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Apart from the wintry ice of a semi-frozen Thames, this view from Savoy Pier shows the old Waterloo Bridge, which was designed by Sir John Rennie and completed in 1817.

This is a fascinating photograph, because it shows both the railway bridge (built in 1868; it even had a pedestrian walkway along it) and the transporter bridge in front.

The bridge was built in 1863 to replace the ferries that had been used to cross the river since the Middle Ages. The shields on either side depict the arms of the Diocese of York.

With its five arches, this ragstone bridge over the River Medway is said to be the finest medieval bridge in the south of England.

The bridge carries the road over the River Deben, where a short-lived quay was built in the 19th century. A bridge of 1764 was replaced by this one of white brick and stone in 1798.

The Transport Bridge Company was formed in 1899, and parliamentary approval was given in July 1900. Widnes Corporation gave £25,000 towards the scheme, and Runcorn gave £10,000.

We are looking downstream from the lock towards a bridge over the river by-pass channel.

Felton stands on the north bank of the Coquet, and it was here that the Great North Road once crossed the river by way of the old bridge featured in the picture.

The bridge was built by the Bishop of Salisbury around 1240 to facilitate trade between the new city and the south: the Cathedral spire can be seen in the background.

At 4,162ft from end to end, the Severn Railway Bridge was the longest bridge in England when it opened.

The bridge has hardly changed during the thirty years that separate our photographs.

The long bridge over the wide Usk river separates Crickhowell from the neighbouring village of Llangattock.

Victoria Bridge, on the Severn Valley railway line from Bewdley to Bridgnorth, has a span of 200 feet; when it was built in 1862, it was considered the largest cast iron single arch bridge in the world

Part of the 'deal' whereby Oxfordshire surrendered Caversham to Reading in 1911 was the rebuilding of the sub-standard 1869 bridge.

Blackfriars Bridge was completed in 1869, but it was widened to its present width by extending the west side in 1910.

There has been a bridge here for hundreds of years, but the present one was built in the early 19th century. 9ft wide, and with a central span of 9 yards, it is typical of moorland bridges

The packhorse bridge over the Kinder River just outside Hayfield is also known locally as the Roman Bridge, but there is no evidence that Roman legionaries used it.

The bridge was not always as level, strong and wide as this.

This is not, in fact a Roman bridge at all, but was probably built in the 18th century.

This is the approach road from the Barrow in Furness direction to Newby Bridge, now the A590, with the Swan Hotel on the far side of the bridge.

Here we can have a closer look at the famous bridge, with a group of boys fishing by the bandstand (left).

Gnosall also had two canal-side pubs, the Boat Inn by Bridge No 34, and the Navigation Inn by Bridge No 35.

The elegant cutwaters of this bridge speak volumes for the bridge-builders' art.

Tower Bridge has become a virtual symbol of London, and it is certainly a very striking and remarkable structure.