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There were only two other bridges on British Railways that were longer than the Severn Bridge: the second Tay (10,711 ft) and the Forth (8296 ft).

In 1560 the Robert Lucas Trust was set up to establish and maintain bridges, highways and causeways in Shefford.

The River Trent at Burton is now crossed by three bridges: Burton Bridge, built in 1864, the iron Angelsey Bridge and the Stapenhill Viaduct, which is in fact a footbridge.

The East and West bridges cross the Derwent side by side. The narrow arched bridge was built in 1727 and stands above the battleground. The later bridge now carries the railway.

A view of O'Connell Street looking north with O'Connell Bridge over the River Liffey in the foreground.

We are looking down onto the old bridge with the castle in the centre left of the picture. This bridge has now been superseded by a modern version, although this one is still in use.

This was the latest of many wooden bridges to span the River Stour at this point on the main route from Essex (right) into Suffolk.

King John's bridge has straddled the Avon at Tewkesbury for some 800 years.

The completion of the road bridge in 1961 signalled the end of the Saltash Ferry.

Greystone Bridge is 'the fairest bridge in the two shires it links together', according to Charles Henderson and Henry Coates in 'Old Cornish Bridges and Streams'.

It was a ford which fixed the site of Belfast, but not long after the town was begun, a bridge crossed the river.

The 'longest and fairest' bridge in Cornwall crosses the upper part of the Camel estuary, seen here at high tide.

This fine stone bridge is not unlike the one at Higher Brock. The Ribble Valley has many good examples, notably at Edisford and Halton, and Cromwell's bridge over the river Hodder.

Miller Bridge, once known as Mill Bridge because it linked the mills on the east of the river with the town, is one of the chief bridges across the River Kent.

This fine stone bridge spans the Preston to Tewitfield Canal; alongside runs part of the A6 road. Railway trains travelling from London to Glasgow thunder nearby on a high viaduct.

The Sportsman's Arms Inn, beside the old road and bridge over the River Lynher, was by-passed by a new bridge in 1961 during major road improvements when the Tamar Bridge was opened at Saltash.

In 1959 a pedestrian bridge (C294083, pages 48-49) was built on the Cooperative side to the rear of the new shops; it was used until 1964, when it was taken down.

This view shows the Barton Road Swing Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal. Our photograph is taken from the Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct, which stands alongside this bridge.

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.

Cock Bridge takes Whalley Road across the River Calder (now much cleaner than it used to be) and links Great Harwood and Whalley.

If we look carefully at the old medieval bridge on the right, it is evident that the brickwork in the centre differs from the rest.

A bridge crossed the head of the Kingsbridge estuary as early as 962, though the surviving bridges in the area are medieval in origin.

The Whitchurch Tollbridge Company was established in the 18th century: a distinctive Victorian bridge of lattice ironwork spans the Thames between Whitchurch and Pangbourne, one of only two remaining

This beautiful old bridge still stands next to the ford, and although often called a packhorse bridge, it was probably built to allow the priors to travel between St Stephens and St Thomas; hence its more