BATTLESBRIDGE Chelmsford to Benfleet Rd, Essex 1872 HEW 1476 TQ781 947 (not visited)
Named for the local family of Bataille, the present bridge over the tidal River Crouch is the successor of many bridges starting in 1327. One main span of cast iron girders flanked by two brick arched spans ws designed by County Surveyor Henry Stock and built by William Webster of Trafalgar Square, London. The main span of 47 feet has a shallow arch of six cast-iron ribs which were cast in three sections each which are spaced by brick jack arches. The east parapet still has the original cast iron open work fence in a geometric pattern, but lost the west parapet to a modern concrete footbridge erected in 1958.