Andrew Handyside who made Friargate bridge in Derby made hundreds of different bridges around the world here is one such example located in Newstead, Nottinghamshire, UK.
The bridge is located to the east of Newstead village, it carries the former Kirkby to Bagthorpe GNR railway line over Station Avenue which was originally the main access route to Newstead Abbey.
The railway line here opened in April 1898 and closed in the 1930s?
The span of the bridge is 25 feet.
The bridge was Grade II listed 27th April 1987
As you can see it has pretty much the same decorative spandrel as Trent Bridge, not quite as ornate but the very same design :
The simplest way to go and visit this bridge is to catch a train to Newstead railway station
and then walk north up Station Road to Tilford Road and turn right over the railway tracks and then right again down Station Avenue, around the left bend and you will see it ahead of you.
Cast iron and rockfaced ashlar. Chamfered plinth. Single segmental headed arch with pierced spandrels and dentillated sill.
Moulded iron balustrade with cusped lancet openings.
Here is a little video I made of the bridge :
360 degree view of the bridge as seen from Station Avenue :
360 degree view of the bridge from the top :
Hope you found this post of interest.
Andy
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