New Bridge Over River Skell - Ripon, UK - Arch Bridges on Waymarking.com

The bridge is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building.
"1811. Sandstone ashlar: vermiculated. Three segmental spans. Cutwaters with shaped buttresses above them. Keystones. Band. Coped parapet, with terminal piers of cylindrical shape.

The New Bridge was built to replace the former Archer Bridge, a chain bridge which spanned the Skell from a point between Thorpe Prebend House (qv) and St Anne's Hospital (qv) in High St Agnes Gate. As the latter was only a footbridge, the principal vehicular exit southward from the town must have been either over Bondgate Bridge (qv) or by the ford further downstream. The latter corresponds to the alleged siting of the Anglo-Saxon and mediaeval ford, east of the Collegiate Church, and, with the route leading up St Mary's Gate to the North Bridge over the Ure, formed the principal north-south axis of such a site." link

What type of traffic does this bridge support?: Motor vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists What kind of gap does this bridge cross?: The River Skell Date constructed: 1811 Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: Yes Name of road or trail the bridge services: Bondgate Green Location: Ripon, Yorkshire Length of bridge: Not listed Height of bridge: Not listed

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