Third Bridge
The third bridge, built in 1863-1864, was a lattice girder bridge on stone piers. At the same time, a brick viaduct was constructed to span the flood plain to the south of the river. As of 2008 the viaduct is still standing. The bridge was freed of tolls in about 1870.
The third bridge was damaged during the Second World War in 1940 leading to a permanent weight restriction. To alleviate this a fourth temporary bridge was constructed and the third bridge was relegated to use by cyclists and pedestrians. It was finally demolished in 1985.
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“Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.”
—Paul Simon (b. 1949)
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And you O my soul where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
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Till the bridge you will need be form’d, till the ductile anchor hold,
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—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)