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Cross Keys Bridge
Crosskeys Bridge is the third bridge to cross the river Nene at this location. The first timber and cast iron bridge was built by Rennie & Telford in 1831. It was replaced by another, designed by Robert Stephenson, in 1850. The current bridge, a swing bridge like its predecessor, was built in 1897 and used to once cater for road traffic on one side and rail on the other. The railway reached Sutton Bridge in 1862 but with the Beeching cuts it was closed in 1965 and the bridge converted to purely road use, taking the A17 over the river. For a closer view see > <a title='http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1528308' rel='nofollow' href='http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1528308'>Link</a><img style='padding-left:2px;' alt='External link' title='External link - shift click to open in new window' src='http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png' width='10' height='10'/>.

Several images of the bridge (including one showing the previous swing bridge which no longer exists) when it was still used by the railway can be found here: <a title='http://www.leytransport.i12.com/joint.htm' rel='nofollow' href='http://www.leytransport.i12.com/joint.htm'>Link</a><img style='padding-left:2px;' alt='External link' title='External link - shift click to open in new window' src='http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png' width='10' height='10'/>. Many thanks to Ashley Dace > <a title='http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/29497' rel='nofollow' href='http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/29497'>Link</a><img style='padding-left:2px;' alt='External link' title='External link - shift click to open in new window' src='http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png' width='10' height='10'/> for providing this link.

 

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