Draft:List of bridges in England

This list of bridges in England covers all English bridges which have articles on Wikipedia, sorted into the nine regions of England.

East of England

The East of England region includes the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Image	Name	Length	Height	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Grade	Location	County	Notes
	Abbots Langley railway bridge	13 m (43 ft)		Brick skew arch	West Coast Main Line Road	1837	II	Abbots Langley	Hertfordshire
	Brasley Bridge	18 m (59 ft)		Beam	Road River Cam	1954	N/A	Trumpington	Cambridgeshire	Rebuilt in 2015
	Breydon Bridge	247 m (810 ft)		Steel bascule	A47  River Yare	1985	N/A	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk
	Bridge of Sighs	20 m (66 ft)		Covered stone arch	Footbridge River Cam	1831	I	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire
	Bushey Arches Viaduct	112 m (367 ft)		Brick arch	West Coast Main Line  A4008	1837	II	Bushey	Hertfordshire
	Chappel Viaduct	320 m (1,050 ft)	23 m (75 ft)	Brick arch	Gainsborough Line River Colne	1849	II	Chappel	Essex
	Clare College Bridge	27 m (89 ft)		Stone arch	Footbridge River Cam	1640	I	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	Oldest bridge in Cambridge
	Colne Viaduct	95 m (312 ft)		Brick arch	West Coast Main Line River Colne	1837	II	Watford	Hertfordshire
	Crusoe Bridge	20 m (66 ft)		Beam	Footbridge River Cam	1899	N/A	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire
	Digswell Viaduct	475 m (1,558 ft)	30 m (98 ft)	Brick arch	East Coast Main Line River Mimram	1850	II*	Digswell	Hertfordshire
	Elizabeth Way Bridge	75 m (246 ft)		Box girder	A1134  River Cam	1971	N/A	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire
	Fen Road Bridge	50 m (160 ft)		Concrete arch	A1134  River Cam	1926	N/A	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire
	Garret Hostel Bridge	23 m (75 ft)		Concrete arch	Footbridge River Cam	1960	II	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire
	Godmanchester Chinese Bridge	26 m (85 ft)		Timber arch	Footbridge River Great Ouse	1827	II*	Godmanchester	Cambridgeshire	Current bridge is a 2010 reconstruction
	Great Barford Bridge	140 m (460 ft)		Stone arch	Road River Great Ouse	c. 1400	I	Great Barford	Bedfordshire
	Gull Wing Bridge	342 m (1,122 ft)	62 m (203 ft)	Bascule	A12  Lake Lothing, Wherry Lines, East Suffolk line	2024	N/A	Lowestoft	Suffolk
	Hawk Bridge	76 m (249 ft)		Beam	Ipswich–Ely line River Great Ouse	2007	N/A	Ely	Cambridgeshire
	Hitchin Flyover	837 m (2,746 ft)		Beam	Cambridge line East Coast Main Line	2013	N/A	Hitchin	Hertfordshire
	Homersfield Bridge	15 m (49 ft)		Concrete arch	Footbridge River Waveney	1870	II*	Homersfield	Norfolk Suffolk	Oldest concrete bridge in Britain
	Iron Bridge	18 m (59 ft)		Cast iron arch	Footbridge River Lark	1804	I	Culford	Suffolk
	Jesus Lock footbridge	50 m (160 ft)		Iron lattice truss	Footbridge River Cam	1892	II	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire
	Kingsmead Viaduct	716 m (2,349 ft)	20 m (66 ft)	Concrete box girder	A10  River Lea, New River, Hertford East branch line	1976	N/A	Ware	Hertfordshire
	King's College Bridge	25 m (82 ft)		Stone arch	Footbridge River Cam	1819	I	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire
	Magdalene Bridge	17 m (56 ft)		Cast iron arch	Road River Cam	1823	II	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire
	Mathematical Bridge	15 m (49 ft)		Timber truss	Footbridge River Cam	1749	II	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	Current bridge is a 1906 reconstruction
	Nash Mills railway bridge	20 m (66 ft)		Cast iron skew arch	West Coast Main Line Grand Union Canal	1837	II	Hemel Hempstead	Hertfordshire
	Nene Viaduct	60 m (200 ft)		Cast iron arch	East Coast Main Line River Nene	1850	II*	Peterborough	Cambridgeshire
	Old Bridge	73 m (240 ft)		Stone arch	Road River Great Ouse	1332	I	Huntingdon	Cambridgeshire
	Orwell Bridge	1,287 m (4,222 ft)	43 m (141 ft)	Concrete box girder	A14  River Orwell	1982	N/A	Ipswich	Suffolk
	Queen Elizabeth II Bridge	2,872 m (9,423 ft)	137 m (449 ft)	Cable-stayed	A282  River Thames	1991	N/A	Thurrock	Essex Kent	Crosses into the South East region
	Reedham Swing Bridge	100 m (330 ft)		Iron swing	Wherry Lines River Yare	1905	N/A	Reedham	Norfolk
	Sheep's Green Bridge	20 m (66 ft)		Truss	Footbridge River Cam	1910	N/A	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire
	Silver Street Bridge	18 m (59 ft)		Concrete arch	Silver Street River Cam	1959	II	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire
	Somerleyton Swing Bridge	190 m (620 ft)		Iron swing	Wherry Lines River Waveney	1905	N/A	Somerleyton	Norfolk Suffolk
	Southdown Road Skew Bridge	45 m (148 ft)		Brick skew arch	Midland Main Line Road	1868	II	Harpenden	Hertfordshire
	St Ives Bridge	58 m (190 ft)		Stone arch	Road River Great Ouse	1425	I	St Ives	Cambridgeshire	One of four bridges in England to include a chapel
	Stoke Bridge	30 m (98 ft)		Concrete beam girder	A137  River Orwell	1925	N/A	Ipswich	Suffolk
	Stone Bridge	16 m (52 ft)		Stone arch	Road River Can	1788	II	Chelmsford	Essex
	Trowse Bridge	26 m (85 ft)		Swing	Great Eastern Main Line River Wensum	1987	N/A	Norwich	Norfolk
	Victoria Bridge	35 m (115 ft)		Cast iron arch	Road River Cam	1890	II	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire

East Midlands

The East Midlands region includes the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland and part of Lincolnshire.

Image	Name	Length	Height	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Grade	Location	County	Notes
	Bailey Bridge	85 m (279 ft)		Steel truss	Road River Trent	1974	N/A	Walton-on-Trent	Derbyshire Staffordshire	Crosses into the West Midlands region
	Bakewell Bridge	40 m (130 ft)		Stone arch	A619  River Wye	c. 1300	I	Bakewell	Derbyshire
	Bennerley Viaduct	433 m (1,421 ft)	18 m (59 ft)	Wrought iron lattice truss	Derbyshire and Staffordshire extension (disused) River Erewash	1878	II*	Awsworth	Derbyshire Nottinghamshire
	Blisworth Arch	18 m (59 ft)	12 m (39 ft)	Brick arch	West Coast Main Line Road	1837	II	Blisworth	Northamptonshire
	Broadbottom Viaduct	155 m (509 ft)	42 m (138 ft)	Wrought iron box girder	Glossop Line River Etherow	1842	N/A	Broadbottom	Derbyshire Greater Manchester	Crosses into the North West region
	Buxton Road Bridge	25 m (82 ft)		Iron arch	Buxton line  A5004	1863	II	Whaley Bridge	Derbyshire
	Cathedral Green Footbridge	80 m (260 ft)	30 m (98 ft)	Swing	Footbridge River Derwent	2009	N/A	Derby	Derbyshire
	Cavendish Bridge	50 m (160 ft)		Concrete beam	B5010  River Trent	1957	N/A	Shardlow	Derbyshire Leicestershire
	Chapel Milton Viaduct	240 m (790 ft)	31 m (102 ft)	Brick arch	Great Rocks Line  A624 , Black Brook	1867	II	Chapel Milton	Derbyshire
	Clifton Bridge	84 m (276 ft)		Concrete arch	A52  River Trent	1958	N/A	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire
	Cross Keys Bridge	94 m (308 ft)		Swing	A17  River Nene	1897	II*	Sutton Bridge	Lincolnshire
	Darley Bridge	48 m (157 ft)		Stone arch	Road River Derwent	c. 1400	II*	Darley Dale	Derbyshire
	Dinting Viaduct	370 m (1,210 ft)	36 m (118 ft)	Wrought iron box girder	Glossop Line  A57 , Glossop Brook	1844	II	Dinting Vale	Derbyshire
	Dove Bridge	58 m (190 ft)		Stone arch	Road River Dove	c. 1400	II*	Doveridge	Derbyshire Staffordshire	Crosses into the West Midlands region
	Dunham Bridge	144 m (472 ft)		Steel girder	A57  River Trent	1832	N/A	Dunham-on-Trent	Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire	Superstructure rebuilt in 1978
	Exeter Bridge	50 m (160 ft)	10 m (33 ft)	Concrete arch	Road River Derwent	1929	N/A	Derby	Derbyshire
	Fledborough Viaduct	814 m (2,671 ft)		Brick arch	Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (disused) River Trent	1897	N/A	Fledborough	Nottinghamshire
	Friar Gate Bridge	22 m (72 ft)		Cast iron arch	Derbyshire and Staffordshire extension Road	1878	II	Derby	Derbyshire
	Gunthorpe Bridge	100 m (330 ft)		Concrete arch	A6097  River Trent	1927	N/A	Gunthorpe	Nottinghamshire
	Harrington Bridge	91 m (299 ft)		Steel girder	B6540  River Trent	1790	II	Sawley	Derbyshire Leicestershire	Central section replaced in 1905; only original stone arch approaches are listed
	Handyside Bridge	62 m (203 ft)	25 m (82 ft)	Iron tied-arch	Footbridge River Derwent	1878	II	Derby	Derbyshire
	Headstone Viaduct	91 m (299 ft)	21 m (69 ft)	Brick arch	Monsal Trail River Wye	1863	II	Little Longstone	Derbyshire
	Hibaldstow Bridge	33 m (108 ft)		Iron arch	Road (disused) River Ancholme	1889	II	Hibaldstow	Lincolnshire	Crosses into the Yorkshire and the Humber region
	High Bridge	27 m (89 ft)		Stone arch	High Street River Witham	1160	I	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	Oldest bridge in the UK on which buildings still stand
	Kirkstead Bridge	293 m (961 ft)		Concrete beam	B1192  River Witham	1968	N/A	Kirkstead	Lincolnshire
	Lady Bay Bridge	171 m (561 ft)		Wrought iron truss	A6011  River Trent	1878	N/A	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire
	Matlock Bridge	52 m (171 ft)		Stone arch	Road River Derwent	c. 1400	II*	Matlock	Derbyshire
	Monks Bridge	40 m (130 ft)		Stone arch	Road (disused) River Dove	c. 1400	Scheduled monument	Stretton	Derbyshire Staffordshire	Crosses into the West Midlands region
	Newsham Bridge	42 m (138 ft)		Stone arch	Disused Newsham Lake	1772	I	Brocklesby	Lincolnshire
	Rectory Junction Viaduct	386 m (1,266 ft)		Brick and iron arch	Nottingham–Grantham line River Trent	1850	II	Radcliffe-on-Trent	Nottinghamshire
	Saint Alkmund's Way Footbridge	45 m (148 ft)	6 m (20 ft)	Steel beam	Footbridge  A601	2007	II	Derby	Derbyshire
	Stanford Viaduct	161 m (528 ft)		Brick arch	Great Central Main Line (disused) River Soar	1899	II	Stanford on Soar	Leicestershire Nottinghamshire
	Swarkestone Bridge	1,200 m (3,900 ft)		Stone arch	A514  River Trent	c. 1300	I	Swarkestone	Derbyshire	Parts rebuilt numerous times between 1795 and 1977.
	Swithland Viaduct	140 m (460 ft)		Brick arch	Great Central Main Line (disused) Swithland Reservoir	1897	N/A	Swithland	Leicestershire
	Trent Bridge	100 m (330 ft)		Stone arch	A631  River Trent	1791	II	Gainsborough	Lincolnshire
	Trent Bridge	90 m (300 ft)		Cast iron arch	A60  River Trent	1871	II	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire
	Trent Viaducts	220 m (720 ft)		Steel truss	Midland Main Line River Trent	1839	N/A	Long Eaton	Derbyshire Nottinghamshire
	Trinity Bridge	26 m (85 ft)		Three-way stone arch	Footbridge Nothing	1390	I	Crowland	Lincolnshire	Originally spanned the River Welland and a distributary but no longer crosses anything after the river was rerouted in the 17th century
	Weedon Viaduct	46 m (151 ft)		Brick arch	West Coast Main Line River Nene	1838	II	Weedon Bec	Northamptonshire
	Welland Viaduct	1,166 m (3,825 ft)	18 m (59 ft)	Brick arch	Oakham–Kettering line River Welland	1880	II	Harringworth	Northamptonshire Rutland
	Wilford Suspension Bridge	69 m (226 ft)		Suspension	Footbridge River Trent	1906	II	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire
	Wilford Toll Bridge	140 m (460 ft)		Steel girder	Nottingham Express Transit River Trent	1870	II	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire	Central span rebuilt in 1980
	Winthorpe Bridge	160 m (520 ft)		Concrete box girder	A1  River Trent	1964	II*	Winthorpe	Nottinghamshire

London

The London region contains most of London's urban area and includes the City of London and Greater London.

Image	Name	Length	Height	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Grade	Location	County	Notes
	Albert Bridge	220 m (720 ft)	20 m (66 ft)	Suspension and beam hybrid	A3031  River Thames	1873	II*	Chelsea	Greater London
	Battersea Railway Bridge	230 m (750 ft)		Wrought iron arch	West London line River Thames	1863	II*	Battersea	Greater London
	Blackfriars Bridge	281 m (922 ft)		Wrought iron arch	A201  River Thames	1869	II	Central London	City of London Greater London
	Blackfriars Railway Bridge	284 m (932 ft)		Steel arch	Holborn Viaduct–Herne Hill line River Thames	2012	N/A	Central London	City of London Greater London
	Chiswick flyover	3,220 m (10,560 ft)		Concrete beam	M4  Chiswick Roundabout,  A4 , Boston Manor Park	1959	N/A	Chiswick	Greater London
	Clattern Bridge	24 m (79 ft)		Stone arch	Road Hogsmill River	1175	I	Kingston upon Thames	Greater London
	Croydon Flyover	690 m (2,260 ft)		Concrete beam	A232   A236 ,  A212	1969	N/A	Croydon	Greater London
	Hammersmith Bridge	210 m (690 ft)		Suspension	A306  River Thames	1887	II*	Battersea	Greater London
	Hammersmith flyover	622 m (2,041 ft)		Concrete beam	A4  Road	1961	N/A	Hammersmith	Greater London
	Holborn Viaduct	430 m (1,410 ft)		Cast iron arch	A40   A201	1869	II	Holborn	City of London
	Kingston Bridge	116 m (381 ft)		Stone arch	A308  River Thames	1828	II*	Kingston upon Thames	Greater London
	London Bridge	269 m (883 ft)		Concrete box girder	A3  River Thames	1973	N/A	Central London	City of London Greater London
	Millennium Bridge	325 m (1,066 ft)		Steel suspension	Footbridge River Thames	2000	N/A	Central London	City of London Greater London
	Richmond Bridge	91 m (299 ft)		Stone arch	A305  River Thames	1777	I	Richmond	Greater London
	Richmond Footbridge	76 m (249 ft)		Cast iron arch	Footbridge River Thames	1894	II*	Richmond	Greater London
	Southwark Bridge	244 m (801 ft)		Steel arch	A300  River Thames	1921	II	Central London	City of London Greater London
	Tower Bridge	290 m (950 ft)	65 m (213 ft)	Combined bascule and suspension	A100  River Thames	1894	I	Central London	Greater London
	Twickenham Bridge	110 m (360 ft)		Concrete arch	A316  River Thames	1933	II*	Richmond	Greater London
	Vauxhall Bridge	247 m (810 ft)		Steel arch	A202  River Thames	1906	II*	Vauxhall	Greater London
	Waterloo Bridge	370 m (1,210 ft)		Concrete box girder	A301  River Thames	1942	II*	Central London	Greater London
	Westminster Bridge	250 m (820 ft)		Cast iron arch	A302  River Thames	1862	II*	Central London	Greater London
	Westway	5,600 m (18,400 ft)		Concrete beam	A40   A5 ,  A404 , Grand Union Canal,  A4207 ,  A219	1970	N/A	Chiswick	Greater London

North East

The North East England region includes the counties of County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and part of North Yorkshire.

Image	Name	Length	Height	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Grade	Location	County	Notes

North West

The North West England region includes the counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.

Image	Name	Length	Height	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Grade	Location	County	Notes
	Broadbottom Viaduct	155 m (509 ft)	42 m (138 ft)	Wrought iron box girder	Glossop Line River Etherow	1842	N/A	Broadbottom	Greater Manchester Derbyshire	Crosses into the East Midlands region

South East

The South East England region includes the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex.

Image	Name	Length	Height	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Grade	Location	County	Notes
	Queen Elizabeth II Bridge	2,872 m (9,423 ft)	137 m (449 ft)	Cable-stayed	A282  River Thames	1991	N/A	Dartford	Kent Essex	Crosses into the East of England region

South West

The South West England region includes the counties of Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.

Image	Name	Length	Height	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Grade	Location	County	Notes

West Midlands

The West Midlands region includes the counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, the West Midlands and Worcestershire.

Image	Name	Length	Height	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Grade	Location	County	Notes
	Bailey Bridge	85 m (279 ft)		Steel truss	Road River Trent	1974	N/A	Walton-on-Trent	Staffordshire Derbyshire	Crosses into the East Midlands region
	Dove Bridge	58 m (190 ft)		Stone arch	Road River Dove	c. 1400	II*	Uttoxeter	Staffordshire Derbyshire	Crosses into the East Midlands region
	Monks Bridge	40 m (130 ft)		Stone arch	Road (disused) River Dove	c. 1400	Scheduled monument	Stretton	Staffordshire Derbyshire	Crosses into the East Midlands region

Yorkshire and the Humber

The Yorkshire and the Humber region includes the counties of the East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, part of Lincolnshire and part of North Yorkshire.

Image	Name	Length	Height	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Grade	Location	County	Notes
	Hibaldstow Bridge	33 m (108 ft)		Iron arch	Road (disused) River Ancholme	1889	II	Hibaldstow	Lincolnshire	Crosses into the East Midlands region

References

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