Warrington Transporter Bridge |
WA1 1NA Warrington, Great Britain (UK) |
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near Bank Quay Trading Estate
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| Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
Museum typ
Bridges and Tunnels
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only technical monument to visit from the outside | ||||
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Status from 01/2016
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out of service | ||||
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| Homepage | www.warringtontransporterbridge.co.uk | ||||
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| Description | The first Transporter Bridge was built near Bilbao in Spain and is still used today.
Worldwide less than twenty transporter bridges were built, of which 6 are currently in operation. - Puente Vizcaya - (Bilbao), Spain, 1893 - Pont Transbordeur de Rochefort- Martrou, France, 1900 - Newport Transporter Bridge - Newport, UK, 1906 - Schwebefähre Osten–Hemmoor - Osten, Germany, 1909 - Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge - Middlesbrough, UK, 1911 - Rendsburger Hochbrücke mit Schwebefähre - Rendsburg, Germany, 1913 2 Transporter Bridges can be seen out of operation and only as a technical monument and from the outside: - Puente Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda - Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1914 - Warrington Transporter Bridge - Warrington, UK, 1916 The Warrington Transporter Bridge across the River Mersey is a structural steel transporter bridge. Disused since 1964, Listed as an "ancient monument". Opened: 1916 Closed: 1964 Total length: 103 m |
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