General Information
| Completion: | 1966 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Haunched girder bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates: | 54° 36' 1" N 5° 55' 14" W |
Technical Information
Materials
| girders |
steel
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Chronology
| 21 July 1972, 14:55 | In a series of bombings throughout Belfast ("Bloody Friday"), a car bomb explodes on Queen Elizabeth Bridge which sustains some damage. |
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Queen Elizabeth ll Bridge is a bridge in Belfast, Northern Ireland, not to be confused with the adjacent Queen's Bridge. It is one of eight bridges over the Lagan in the city. It was built in the 1960s.
History
In 1966 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip opened the "Queen Elizabeth II bridge". Within Belfast City Council there had been disputes over the name of the new bridge, which they had originally wanted to be called "Carson's Bridge". During the visit a brick was dropped from a high building onto the bonnet of the Royal car and a bottle was thrown at the car in Royal Avenue by a woman onlooker.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Belfast" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20007255 - Published on:
16/12/2002 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
