Corporation Bridge

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Coordinates: 53°34′15″N 0°04′58″W / 53.57075°N 0.08276°W / 53.57075; -0.08276
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Corporation Bridge
Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge
Total length490 feet (150 m)
Width39 feet (12 m)
History
OpenedOriginal bridge 1872
Current bridge 1925
Statistics
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameCorporation Bridge
Designated30 June 1999 (24 years ago) (1999-06-30)
Reference no.1379432
Location
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The Corporation Bridge is a

Alexandra Dock) in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
, England. Built in 1925, it replaced an earlier swing bridge dating to 1872.

1872 bridge

The

32 & 33 Vict. c. x) allowed the land west of the old dock to be developed, and a bridge built across the dock.[1]

The bridge was constructed by

Charles Sacre. Situated between the two sets of spans was a horizontally turning swing bridge of 91.25 feet (27.81 m) of asymmetric hogback plate girder design with a clear space when open of 45 feet (14 m).[2]

The bridge opened in 1872[3]

1925 bridge

View from street (2008)

The bridge spans

Alexandra Dock
near Victoria Mills, Victoria Street and replaced a swing bridge.

The bridge is an electrically powered road bridge built on the

Edward VIII), commemorated on a plaque on the bridge and is a Grade II listed building.[4]

The bridge was restored by Great Grimsby Borough Council c. 1980.[citation needed]

Operation

Although the old dock is now virtually inactive of shipping, the bridge is covered by an act of parliament requiring it to be lifted upon certain requests. Requests were made in the 1990s to allow the historical Ross Tiger and PS Lincoln Castle vessels to enter the old dock and be permanently berthed to serve as museum pieces and restaurants respectively.

The bridge is still occasionally lifted for testing purposes, most recently being done so in May 2016. In 2017, after weeks of repair work, engineers were not able to carry out a test lift of the bridge.

Department of Transport (£2.967m), North East Lincolnshire Council (£1.83m) and the Local Transport Fund (£170,000), with the bridge closed for the following 11 months.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Grimsby Corporation. Powers as to Building, &c., on West Marshes; Construction of Bridge over Old Dock, and of Foot Bridge over Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway; [...]", The London Gazette (23442): 5951–5952, 17 November 1868
  2. ^ "Swing Bridge at Great Grimsby" (PDF), The Engineer, 31: 247, illus. p.248, 14 April 1871
  3. ISBN 0859584844
  4. ^ Historic England. "CORPORATION BRIDGE, CORPORATION ROAD (1379432)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. ^ Longstaff, Jack (14 July 2017). "Corporation Bridge re-open to traffic but couldn't be lifted despite repairs". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  6. ^ Green, Luke (6 January 2023). "Corporation Bridge to close for rest of 2023 from next month with long diversion in place". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 1 April 2023.

External links

Media related to Corporation Bridge, Grimsby at Wikimedia Commons

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