COALPORT BRIDGE 1818 near Coalport, Shorpshire HEW 422 SJ 702021 N52o 36’ 55.5” W2o 23’ 38.1”
The original wooden bridge at this site known as Preen’s Eddy Bridge was damaged by the historic 1795 River Severn flood. John Onions of Brosley and John Guest built a replacement iron bridge here in 1799 to replace it. This bridge developed a crack in the central rib in 1817. The present bridge was its 1819 replacement. John Onions used some of the old arch ribs and increased the number to five. This is one of the oldest cast iron bridges still carrying local traffic. It is just one mile down stream from the Iron Bridge in Coalbrookdale.
It is a single span arch bridge of 103’ with simple vertical supports in the spandrel spaces and a “cart wheel” open work design on the railings of the parapet.