Key Words :- single arch wrough iron road bridge timber deck

Viewing the Site :- Can be viewed from the public footpath

Address :- South Carr Lane, Hibaldstow, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 4LQ
Grid Ref :- TA 00443 01498
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.500597 , Long -0.487206
Local Authority :- North Lincolnshire District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Lincolnshire - Lindsey
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1346522,
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 1889 -

Description and History of Site:-
Built 1889 to replace an earlier C19 timber swing-bridge. ref Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, 28 June 1889, p5

A wrought-iron bridge, possibly re-using the older abutments, to a design by Alfred Atkinson for the Commissioners of the Ancholme Drainage and Navigation. The iron-work was supplied by Porter and Co of Lincoln

Plates at the centre of each face are inscribed:-

Erected
by
J T B Porter & Co
1889
LINCOLN
.

Further Reading and References:-
https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLS9281&resourceID=1034
Wright N R, Lincolnshire's Industrial Heritage - A Guide, Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 2004,NL38-p64

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