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North Docks, Liverpool: the bridge across the canal at the eastern end of the Stanley Dock
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NOTES: The North Docks complex of buildings was constructed between c. 1830 and c. 1848, to the designs of Jesse Hartley.
Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London, seen from the Hungerford footbridge at night
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NOTES: The Royal Festival Hall was built for the Festival of Britain in 1951. The pedestrian bridge designed by Lifshutz Davidson replaced the old Victorian footbridge and was opened in 2000.
Widnes-Runcorn Bridge (renamed Silver Jubilee Bridge), River Mersey at Runcorn Gap, Cheshire
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NOTES: This is a compression arch suspended-deck bridge and is the largest of its type in Britain. It crosses the River Mersey at Runcorn Gap and the Manchester Ship Canal linking the towns of Widnes and Runcorn. Constructed between 1954 and 1961, it replaced Britain's first transporter bridge, later demolished, and was renamed the Silver Jubilee Bridge in 1977. It is Grade II listed.