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The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset. Since opening in 1864, it has been a toll bridge , the income from which provides funds for its maintenance.
[2] [3] [4] The Bristol Bridges Walk presents a solution of the puzzle for the city of Bristol. [5] Its route leads the walker through different quarters of the city, the Avon Gorge and Leigh Woods. Along the way it crosses 45 bridges including Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol Bridge, and Avonmouth Bridge. [6]
St Vincent's Rocks, Avon Gorge, before the construction of the Suspension Bridge, c.1830s. The gorge area was inhabited at least as early as the Iron Age, probably by the Dobunni tribe. In Leigh Woods above Nightingale Valley, a steep dry valley beside the suspension bridge, is Stokeleigh Camp, one of three Iron Age hill forts in the area. [22]
In 2003, Lewis Whyld took an instantly classic photograph of the Concorde on its last flight, soaring over the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, United Kingdom.
Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Bristol Bridge; Bristol Bridges Walk; Brock's Bridge; C. Clifton Suspension Bridge; G. Gaol Ferry Bridge ...
A 5" (13 cm) convex lens and sloping mirror were installed on the top of the tower; these project the panoramic view vertically downward into the darkened room below. Visitors view the true image (not a mirror image) on a fixed circular table 5 feet (1.5m) in diameter, with a concave metal surface, and turn the mirror by hand to change the ...
The Edgely bridge at Randall Avenue in Bristol Township has been closed for a year. Here's the latest update on the complicated nature of the fix.
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