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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.
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]
The upper station is close to Brunel's famous Clifton Suspension Bridge and is located adjacent to the former Grand Spa Hotel (now the Avon Gorge Hotel). The lower station was opposite the paddle steamer landing ferries in Hotwells, Hotwells railway station of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier , a terminus of Bristol Tramways and the Rownham ...
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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.
It is now known as "Brunel's other bridge" to differentiate it from the nearby Clifton Suspension Bridge. [12] The old Junction Lock swing bridge was originally powered by water pressure from the Underfall Yard hydraulic engine house at 750 psi (52 bar ) but was converted to electro hydraulic with PLC control in 2010 by KPR Engineering. [ 13 ]
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One of these minor bridges is known as Brunel's other bridge as it was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The route continues up the Hill to Cliffton Village. Here it crosses the Clifton Suspension Bridge, 331 feet (101 m) above the Avon. On the other side the path descends through Leigh Woods into the Avon Gorge.