Aerial view of the Severn Bridge (Image: Getty) The £8m Severn Bridge which was built nearly 58 years ago is now free to cross - after a hated toll was finally dropped in 2018. Tolls on the Severn Bridge were removed in 2018 after being there for 50 years. It came much to the delight of those who commuted across the border, and to others who made the journey regularly.
The 0.285 mile bridge provides a direct link for the M4 motorway into Wales, with the l ate Queen Elizabeth II opening it in September 1966. It began its construction in December 1962 with the last 130-tonne section of the Severn Bridge road deck hoisted into position in July 1966.
In total the Severn Bridge took three and a half years to build and replaced the 137-year-old Aust Ferry service. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.
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