Brunel Bridge

The Brunel or Royal Albert Bridge bridge spans the River Tamar between Plymouth, on the Devon bank and Saltash on the Cornish bank carrying the Great Western Railway in and out of Cornwall.

Designed by the great French-British engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, as two great 455-ft spans, the difficulty of its construction rates it as one of Brunel's greatest railway achievements. Opened by Prince Albert in 1859, it was completed the year of the great engineer's death.

A short distance to the north of Brunel's bridge, the Tamar is crossed by the Tamar Bridge carrying the A38 road, one of the three trunk roads connecting Cornwall.