Jubilee Bridge (Queensferry)

Bridge in Queensferry

Jubilee Bridge

Coordinates| 53°12′39″N 3°00′59″W﻿ / ﻿53.2108°N 3.0163°W﻿ / 53.2108; -3.0163
Carries| Motor vehicles (2 lanes)
Pedestrians
Crosses| River Dee
Locale| Queensferry
Characteristics
Design| Double leaf rolling bascule bridge
Material| Steel
Longest span| 40.8 m (134 ft)
No. of spans| 3
Piers in water| 2
Clearance above| 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Clearance below| 4 m (13 ft)[1]
History
Designer| Mott, Hay and Anderson
Constructed by| Sir William Arrol & Co.
Construction start| 1925
Construction end| 1927[2]
Construction cost| £83,051
Location

The Jubilee Bridge (also known as the Blue Bridge) is a double leaf rolling bascule bridge which spans the River Dee at Queensferry, Wales.

## History

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United Kingdom legislation

Queen's Ferry Bridge Act 1924

Act of Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Long title| An Act to authorise the construction of a bridge over the River Dee at Queen's Ferry and the removal of the existing bridge and for other purposes.
Citation| 14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. viii
Dates
Royal assent| 15 May 1924
Other legislation
Repealed by| Clwyd County Council Act 1985

Status: Repealed

Text of statute as originally enacted

The bridge was built by Sir William Arrol & Co. between 1925 and 1927.[3] It takes its name from an earlier bridge on the same site which was completed during the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. The abutments of the old bridge are still visible at both sides to the left (facing north) of the current bridge. The remains can be seen at low tide near the abutments.

By the 1960s shipping had ceased on the River Dee. The bridge's lifting mechanism was removed and the roadway fixed permanently in place. In 2005 the Jubilee Bridge was awarded Grade II Listed building status by Cadw.[4][5]

## See also

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* List of bridges in Wales

## References

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1. ^ Environment Agency Wales. "Marine safety in the Dee conservancy" (PDF). Retrieved 1 September 2011.
2. ^ movablebridges.org. "Movable Bridges – Jubilee Bridge". Retrieved 1 September 2011.
3. ^ "Adam Hunter". Engineering Times. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
4. ^ Cadw. "Bascule Bridge (Grade II) (84433)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
5. ^ British Listed Buildings. "Bascule Bridge, Queensferry". Retrieved 1 September 2011.

Crossings of the River Dee

| Upstream
A494: River Dee bridge (Queensferry)
| Jubilee Bridge
| Downstream
Hawarden Bridge

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Jubilees of British monarchs

George III|

| Golden Jubilee (1809)|

* King's Statue
* Jubilee Rock
* Jubilee Tower (Moel Famau)

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Victoria|

| Golden Jubilee (1887)|

* Honours
* Medal
* Police Medal
* Clock Tower, Weymouth
* Clock Tower, Brighton
* Jubilee Memorial, Harrogate
* Bust
* Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition
* Jubilee Issue

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Diamond Jubilee (1897)|

* Honours
* Medal
* Jubilee Diamond
* Cherries jubilee
* "Recessional"
* Devonshire House Ball
* Victoria and Merrie England

George V|

| Silver Jubilee (1935)|

* Honours
* Medal
* Silver Jubilee (train)
* Silver Jubilee Railway Bridge Bharuch
* The King's Stamp
* Canadian silver dollar
* Jubilee (musical)
* Jubilee chicken

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Elizabeth II|

| Silver Jubilee (1977)|

* Events
* Medal
* Honours
* Jubilee Gardens
* Jubilee line
* Jubilee Walkway
* "God Save the Queen" (Sex Pistols song)

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Ruby Jubilee (1992)|

* Annus horribilis
* Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen
* Queen's Anniversary Prize

Golden Jubilee (2002)|

* Prom at the Palace
* Party at the Palace
* Medal
* Honours
* Jubilee Odyssey
* Great British Trees
* Golden Jubilee chicken

Diamond Jubilee (2012)|

* Pageant
* Armed Forces Parade and Muster
* Thames Pageant
* Gloriana
* Spirit of Chartwell
* Concert
* Gibraltar Flotilla
* Medal
* Honours
* The Coronation Theatre: Portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II
* Diamond Jubilee chicken

Sapphire Jubilee (2017)|

* Sapphire Jubilee Snowflake Brooch

Platinum Jubilee (2022)|

* Medal
* Beacons
* Platinum Party at the Palace
* Pageant
* Platinum Jubilee Celebration: A Gallop Through History
* 2022 Trooping the Colour
* National Service of Thanksgiving
* Act of Loyalty Parade
* Platinum Pudding
* The Queen's Green Canopy
* Civic Honours
* Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen
* Statue of Elizabeth II, York Minster
* The Bahamas Platinum Jubilee Sailing Regatta
* The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Concert
* Big Jubilee Read
* Queen's Platinum Jubilee Gardens
* Algorithm Queen
* "Queenhood"

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