Andrew Handyside who made Friargate bridge in Derby made hundreds of different bridges around the world. Here is one that was in Nottingham until 1974 when it was demolished.
Wilford Toll Bridge crossed the River Trent between the Meadows and Wilford.
It was built for Sir Robert Juckes Clifton, 9th Baronet, for the traffic for Clifton Colliery.
In my video you can see the decorative nature of this bridge with lamp standards along the bridge and underneath had fine cast iron spandrels between the bridge pier supports.
Wilford Toll Bridge, locally referred to as the 'Halfpenny Bridge' opened as a toll bridge for general traffic in 1870 and was in daily use until the early 1970's. After a structural assessment revealed that the bridge was in a poor condition, it was closed to traffic in 1974. The centre span (Handysides section) was demolished and replaced by a narrower footbridge of steel girders with an in-situ reinforced concrete deck slab in 1980. They retained the brick arches at each end of the bridge. I imagine that the then 104 year old Handyside ironwork was simply scrapped.
There is a statue to Sir Robert Juckes Clifton adjacent to the bridge, you can see it in some of the views of the original 1870 bridge, it's still there today in 2026.
Total distance of the central span over the River Trent is 90.29 m (296.24 ft),
The Total distance including the brick arches at each end is 191.19 m (627.27ft).
The toll house located at the north end of the bridge was designed by the architect E. W. Hughes. It is built of red brick, ashlar dressing and steep hipped slate/lead roofs, and as of 2019 is used as a sandwich shop called Bridge Sandwich Bar.
The bridge was owned by the Clifton family until Nottingham City Council took over responsibility for it in 1969.
The bridge was then used as a footpath and cycleway until 2014.
During 2014 and 2015 the bridge was enlarged as part of the works to construct phase 2 of the Nottingham Express Transit system. This involved widening the central portion from 5.65 metres (18.5 ft) to 12.2 metres (40 ft) and strengthening to allow a two-way tram system along with replacement pedestrian and cycle paths.
Hope you like my video that clearly shows how decorative the Handyside section of the bridge was, so much finer looking than the one they replaced it with.
My reference: The Buildings of England by Nikolaus Pevsner: Nottinghamshire 1979 Page 273
My video of the 1870 bridge was brought back to life using A.I. :
