Aust, Gloucestershire - Severn Bridge - Dennis postcard c.1960s
- Condition : Used
- Dispatch : 2 Days
- Brand : None
- ID# : 180248001
- Quantity : 1 item
- Views : 256
- Location : United Kingdom
- Seller : justthebook (+1685)
- Barcode : None
- Start : Tue 30 Apr 2019 00:35:09 (BST)
- Close : Run Until Sold
- Remain : Run Until Sold
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- Postcard
- Picture / Image: "The New Severn Bridge from Aust opened September 1966" [this is no the older bridge]
- Publisher: Dennis
- Postally used: no
- Stamp: n/a
- Postmark(s): n/a
- Sent to: n/a
- Notes / condition:
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The Severn Bridge (Welsh: Pont Hafren), sometimes also called the Severn–Wye Bridge, is a motorway suspension bridge spanning the River Severn and River Wyebetween Aust, South Gloucestershire (just north of Bristol) in England, and Chepstow, Monmouthshire in South East Wales, via Beachley, Gloucestershire, a peninsulabetween the two rivers. It is the original Severn road crossing between England and Wales, and took three-and-a-half years[3] to construct at a cost of £8 million.[4] It replaced the Aust ferry.
The bridge was opened on 8 September 1966, by Queen Elizabeth II, who hailed it as the dawn of a new economic era for South Wales. The bridge was granted Grade I listedstatus on 26 November 1999.[5]
From 1966 to 1996, the bridge carried the M4 motorway. Upon the completion of the Second Severn Crossing, the motorway from Olveston (England) to Magor (Wales) was renamed the M48.
Listing Information
Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
Listing ID# | 180248001 |
Start Time | Tue 30 Apr 2019 00:35:09 (BST) |
Close Time | Run Until Sold |
Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
Item Condition | Used |
Bids | 0 |
Views | 256 |
Dispatch Time | 2 Days |
Quantity | 1 |
Location | United Kingdom |
Auto Extend | No |