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Housing Units (2000): 409
Land area (2000): 0.850294 sq. miles (2.202251 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.850294 sq. miles (2.202251 sq. km)
FIPS code: 79350
Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
Location: 39.568550 N, 77.177618 W
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Union Bridge
Wikipedia
The Union Bridge, also known as the Union Suspension Bridge or Union Chain Bridge, is a suspension bridge that spans the River Tweed between Horncliffe, Northumberland, England and Fishwick, Berwickshire, Scotland. In so doing it also spans the border between England and Scotland. When it opened in 1820 it was the longest wrought iron suspension bridge in the world with a span of , and the first vehicular bridge of its type in United Kingdom.
Although work started on the Menai Suspension Bridge first, the Union Bridge was completed earlier. Today it is the oldest suspension bridge still carrying road traffic. It lies on Sustrans Route 1 and the Pennine Cycleway.
Union Bridge may refer to:
in the United Kingdom- Union Bridge (Tweed), a bridge over the River Tweed in the United Kingdom, straddling the Scotland-England border
- Union Bridge, Aberdeen, the world's largest single-span granite bridge, over the Denburn valley, connecting the east and west ends of Union Street, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Union Bridge, Maryland, a town in the United States
- Union Bridge Company
Usage examples of "union bridge".
There were the two great armies clustered on opposing ridges, there was the deserted town, there was the deep river, the color of lead, flowing between the foes, two-thirds of its width already spanned by the Union bridge, the bridge itself covered with workmen, and boats swarming by its side.