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4 unusual facts about Three Bridges


Arun Valley Line

For the initial part of the route trains follow the Brighton Main Line, and at a junction south of Three Bridges the route turns westwards.

Thameslink

Depots for the new rolling stock will be built at Hornsey and Three Bridges.

Three Bridges

Many former school pupils later became famous including Gareth Southgate,and Chico Slimani.

It also educated two of the controversial Fertilizer Bomb plotters, Omar Khyam and Jawad Akbar who were arrested, charged and imprisoned for life sentences due to Government Home Security surveillance during Operation Crevice.


Furnace Green

National Cycle Route 20 passes through Furnace Green, entering via Tilgate Drive from Three Bridges, to the north, at the point where it passes over the Horsham railway line and continuing south into Tilgate Forest en route for Brighton.


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Burlington County Bridge Commission

In 1966, the Commission became responsible for almost seven miles of roadway on County Route 543 (River Road), from Route 73 in Palmyra to the halfway house in Delran, including the three bridges/structures that crossed over Pompeston Creek, Swede Run and Twin Pipe Culvert.

Charadros

It is crossed by three bridges, the old and the new GR-8/E55 and the GR-5 and the GR-48 and above the Patras Bypass, it enters an urban area mixed with farmlands and passes under the OSE's SPAP line and the road before emptying into the Gulf of Corinth 1 km to the northwest.

Foyle Bridge

It crosses the River Foyle to the north of the city, and forms only the second of three bridges linking the city centre to the Waterside, the others being the Craigavon Bridge and the Peace Bridge walkway.

Gezira Island

Gezira Island is west of downtown Cairo and Tahrir Square, connected across the Nile by three bridges each on the east and west sides, including the Qasr al-Nil Bridge and 6th October Bridge.

Gladesville Bridge

Gladesville Bridge is the largest of a complex of three bridges, including Fig Tree Bridge and Tarban Creek Bridge, designed to carry traffic as part of the North Western Expressway.

Hornibrook Bridge

Hornibrook Bridge was one of three bridges that crossed Bramble Bay, Queensland, Australia.

Kralupy nad Vltavou

Three bridges across the Vltava River are in the town - Masaryk Bridge (a highway bridge built in 1920s), a footbridge with bicycle lane (built in 1990s) and a railway bridge.

Tamaki River

Due to its extent north-south and its position between Auckland City and its eastern neighbour Manukau City, the River is a natural barrier to traffic, especially as only three bridges cross it, all heavily trafficked and increasingly incapable of taking the peak hour flows.

Triborough

Triborough Bridge, a complex of three bridges connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx, and Queens