Gunthorpe Bridge
Gunthorpe Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 52°59′10″N 0°59′15″W / 52.9862°N 0.9874°WCoordinates: 52°59′10″N 0°59′15″W / 52.9862°N 0.9874°W |
Carries | A6097 |
Crosses | River Trent |
Characteristics | |
Longest span | 38.1 metres (125 ft) |
History | |
Opened | Old Bridge c1925. New Bridge c1927. |
Location | |
Gunthorpe Bridge is a bridge over the River Trent at Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire.
History[]
Until 1875, the only way to cross the river was by ferry, or ford.
The Gunthorpe Bridge Company was formed in the 1870s to build the bridge. A capital of £7,500 (equivalent to $730,000 in 2020),[1] was raised in £10 shares. The foundation stone was laid in 1873 and the bridge opened in 1875. It was built largely in iron.
The tolls were:
- horse and carriage 1/-,
- horse and wagon 6d,
- horse alone 3d,
- people and passengers 1d,
- motorcycles 3d,
- cars 1/-
- lorries 2/6,
It was only able to handle 6 tons of weight and with the advent of commercial vehicular traffic it was determined a modern structure was needed.[2] The empowered Nottinghamshire County Council to buy out the owners, demolish the bridge and replace it with the present one.
The current bridge is a three span, reinforced concrete arch bridge. It was built in 1927, 400 metres upstream from the old one, with new bypass roads for the Gunthorpe and East Bridgford villages.[3][4] The central arch spans 38.1 metres. The two side arches span 30.9 metres. Each of the three arches contains four ribs.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Trent Valley Way: Nottingham to Gunthorpe - Midlands Walk". Hill Explorer.
Gunthorpe Toll Bridge information board
- ^ "Towns and Villages Around Nottingham | Gunthorpe". www.visitoruk.com.
- ^ "Geograph:: The old Gunthorpe Toll bridge (C) Alan Murray-Rust". www.geograph.org.uk.
- ^ Sprayed concrete technology: Simon A. Austin, American Concrete Institute, Sprayed Concrete Association. 1996
- Bridges in Nottinghamshire
- Bridges across the River Trent
- Bridges completed in 1875
- Bridges completed in 1927
- Former toll bridges in England
- United Kingdom bridge (structure) stubs