General Information
Completion: | 1883 |
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Status: | in use |
Project Type
Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
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Material: |
Iron bridge |
Structure: |
Deck arch bridge |
Awards and Distinctions
1994 |
for registered users |
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Location
Location: |
Bristol, South West England, England, United Kingdom |
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Crosses: |
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Coordinates: | 51° 26' 44.70" N 2° 35' 29.79" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
number of spans | 1 | |
number of lanes | 3 | |
abutments | number | 2 |
Materials
arches |
iron
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abutments |
masonry
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
Bedminster Bridge is a road bridge in Bristol, England, that crosses the New Cut of the River Avon. There are actually two adjacent parallel bridges, the Bedminster Old Bridge downstream and the Bedminster New Bridge upstream, which form part of a gyratory system carrying the A38 road. The Old Bridge dates back to 1883, when it replaced the previous Harford’s Bridge, and was grade II listed in 1994. The New Bridge was added in the 1960s.
The Old Bridge is built of iron and pennant stone, with a shallow, elliptical arch. The sides have a iron cross lattice with applied flower casts and vertical chain-moulded struts, and above it a balustrade of interwoven ropes beneath a heavy rope handrail. At either side are abutments, surmounted by panelled ashlar piers to the balustrades.
The original Harford’s Bridge was a cast iron bridge built in 1809 at the time of the construction of the New Cut. During the demolition of Harford's Bridge and the construction of Bedminster Old Bridge, a temporary bridge was erected alongside. Once it had fulfilled its purpose, the temporary bridge was lifted off its base by two barges on a rising tide, and moved upstream to a new location, where it still exists as the Langton Street Bridge.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Bedminster Bridge" and modified on March 24, 2023 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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20085584 - Published on:
17/03/2023 - Last updated on:
18/03/2023