Midland Bridge

Midland Bridge over the River Avon

The Midland Bridge was originally built by the Midland Railway Company to allow the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway access to and from their Green Park Terminus Station, in Bath, Somerset, England.

The bridge enabled linking the Midland Railway to the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and opening up links to the western side of Bath City Centre. The bridge was probably built some time in the early 1870s around the time of the newly completed Somerset and Dorset Railway Bath extension line in 1874.^[1] Along with the station it was designed by J.H. Sanders and engineered by Messrs Allport Jnr and Wilson.

The bridge is no longer used by the railways and instead carries the B3118 road, which is one of the main inner city road crossings over the River Avon.

References

1. ^ "Bath Green Park". Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. http://www.sdjr.net/locations/bath_history.html. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 

Coordinates: 51°22′50″N 2°22′10″W / 51.38056°N 2.36944°W / 51.38056; -2.36944