Longest span 40.8 m (133 ft) Piers in water 2 Body of water River Dee, Wales Bridge type Bascule bridge | No. of spans 3 Opened 1927 Material Steel | |
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Carries Motor vehicles (2 lanes)Pedestrians Similar Bascule bridge, Hawarden Bridge, Flintshire Bridge, Old Dee Bridge, Grosvenor Bridge | ||
The Jubilee Bridge (also known as the Blue Bridge) is a double leaf rolling bascule bridge which spans the River Dee at Queensferry, Wales, United Kingdom.
The bridge takes its name from the previous bridge which was completed in Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee year of 1897. The abutments of the old bridge are still visible to the north of the current bridge.
By the 1960s shipping had ceased on the River Dee. The bridge's lifting mechanism was removed and the roadway fixed permanently in place.
In 2005 the Jubilee Bridge was awarded Grade II Listed building status by Cadw.
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