Winthorpe Bridge

Winthorpe Bridge

Location Map ( geo)

View from the east bank showing the lines of the main span with the 9 separate box girders are clearly visible.

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Location

Newark-on-Trent

County

Nottinghamshire

Highway Authority

National Highways

Opening Date

1964

Additional Information

List No:	1323680 (Grade II*)
Bridge Type:	Concrete Bridge
Length:	158m (518 ft 4 in)

On road(s)

A1

Crossings related to the A1

A1 Bridge (East Linton) • Swing Bridge (Tyne) • Wansford Bypass Bridge • Coquet Viaduct • Blaydon Bridge • Alnwick Viaduct • Wentbridge Viaduct • Tempsford Bridge • Stainby Road Bridge • A1 Blaydon Bridge • Dunglass Bridge • Royal Tweed Bridge • Berwick Bypass Bridge • Wrestlers bridge • Stamford Bypass Welland Bridge • Tower Bridge (Cockburnspath)

The Winthorpe Bridge crosses the River Trent on the A1 at Newark, Nottinghamshire.

The bridge is a Grade II* listed structure, listed on 29th May 1998. The listing entry reads as follows:

Road Bridge over river. 1964. A Goldstein, engineer of R Travers Morgan and Partners. Prestressed concrete bridge superstructure, reinforced concrete piers and abutments. Three span continuous structure: 130-260-13Oft. Nine small box girders cast in-situ on falsework. Outer faces formed with vertically fluted surface, fascia precast concrete units with exposed dark blue Shap granite aggregate. Abutment wing walls unusual, surfaces are tilted cylinders. The character of this well designed and detailed bridge appears to be transitional between 1950s and 1960s - having continuous box girders but a large number of small ones with no edge cantilever. Included as an architecturally exceptional example of an unusual type of bridge. (Modern British Bridges: Henry D: C R Books: 1965-).