Old Tramway Bridge (Formerly Wireworks Bridge)

The Old Tramway Bridge, formerly known as the Wireworks Bridge, was built in 1875 by S.H. Yockney from Victoria Street, Westminster. It features plate girder construction, with a cast iron parapet and stone abutments and piers.

The bridge has a wrought iron three truss-girder span, with three sets of riveted cross-braced ironwork on the sides. The girders and roadway connect to sandstone parapets at both ends, which are set within stone abutments on raised river embankments. The north-west abutment, on the English side, includes two flood arches. The center of the bridge is supported by two large rubble sandstone piers. The ironwork is painted, and the former trackway has been replaced with timber boarding. The stonework is made from Forest of Dean Stone, a type of sandstone, and is finished as coursed rubble. The abutments are located sixty-five meters apart, rising to support the elevated bridge, allowing clearance for tall-masted river vessels. Stone parapets and walling line the track at either end of the bridge.