Brasley Bridge or Trumpington Bridge is the first river Cam bridge on its upstream in Cambridge.[1] It is located near Grantchester Road and connects Grantchester and Trumpington.[2]

Brasley Bridge
Trumpington Bridge
Coordinates52°10′27″N 0°06′05″E / 52.17419°N 0.10146°E / 52.17419; 0.10146
CrossesRiver Cam
LocaleTrumpington, Cambridge
Followed bySheep's Green Bridge
Characteristics
Designbeam bridge
MaterialReinforced concrete
History
Construction end2015
Location
Map

History edit

  • 1790 - the first wooden bridge near the ford replaced a brick construction[3]
  • 1954 - reconstructed for cars[4]
  • 2015 - from February to September 2015 it was reconstructed[5] using the reinforced concrete[6][7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The definitive ranking of every bridge in Cambridge". Varsity Online.
  2. ^ "Geograph:: Brasley Bridge in February © John Sutton". www.geograph.org.uk.
  3. ^ "A History of Grantchester in the County of Cambridge". by the author. 12 October 1875 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ "Trumpington Local History Group: The Changing Face of Trumpington: South West of the Village Centre including Trumpington Meadows". www.trumpingtonlocalhistorygroup.org.
  5. ^ Lancaster, Tim (17 January 2015). "Brasley Bridge closure :".
  6. ^ "Geograph:: Grantchester: working on Brasley Bridge © John Sutton cc-by-sa/2.0". www.geograph.org.uk.
  7. ^ "Geograph:: Grantchester: Brasley Bridge rebuilt © John Sutton cc-by-sa/2.0". www.geograph.org.uk.