Sujet

Severn Bridge, M48, Aust, South Gloucestershire, 10/11/1987. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

Severn Bridge, M48, Aust, South Gloucestershire, 10/11/1987. The Severn Bridge from the Aust beach at low tide, seen during strengthening work done by Laing. The original design and construction of the Severn Bridge had under estimated the increased volume of traffic since its completion in 1966 and whilst built to last 120 years it was found to require remedial work after just 20. Laing Industrial Engineering & Construction won the £29.5m contract from the Department of Transport and strengthening work on all elements of the structure began in May 1987. The project was completed in April 1990 in the same year that Laing jointly won the contract for the construction of the second Severn Crossing that would take the traffic pressure off the first bridge and extend its lifespan even further.

Date

1987

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM22A18_162

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

100,7Mo (5,1Mo) / 44,6cm x 56,6cm / 5265 x 6683 (300dpi)

Mots clés

motorway river water building England engineering country tower bridge bridges British geography English color mouth structure towers suspension bridge location infrastructure century Britain civil engineering Gloucestershire severn bridge road bridge estuary Sixties Eighties Colour Construction Industry 1980s 1960s 20th century River Severn Aust decade geographical feature Severn Severn estuary TGN photograph M4 M48 Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc John Laing & Co John Laing and Company John Laing & Company John Laing and Co