Photo Gallery -
Bridges
Bridges are easily taken for
granted. Yet before modern methods of transport were
introduced, when the only means of getting around was on foot or
by horse, the building of a bridge could save many hours and make
previously inaccessible places viable.
Over the centuries different materials have been used,
incorporated into a range of designs and capable of carrying
various loads (such as pedestrians, road traffic, and railways)
across many obstacles - water being probably the most common.
Bridges built from stone are perhaps the most durable, covered
wooden bridges amongst the most attractive.
Bridges old and new, picturesque or stark, in use or dilapidated
- their style varies from region to region. Here are just a
few, taken within the UK as well as in Europe, the USA and
Canada.
Click on the thumbnails below for a larger view. Then use
the navigation links to move between the photographs in sequence,
or to return to this menu.
Bridges in England
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Old
stone bridge on
Dartmoor, Devon
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Clapper bridge at
Postbridge, Dartmoor, Devon
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Marlow
Bridge, on the
River Thames,
from up river |
Monsal
Viaduct,
Derbyshire |
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Tower
Bridge,
River Thames, London
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Millennium Bridge,
River Thames, London |
The Old
Toll Bridge,
Shoreham, West Sussex |
Stopham
Bridge,
West Sussex |
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The
English Bridge
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
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The
Welsh Bridge
Shrewsbury, Shropshire |
Ironbridge |
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Bridges in Europe, including Eire
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Minor
waterway in
the Marais Poitevin,
Western France
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Footbridge, Noordeloos,
Holland |
Gap of
Dunloe,
County Kerry, Ireland |
The
bridge between
La Rochelle and L'Ile de Re,
Western France |
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Ancient
bridge at Vouvant,
Western France
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Bridges in Canada and USA
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Marchand covered bridge,
Mansfield, Quebec, Canada |
Castelman's River Bridge
Maryland, USA
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Hewitt
covered bridge,
Bedford County,
Pennsylvania, USA |
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