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Wilford Suspension Bridge

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Crosses
  
River Trent

Width
  
3.7 m

Longest span
  
69 m

Heritage status
  
Listed building

Opened
  
1906

Longest span
  
69 m

Body of water
  
River Trent


Similar
  
River Trent, Trent Bridge, Wilford Toll Bridge, Clifton Bridge, Harrington Bridge

River view court under wilford suspension bridge


Wilford Suspension Bridge is a combined pedestrian footbridge and aqueduct which crosses the River Trent linking the town of West Bridgford to the Meadows in the city of Nottingham. It also carries a gas main.

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The bridge is owned by Severn Trent Water. It should not be confused with the separate Wilford Toll Bridge.

There is no public right of way along the bridge and so it can be closed by Severn Trent Water whenever it is deemed expedient to do so.

It is a Grade II listed structure

History

The bridge was designed by the architect Arthur Brown of Elliott & Brown (Civil and Structural Engineering Consultancy). The plans were drawn up by Frank Beckett Lewis the City Architect. It was constructed by the Nottingham Corporation Water Department at a cost of £8,871 (equivalent to £790,000 in 2015), with the principal purpose of carrying water to Wilford Hill reservoir.

Responsibility for the bridge was transferred from the Nottingham Corporation Water Department to the Severn Trent Water Authority in April 1974 upon the reorganisation of the water industry in England and Wales, and subsequently to Severn Trent Water in 1989 prior to the privatisation of the water industry.

The bridge was closed to pedestrians in 2008 for a major restoration.

It re-opened on 12 February 2010 after a £1.9m refurbishment.

Technical details

  • Gas Main - two 12 inches (30 cm) pipes
  • Water main - one 14 inches (36 cm) pipe
  • References

    Wilford Suspension Bridge Wikipedia