The English Bridge is a masonry arch viaduct, crossing the River Severn in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The present bridge is a 1926 rebuilding and widening of John Gwynn's design, completed in 1774. A bri
The English Bridge, with water levels at the Summer low.
South side of the English Bridge from the east side of the river in July 2006 before the vegetation was cleared.
A view from the bridge looking downstream. The Abbey Gardens are on the right.
The earlier John Gwynn bridge, with the Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the background, in an 1838 lithograph by Henry Blunt.
Coleham is a district of the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England. It is located just south, over the River Severn, from Shrewsbury town centre.
English Bridge
…0-903802-31-7 Cragg, R., Civil Engineering Heritage - Wales & West Central England, Thomas Telford Publishing, 2nd edn., 1997, ISBN 0-7277-2576-9 Upstream: Greyfriars Bridge English Bridge 1774/1926 Downstream: Shrewsbury railway station…
Greyfriars Bridge, linking Shrewsbury's town centre with Coleham
Looking north from Sutton Bridge Junction, Network Rail's Coleham Depot is on the left. To the right were once the extensive Coleham Sheds, which have now been completely demolished and the track lifted. Semaphore signaling remains in operation here.