.2km) link forms the centrepiece in a project of improvements on a 9.2km route in the borough of Halton. The total cost of the route - including construction, maintenance and operation - is estimated to be £1.9bn until 2044, a spokesman for the Mersey Gateway Project said.
Hugh O'Connor, general manager at Merseylink, added the bridge was "opening on time and on budget" and paid tribute to those "who worked so hard to make that happen". Officials hope it will ease congestion on the nearby Silver Jubilee Bridge while improving access to jobs and Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
Britain's second newest bridge after the recently opened Queensferry Crossing which connects Edinburgh and Fife. Both bridges are virtually identical in design although the Queensferry Crossing is longer than the Mersey Gateway - the Firth of Forth is crossed by two bridges but the River Mersey by three bridges and two tunnels.
We tend to use the two tunnels under the Mersey as Liverpool city centre is closer to the tunnels than the bridges. If you use the bridges you tend to only if you're travelling to Manchester or Cheshire in general tbh.
No word yet on who will officially open the bridge... would think it would be The Queen like she opened the Queensferry Crossing but no sign of it. Liverpool Echo says early spring the official opening so maybe then!
Thoughts?