Flintshire Bridge

Flintshire Bridge
Coordinates	53°13′43″N 3°03′57″W / 53.228738°N 3.065951°W / 53.228738; -3.065951
Carries	4 lanes of A548
Crosses	Dee Estuary
Locale	Deeside
Official name	Flintshire Bridge
Maintained by	Welsh Government Flintshire County Council
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed
Material	Concrete
Total length	294 metres (965 ft)
Height	118 metres (387 ft)
Longest span	200 metres (660 ft)
History
Designer	Gifford Graham and Partners. Architect advice Percy Thomas Partnership
Construction start	1994
Construction end	1997
Opened	6 March 1998 (1998-03-06)
Statistics
Daily traffic	13,300 vehicles per day
Location

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 £55 million to construct.^[1] 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.

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' as it doesn't link up with the A55 Expressway.

It is the largest asymmetric cable-stayed bridge in Britain.^[2]

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  The bridge shown with Deeside Stadium
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  Aerial view
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  The tower shown with Connah's Quay Power Station
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  Aerial view
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  Bridge from afar showing River Dee estuary
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  The tower supporting the bridge decking from River Dee

• List of bridges in Wales

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