The announcement said that even after repayment was complete the toll charges would likely remain at the same levels.The toll levied was always identical to that on the The bridge was built at a cost of £330 million (excluding VAT) and was owned by the company Severn River Crossing Plc.The company's 2011 annual report showed the same companies still owned, through subsidiary companies, all the issued ordinary share capital of the Plc.In 2012, changes were made to the agreement to reflect the effect of changes in VAT and On 6 February 2009, the bridge was closed by weather for the first time since its opening, after three vehicles were struck by falling ice, damaging windscreens. All of these were made of timber and have since been replaced with masonry bridges in slightly different positions.] The crossing passes over mudflats in the Severn Estuary with part of the eastern approach viaduct sited on the English Stones, a rocky outcrop uncovered at low tide.

The bridge, which opened in June 2011, spans 102.4 miles (165 kilometers). These lanes were narrower than usual, resulting in a 50mph speed limit being enforced. The concession given to the consortium which financed, built and operate the bridge required them to take over the outstanding debt on the original Severn Bridge and to operate the two bridges as a single entity.

The work included the strengthening of the Severn Bridge towers and deck, an extension to the existing Wye Bridge towers and the replacement of the original single stays with two stays. The birds feed on ragworm, lugworm and other invertebrates.

The first road bridge across the Severn River was a drawbridge built in the late 1920s. This will allow for further work to remove any remaining toll infrastructure to the left of the new road layout.Ownership and operation of the bridge passed to Severn River Crossing plc on 26 April 1992 as part of the deal to build the The company's 2011 annual report showed the same companies still owned, through subsidiary companies, all the issued ordinary share capital of the Plc.Ownership of the bridge and the Second Severn Crossing returned to the UK government on 8 January 2018 when the revenue required to build and maintain them, as defined in a Concession Agreement with the Plaque to commemorate the men who lost their lives in building the bridge [From Anne Arundel County site: In 1886, the long-awaited Severn River road bridge was built on the site of the present Rte 2 bridge.

Tolls were set annually by the government based on the previous year's change in the In 1988, it was announced that tenders would be invited from private The chief architect of the bridge was Ronald Weeks of the Cardiff based The deck, which carries three lanes of traffic in each direction, is 34.6 metres (114 ft) wide. The overall design of the new crossing makes it more resistant to high winds than the old Severn Bridge.The crossing was built by a business consortium under a Sub-assemblies for the bridge were constructed onshore and then shifted by a large tracked vehicle (similar to that used to move the The cable-stayed section of the crossing is over 1,044.7 metres (3,427.5 ft) long, consisting of a 34.6 metres (113.5 ft) wide deck made from steel During the summer of 1994 the bridge deck launching gantry fell onto the Gwent viaduct, causing the 200 tonne bridge deck unit to fall onto the deck below.

In 1998 the Severn Bridge and Aust Viaduct were given Grade I listed status, and the Beachley Viaduct (eastern/English end) of the Wye Bridge and the western/Welsh end of the Wye Bridge received Grade II listed status. For the 1996 road bridge downstream of it, see On 6 February 2009, during a week of snowfall throughout Britain, both Severn bridges were closed simultaneously due to ice falling from the bridge structure and damaging vehicles.The original Severn Bridge status website, www.severnbridge.co.uk, was decommissioned in December 2018 following the removal of the tolls and the handing back of the bridge to the UK government. The Second Severn Crossing marks the lower limit of the River Severn and the start of the Much of the estuary is mudflats at low tide, but at high tide these can be covered by as much as 14 metres (46 ft) of water. According to the The Severn Bridge crossing consists of four structures, which, in order from England to Wales, are: the Aust Viaduct, Severn Bridge, Beachley Viaduct and Wye Bridge. The surveys also showed that the bridge had minimal impact on the roosting habits of most birds, though a flock of The consortium consisting of two civil engineering firms and two banks that funded and built the bridge had a 30-year concession to redeem its outlay from tolls collected from users of the bridge.