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A painting of Union Chain Bridge by Alexander Nasmyth c. 1820. Before the opening of the Union Bridge, crossing the river at this point involved an 11-mile (18 km) round trip via Berwick downstream or a 20-mile (32 km) trip via Coldstream upstream. (Ladykirk and Norham Bridge did not open until 1888.) The Tweed was forded in the vicinity of the ...
English: The Union Chain Bridge spanning the River Tweed between England and Scotland. The part in England is a Grade I listed building there and the part in Scotland is Category A listed building there.
The Union Chain Bridge spanning the Tweed between Horncliffe, England and Fishwick, Scotland. ... Map and aerial photo sources for and ; Open Canoe Hire Specialists ...
Union Chain Bridge 1820 The bridge was initially the ... and the world's oldest vehicular suspension bridge. [9] Warkworth Castle 12th century AD Ruined motte ...
The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e., the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of the main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of suspension bridges, often correlating with the height of the towers and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. [4]
Road bridge across the Forth and Clyde Canal: Tradeston Bridge: Tradeston and IFSD : 2009: Footbridge, known colloquially as the Squiggly Bridge: Victoria Bridge: Central Glasgow (Stockwell Street) and Laurieston: 1854: Cat A: Road bridge , sometimes referred to as Stockwell Bridge; adjacent to City Union Bridge
He took out a patent for chain-making in 1816, and patented wrought iron chain links suitable for a suspension bridge in 1817. In the same year, others built Dryburgh Bridge, the first chain-supported bridge in Britain. Brown had been experimenting with a chain-supported suspension bridge already, building a 32m span test structure in 1813.
Between the panels a chain represents the Union Chain Bridge that spans the River Tweed between Berwickshire and Northumberland. The Pantone colours for the flag are: Blue 280