Carries 4 lanes of A548 Locale Deeside Design Cable-stayed Total length 294 m Clearance below 18 m Architecture firm Percy Thomas Partnership | Crosses Dee Estuary Official name Flintshire Bridge Opened 6 March 1998 Height 118 m Body of water Dee Estuary | |
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Maintained by Welsh Assembly Government
Flintshire County Council Similar Point of Ayr Gas Terminal, Dee Estuary, The Gop, Wepre Park, Greenfield Valley Heritage | ||
The flintshire bridge a548
The Flintshire Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge spanning the Dee Estuary in North Wales. The bridge links Flint and Connah's Quay to the shore north of the River Dee at the southern end of the Wirral Peninsula. The bridge cost £55million to construct. This cost was met by the then Welsh Office and in the future, maintenance costs are expected to be the responsibility of the local authority Flintshire County Council.
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The bridge was officially opened in 1998 by Queen Elizabeth II. It carries part of the A548 road and has been nicknamed 'the bridge to nowhere' by locals.
It is the largest asymmetric cable-stayed bridge in the whole of Britain.
The Welsh Assembly Government is now considering the Flintshire Bridge as an alternative route for a major road expansion through the county, after plans to expand the A494 in Deeside were scrapped in March 2008.