Silver Jubilee Bridge

Silver Jubilee Bridge
The bridge as seen at night
Coordinates	53°20′48″N 2°44′16″W / 53.3466°N 2.7377°W / 53.3466; -2.7377
Carries	Road traffic and pedestrians
Crosses	River Mersey Manchester Ship Canal
Locale	Runcorn Gap between Runcorn and Widnes
Official name	Silver Jubilee Bridge
Other name(s)	Runcorn Bridge, Runcorn-Widnes Bridge
Maintained by	Halton Borough Council
Characteristics
Design	Through arch bridge
Material	Steel
Total length	527 yards (482 m)
Width	18 yards (16 m)
Height	285 feet (87 m)
Longest span	361 yards (330 m)
No. of spans	1
Clearance below	80 feet (24 m) over the Manchester Ship Canal
History
Designer	Mott, Hay and Anderson
Construction start	25 April 1956
Opened	21 July 1961 (1961-07-21)
Statistics
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated	29 March 1988
Reference no.	1130421[1]
Location

The Silver Jubilee Bridge (originally the Runcorn–Widnes Bridge or informally the Runcorn Bridge) crosses the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn Gap between Runcorn and Widnes in Halton, England. It is a through arch bridge with a main arch span of 361 yards (330 m). It was opened in 1961 as a replacement for the Widnes–Runcorn Transporter Bridge. In 1975–77 the carriageway was widened, after which the bridge was given its official name in honour of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. It carries the A533 road and a cantilevered footway. The bridge is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[1] The bridge was closed to vehicles for refurbishment upon the opening of the new Mersey Gateway Bridge, but reopened as a toll bridge in February 2021.