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Category Archives: Bridges

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Stanley Ferry Aqueduct

Jun 27, 2021Daisy GraceBridges, Canals & waterways, Yorkshire

World’s largest cast-iron aqueduct when it was built between 1837 and 1839.

Ordish–Lefeuvre system

Apr 19, 2021Eric CorbettBridges

Early form of suspension bridge design.

Mathematical Bridge

Jun 28, 2020Eric CorbettBridges

Footbridge across the River Cam in Cambridge, England, connecting two parts of Queens’ College, built using seven shorter lengths of straight timber to form an arch.

Hulme Arch Bridge

Aug 2, 2019Eric CorbettBridges, Greater Manchester

Bridge in Hulme, Manchester, England, supporting Stretford Road as it passes over Princess Road, part of the regeneration of that area of Manchester.

Brig o’ Doon

Aug 1, 2019Eric CorbettBridges

Late medieval bridge in Ayrshire, Scotland, best known as the setting for the final verse of Robert Burns’s poem Tam o’ Shanter.

Warburton Toll Bridge

Jun 5, 2019Eric CorbettBridges

Privately owned statutory tolled undertaking which incorporates a public highway road length, one of the few remaining pre-motorway toll bridges in the UK.

Barton Swing Aqueduct

Feb 8, 2019Eric CorbettBridges, Greater Manchester

Aqueduct in Barton upon Irwell, Greater Manchester, England carrying the Bridgewater Canal across the Manchester Ship Canal, opened in 1894.

Barton Aqueduct

Feb 7, 2019Eric CorbettBridges, Greater Manchester

Aqueduct, designed by James Brindley and opened on 17 July 1761, which carried the Bridgewater Canal over the River Irwell at Barton-upon-Irwell, in the historic county of Lancashire, England.

Hanging Bridge

Aug 23, 2018Eric CorbettBridges, Greater Manchester

Medieval structure spanning the Hanging Ditch, which connected the rivers Irk and Irwell in Manchester, England, part of the city’s medieval defences.

Wellington Suspension Bridge

Aug 12, 2018Georgie DarcyBridges

Bridge crossing the River Dee in Aberdeen, northeast Scotland

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