CLEVELAND BRIDGE Bath, Somerset 1826 SO 753 657 N52o 47' 30.2" W2o 1' 45.3"
This arched cast iron bridge - designed by Henry Goodridge and built by William Hazledine of the Coalbrookdale Iron Works - crosses the Avon River at Cleveland Place in the heart of Bath. Small Georgian pavilions mark the four corners of the bridge – one of which was the toll house - echoing those around Cleveland Place. An Its incorporation and construction by the Bathwick Bridge Company was authorized by Act of Parliament. Unfortunately, the founding directors set the toll in perpetuity at one pence and by 1925, the City Council had to take over the bridge from the bankrupt company. In 1928-9 the bridge was re-enforced considerably to accommodate the weight of modern traffic.
The road crossing the bridge is the A36 which joins the A4 or the London Road on the Cleveland Place side.
