The Day The City Split In Two / A River Full Of Stories
Hull's River Bridges: Stoneferry Bridge Stoneferry Bridge, like Ennerdale Link, is actually two bascule bridges, working independently and each carrying two lanes of traffic. Built between 1988 and completed on 23rd July 1991, they replaced the original swing bridge built in 1905. The website Structurae notes they are "twin Shadoof-type bascule bridges with 32 meter counterbalanced … Continue reading 3 Stoneferry Bridge
Hull's River Bridges: Sutton Road Bridge 1937 Sutton Road Bridge is a Scherzer type rolling bascule bridge, built by the Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company and opened on 8 July 1937, to complete the Corporation's ring road at the time. The photograph, on the left below, from Britain from Above shows the new Sutton Road taking … Continue reading 2 Sutton Road Bridge
Hull's River Bridges: Ennerdale Link Photographs by Rich & Lou Duffy-Howard The most recent and northerly of Hull's (road) River Bridges opened on April 3rd 1997 aimed to ease traffic and improve access to the docks in the east of the city, the original idea being a tunnel under the river. The first plan in … Continue reading 1 Ennerdale Link