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Sign: Bristol - Clifton Suspension Bridge


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Clifton Suspension Bridge, B3129, Bristol BS8 3PJ, UK
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THIS BRIDGE WAS DESIGNED IN 1830 BY
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL
(1806 - 1859)
CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN 1836 BUT WAS INTERRUPTED IN 1843 THROUGH THE LACK OF FUNDS. IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1864 FIVE YEARS AFTER BRUNEL’S DEATH THAT THE BRIDGE WAS COMPLETED AS A MONUMENT TO HIS FAME, THE CHAINS USED BEING THOSE FROM THE HUNGERFORD BRIDGE DESIGNED AND ERECTED BY HIM IN 1843.
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The Clifton Suspension Bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and opened in 1864. The bridge over the River Avon is 412 meters long, 9.4 meters wide and is 101 meters above the river.

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