Description

TA 00 SW HIBALDSTOW SOUTH CARR ROAD
(east end)

11/58 Hibaldstow Bridge

GV II

Bridge. 1889, probably re-using mid C19 abutments, by Alfred Atkinson,
engineer; Messrs Porter and Co of Lincoln, ironfounders. For the
Commissioners of the Ancholme Drainage and Navigation. Wrought-iron bridge
with timber decking and brick abutments with sandstone ashlar dressings.
Single span, of single carriageway width, between abutments splayed out to
roadway entrances. Abutments set on sloping riverbanks, each with a broad
chamfered plinth supporting the main arches, a moulded cornice at deck
level, and a pair of rectangular piers with chamfered brick plinths and
ashlar caps flanking the roadway above and linked by a coped dwarf wall and
railings to similar outer piers flanking the entrance. Bridge span of
3 arched ribs with bolted latticed braces, carrying bolted decking and
railings with plain principals and latticed bars between top and bottom
rails. Plates at centre of each face inscribed:
Erected
by
J T B Porter & Co
1889
LINCOLN
Replaced an earlier C19 timber swing-bridge. Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford
Mercury, 28 June 1889, p5.

Listing NGR: TA0044401495

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Hibaldstow Bridge at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5750590

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)