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Saltash  The Tamar Suspension Bridge. When it first opened to traffic in 1961, the Tamar Bridge, at 335 m/1,100 ft in length, was the longest suspension bridge in the UK. Linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall, it replaced the old ferry, which for centuries had crossed the River Tamar just downstream of where the bridge now stands. | Town in Cornwall, England, 6 km/4 mi northwest of Plymouth, to which it is linked by the road bridge over the River Tamar; population (2001) 15,000. Its first charter was granted in about 1199. Isambard Kingdom Brunel built the 683-m/2,242-ft railway bridge across the Tamar to St Budeaux. |
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