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This view of the bridge was taken from near Islip House, on the west bank. In 1795, the medieval bridge was seriously damaged by floods and five of its nine arches were washed away.

Known locally as Dinkley Bridge, this elegant suspension bridge across the River Ribble was opened on 10 October 1951.

Magdalen College from the Bridge 1938 During the Civil War Royalist forces defended Magdalen Bridge by throwing rocks from the top of the bell tower down on the heads of Parliamentarians below

Before this sandstone bridge was built in 1686, horses and carts crossed the Eden at the 'wath' or ford, which was the longest over the river, hence the name Langwathby.

This picture, taken from the walkway of the bridge, gives us a panoramic view of the Alexandra Docks and the residential area of Pillgwenly.

The first bridge was built in 1771 and a settlement soon grew up around it.

In 1908, the view of the town looking back under the bridge was unobstructed.

In 1779 Abraham Darby II's Coalbrookdale Ironworks cast the ribs of this, the world's first iron bridge.

This is Thomas Telford's iron bridge, crossing the River Severn at its junction with the River Avon.

Eamont Bridge, just south of Penrith on the A6, takes its name from this splendid three-arched bridge across the River Eamont.

The wooden road bridge had to be replaced in 1926: it was rotting, and traffic was becoming heavier.

Bridge House and the bridge over the Stour are now owned by the National Trust.

The ornate obelisk of 1763 commemorates a chapel that once stood on High Bridge.

All the way across the bridge are pedestrian refuges built atop each of the bridge's triangular- section cutwaters.

Whitworth Brothers Flour Mills stand beside the A509 London Road bridge.

Staines's High Street leads down towards this bridge over the Thames. The three-arched structure was designed by George Rennie and opened by King William IV in the 1830s.

The first bridge here was built in the 13th century by Henry de Tracy. In 1547 the mayor referred to the river as 'a great hugy mighty perilous and dreadful water', and the present bridge was built.

Here the 1903 widening of the bridge has just been completed, hence the pristine stonework.

The stone bridge carries the A354 over the River Ebble at Coombe Bisset.

Gulls forage for food in the frozen wastes.The ice has broken and the waters of the river released.

This shows the 2,253ft long bridge with a train heading north.

Whenever the Chester Road and Northwich Road swing-bridges are opened to allow ships to pass along the Manchester Ship Canal, Warrington grinds to a halt; traffic tails back for hundreds of yards either

Easily the most famous and most photographed building in Ambleside is Bridge House, a tiny one-up, one-down building constructed on a bridge over the Stock Beck.

The new road bridge was built by the renowned engineering firm of Dorman Long of Middlesbrough, who also built the Sydney Harbour bridge.