FIRST LINK IN NEW BRIDGE JOINING DEVON AND CORNWALL.—“Spidermen” walking across a catwalk 250ft above the ground. This is the first link in the new £ 1,500,000 Tamar road bridge. The workmen have no safety net. The bridge will be the first major suspension bridge to be built in Britain since the war, and its middle span of 1100ft will be the largest single span in the country. Two side spans of 374ft each will complete the bridge. About 3o,ooo tons of concrete and 2500 tons of steel will be used, and the work is planned to be finished by next August.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29345, 26 October 1960, Page 22
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101FIRST LINK IN NEW BRIDGE JOINING DEVON AND CORNWALL.—“Spidermen” walking across a catwalk 250ft above the ground. This is the first link in the new £ 1,500,000 Tamar road bridge. The workmen have no safety net. The bridge will be the first major suspension bridge to be built in Britain since the war, and its middle span of 1100ft will be the largest single span in the country. Two side spans of 374ft each will complete the bridge. About 3o,ooo tons of concrete and 2500 tons of steel will be used, and the work is planned to be finished by next August. Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29345, 26 October 1960, Page 22
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