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

High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge further down the valley).

Stopham Bridge has long been considered one of the finest and most striking of medieval bridges in the country. Dating back to 1309 and rebuilt in 1403, the bridge is now preserved.

This early photograph shows Conway Castle and Telford's graceful suspension bridge of 1826, with Stephenson's tubular railway bridge of 1848 just behind it.

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.

Thomas Telford's stately bridge over the Severn was completed in 1801, a delightful mixture of stone and cast iron.

No sooner had the new bridge opened than the old one was closed and demolished. Apparently it cost £2,000 more to demolish the bridge in 1961 than it had to build it in 1905.

Beyond Southgate, on Broad Quays, the 1966 Churchill Bridge over the River Avon replaced the Old Bridge we see in this view.

High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge lower down the valley).

Workers cross Walney Bridge to Walney on foot - at first there was very little traffic. The bridge opened on 30 July 1908, having cost £175,000, and replaced the steam ferry.

Known locally as 'The Cantilever', this high level fixed bridge provides a welcome escape route when the Knutsford and London Road swing bridges are closed.

In this view the photographer is looking north from the 'mainland' bank to the bridge, Boatslide Weir Bridge, which links Mill Meadows Island with Longholme.

Below the bridges we can see the River Mersey, which was the former county boundary.

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.

This interesting study of old and new highlights the abstract lines of the various bridges - road, rail and foot - that span out from under the walls of Conwy Castle and illustrates perfectly the importance

Teddington was earlier called Todynton and Tuddington.

The bridge was constructed to give road access to the railway station built on the St Martin's side of the river in 1846; it was designed in the same Gothic Revival architectural style, and the parapet

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.

In the background are Hawkbatch and Seckley Woods.

This unusual bridge was both the first road swing bridge on floating pontoons in Britain (it was built in 1899) and then the first electrically operated swing bridge (in 1989).

The 1405ft long concrete four-span Royal Tweed Bridge, designed by L G Mouchel & Partners, was built in 1925-28 to take traffic off the old stone bridge that still stands nearby.

Looking back upstream past the boathouses in front of the 1830s St Helena Terrace and The White Cross, we see a fine view of Richmond Bridge, which dates from the 1770s and is one of the Thames' finest

The halfpenny toll on the original Blackfriars Bridge caused riots, and in 1780 angry protesters burned down the toll-house.After a succession of expensive repairs a replacement was suggested, and

The bridge joining Wroxham to the west and Hoveton to the east was declared unsafe in the 1960s.