Key Words :- bridge

Address :- Queens' College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Grid Ref :- TL 44637 58105
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.202203 , Long 0.115046
Local Authority :- Cambridge City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Cambridgeshire
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No :- 1125515,
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose

Description and History of Site:-
Wooden bridge designed by William Etheridge (1709-76), and first built in 1749 by James Essex the Younger (1722-84). It has subsequently been repaired in 1866 and rebuilt to the same design in 1905.

It is constructed so that it looks like an arch but it is built entirely from straight pieces of timber which are subjected to little or no bending forces.

Further Reading and References:-
Alderton, David and Booker, John. 'The Batsford Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of East Anglia'. Batsford, 1980
Balchin, Nigel and Filby, Peter. 'A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough'. AIA, 2001
Rogers, Joseph. 'Britain's Greatest Bridges'. Amberley Publishing, 2019

https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/visiting-the-college/history/college-facts/mathematical-bridge

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