Second Severn Crossing, M4, South Gloucestershire

A view of the Second Severn Crossing construction site, showing the first deck units of the bridge being installed during a visit by Robert Key, Transport Minister.The Second Severn Crossing took four years to build and was a joint civil engineering project between Laing Civil Engineering and the French company GTM. The work started in April 1992 and the opening ceremony later took place on 5th June 1996. The crossing is a cable-stayed bridge which stretches over 5000 metres across the River Severn, 3 miles downstream from the Severn Bridge which opened in 1966

5000 Build Cable-stayed Downstream Installed Joint Laing Laing-gtm Severn Stayed Stretches Waterscape

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