Images of Wales

Tuesday, 30 December 1997

The Old Severn Bridge, Severn Estuary
Gloucestershire / Monmouthshire

Photography by John Ball - 30th December 1997
(with Agfa ePhoto-307 digital camera)

Above: View across to Wales from Aust, Gloucestershire, England.
The bridge was opened by the Queen in September 1966.

Above: The bridge viewed from ground level on the English side of the Severn Estuary
(photographed in 1969).

Above: Paying the toll.
Only west-bound vehicles have to pay a toll.

Above: Crossing the bridge.

Study further details of the old and new Severn Bridges on the Severn River Crossing PLC website.