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Ashton Avenue Bridge

Ashton Avenue Bridge
Bristol MMB W7 Cumberland Basin.jpg
View of the New Cut across the Ashton Avenue Bridge
Coordinates 51°26′46″N 2°37′19″W / 51.4461°N 2.6219°W / 51.4461; -2.6219
Carries Pill Pathway rail trail
Crosses River Avon at New Cut
Other name(s) Ashton Swing Bridge
Owner Bristol City Council
Characteristics
Material Iron
Total length 582 feet (177 m)
No. of spans 3
History
Designer J.C. lnglis
Engineering design by J.C. lnglis
Constructed by John Lysaght and Co.
Fabrication by John Lysaght
Armstrong Whitworth (Hydraulics)
Construction start 1905
Construction end 1906
Construction cost £70,389
Opened 3 October 1906
Closed Road: 1965
Rail: 1987
Bristol Harbour Railway
Severn Estuary
Royal Portbury Dock
Butterfly JunctionAshton Swing Bridge
CREATE Centre
Old & New Junction Locks
To the Southwest
Parson Street National Rail
Albion Dockyard
Vauxhall Bridge
SS Great Britain
Cumberland Road Bridge
Malago Colliery

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