Kingsland Bridge

Kingsland Bridge
Kingsland Bridge
OS grid reference	SJ488121
Crosses	River Severn
Locale	Shrewsbury
Heritage status	Grade II
Preceded by	Porthill Bridge
Followed by	Greyfriars Bridge
Characteristics
Design	arch
Longest span	212 ft (65 m)
History
Designer	John William Grover
Constructed by	Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
Construction start	1883
Construction end	1883
Statistics
Toll	20p (vehicles)

Listed Building – Grade I
Designated	30 March 1995
Reference no.	1246190

Kingsland Bridge is a privately owned toll bridge, spanning the River Severn in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. It is located near Shrewsbury School and the cost for cars to cross is 20p. It is a Grade II listed building. ^[1]

History

A bill promoting the toll bridge was first introduced to Parliament in 1873, and eventually passed in 1880. The bridge was promoted by Henry Robertson, who was also M.P. for Shrewsbury and designed by the civil engineer John William Grover.^[2] It was constructed in 1883 by the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company, which also built the Victoria Falls Bridge. The bridge spans 212 feet (64.6m) and comprises two metal arch ribs, from which the main bridge deck is hung. It cost £11,156 to build.

The toll point

↑ "Name: KINGSLAND BRIDGE, AT SJ 488 121 List entry Number: 1246190". Historic England. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
↑ Institute of Civil Engineers: Minutes of the Proceedings, Volume 112, Issue 1893, January 1893, Obituary. John William Grover, 1836-1892.

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Blackwall, Anthony, Historic Bridges of Shropshire, Shropshire Libraries, 1985, ISBN 0-903802-31-7
Listed status at Borough council and at English Heritage

Kingsland Bridge
1881

River Severn, Great Britain
Administrative areas	Powys Shropshire Worcestershire Gloucestershire Monmouthshire South Gloucestershire Bristol North Somerset Somerset Newport Cardiff Vale of Glamorgan
Settlements	Llanidloes Newtown Welshpool Shrewsbury Ironbridge Bridgnorth Bewdley Stourport Worcester Tewkesbury Gloucester Berkeley Chepstow Avonmouth
Major tributaries	River Vyrnwy River Tern Cound Brook River Stour River Teme Warwickshire Avon River Wye Bristol Avon River Usk
Flows into	Severn Estuary Bristol Channel
Linked canals	Staffordshire and Worcestershire Worcester and Birmingham Droitwich Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Thames and Severn Coalport Gloucester and Sharpness Stroudwater Navigation Coombe Hill
Major crossings	Welsh Bridge English Bridge The Iron Bridge Mythe Bridge Over Bridge Severn Bridge Aust Severn Powerline Crossing Severn Tunnel Second Severn Crossing All crossings of the River Severn
Longest UK rivers Severn Thames Trent Great Ouse Wye Ure/Ouse Tay Spey Clyde Tweed Avon Nene Eden Dee

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