Bridge of the Week

My last photo of Bath is a view of the approach onto the North Parade Bridge over the River Avon. This is a handsome single span stone mason...

I don't often provide a view of a bridge deck in my blog. We're back to where I took the first photo (of Pulteney Bridge) for the re...

A look back at Sainsbury's Pedestrian Bridge.  A plastic roof was mounted to the concrete barrier rails. It must be pleasant to seek she...

A look under the two Sainsbury's Bridges. The bridge on the left looks like the Midland Road Bridge with it's big bottom chords supp...

Continuing on our walk along the River Avon to Bath, we arrived at Sainsbury's Bridges. I wish they wouldn't put two different bridg...

Returning to Bath on the footpath along the River Avon, we get an interesting view of the underside of the Midland Road Bridge. We can see t...

The Windsor Bridges were as far as I walked along the River Avon. I often regret not going a little further, because there is usually a beau...

Continuing downstream on the River Avon we come to the two Windsor Bridges. We can see a little bit of the Windsor Road Bridge on the top le...

About 600 ft downstream from the Midland Road Bridge (shown in background) is the Gasworks Siding Bridge. It is a two span steel, through gi...

A 19th century wrought iron suspension bridge across the River Avon. The bridge was built in 1836 with iron chains instead of steel cables, ...

I was hoping to enjoy a bath or swim in the mineral springs of Bath. However I was disappointed when my money just paid for the privilege of...

Another pedestrian bridge across the River Avon just south of the Fisherton Street Bridge. In yesterday's blog I wondered if a steel gir...

I couldn't find any information about this bridge. Its in the middle of town near the Clock Tower (originally a prison) and the Town Hou...

A last look (from the downstream side) at the Crane Bridge. I never understood why they put cutwaters on both sides of a bridge. When you...

A closer look at the Crane Bridge. The photo shows the facing stones acting as a retaining wall for the embankment. Also, the closest cutwat...

Salisbury was an important trading center. There are bridges dating back to the 13th century that were used by farmers for getting their goo...