Severn Bridge
The Severn Bridge is a motorway suspension bridge that spans the River Severn between South Gloucestershire in England and Monmouthshire in South East Wales.Photo: Sam, Public domain.
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: suspension bridge in Gloucestershire, England
- Also known as: “Severn Bridge And Aust Viaduct, First Severn Crossing”, “Severn Road Bridge”, and “Severn–Wye Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aust Cliff and The Old Ferry Inn, Beachley.
Aust Cliff
Cliff
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
Aust Cliff is a 5.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest adjacent to the Severn Estuary, near the village of Aust, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1954.
The Old Ferry Inn, Beachley
Building
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old Ferry Inn, Beachley is a building, which is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Severn Bridge.
Wye Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Severn Bridge is a motorway suspension bridge that spans the River Severn between South Gloucestershire in England and Monmouthshire in South East Wales. Wye Bridge is situated 1 mile northwest of Severn Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aust and Beachley.
Aust
Village
Thornbury is one of the most interesting market towns in South Gloucestershire, known for historic tales of treason, murders and for its modern day array of independent shops.
Beachley
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beachley is a village in Gloucestershire, England, near the border with Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located on a peninsula at the confluence of the rivers Wye and Severn, where the Severn Bridge ends and the smaller secondary bridge over the River Wye begins, both bridges carrying the M48 motorway between England and Wales though the motorway is not directly accessible from the village.
Ingst
Hamlet
Ingst is a hamlet in the parish of Olveston in South Gloucestershire, England. It consists of nine households, most of which are farms with cattle. The M48 motorway passes by the hamlet. Ingst is situated 2 miles southeast of Severn Bridge.
Severn Bridge
- Categories: suspension bridge, road bridge, and transportation
- Location: Tidenham, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.60935° or 51° 36′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.63869° or 2° 38′ 19″ westInception
September 8th, 1966Open location code
9C3VJ956+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 470680885OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Severn Bridge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر سيفرن”
- Basque: “Severn zubia”
- Bengali: “সেভার্ন সেতু”
- Breton: “Pont an Havren”
- Chinese: “塞文大桥”
- Chinese: “塞文大橋”
- Chinese: “塞文橋”
- Czech: “Severn Bridge”
- Danish: “Severn broen”
- Danish: “Severnbroen”
- Dutch: “Severn Bridge And Aust Viaduct, First Severn Crossing”
- Dutch: “Severn Bridge”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى سيفيرن”
- French: “pont sur la Severn”
- French: “Pont sur la Severn”
- German: “Pont Hafren”
- German: “Severn Bridge”
- German: “Severn-Brücke”
- Hebrew: “גשר סוורן”
- Indonesian: “Jembatan Severn”
- Italian: “Severn Bridge”
- Japanese: “セヴァーン橋”
- Korean: “세번교”
- Persian: “پل سورن”
- Polish: “Severn Bridge”
- Portuguese: “Ponte do Camaleão”
- Portuguese: “Ponte do Severn”
- Russian: “Севернский мост”
- Slovak: “Severn Bridge”
- Slovenian: “Most Severn-Wye”
- Spanish: “puente de Severn”
- Spanish: “puente del Severn”
- Spanish: “Puente del Severn”
- Spanish: “Puente Severn”
- Turkish: “Severn Köprüsü”
- Welsh: “Pont Hafren”
- Wu Chinese: “塞文桥”
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