Train crossing the Famous Brunel Royal Albert Bridge into Cornwall

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The bridge was designed in 1855 by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Cornwall Railway Company after Parliament rejected his original plan for a train ferry across the Hamoaze. The bridge consists of two main spans of 455 feet (139 m), 100 feet (30 m) above mean high spring tide, plus seventeen much shorter approach spans. Opened by Prince Albert on 2 May 1859, it was completed in the year of the great engineer's death.

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Size: 5120px × 3550px
Location: Saltash Cornwall UK
Photo credit: © Vaughan Brean / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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