Holt Fleet Bridge

Holt Fleet Bridge

Holt Bridge, also called Holt Fleet Bridge, is a cast iron arch bridge over the River Severn, at Holt in Worcestershire, England, with a span of 150 feet/46 m. It was designed by Thomas Telford, and opened in 1828. [Cragg, R., "Civil Engineering Heritage - Wales and West Central England", Thomas Telford Publishing, 1997] It is Grade II listed, unlike Telford's very similar Galton Bridge, which is rated more highly, at Grade I, and spans his canal at Smethwick.

The bridge was built with five cast iron ribs, with X-braced spandrels, as were several of Telford's bridges. It was strengthened in 1928 [ [http://brantacan.co.uk/telford1.htm#HF Thomas Telford's Bridges Over the River Severn] ] . The upper and lower parts of each rib were encased in concrete, as were some of the diagonal struts above them. The road deck was rebuilt in reinforced concrete and widened at the same time.

Semicircular arches at each end, built in red sandstone, allow for the passage of riverbank foot-traffic and floodwater.

References

External links

* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3758150 photos of Holt Fleet Bridge and surrounding area on geograph]
* Because the bridge spans between two districts of Worcestershire, it gets two listings in Images of England: IoEentry|151770|Malvern Hills and IoEentry|148007|Wychavon


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