Cadney Bridge

Cadney Bridge is a bridge built in 1882, which re-uses earlier 19th-century abutments. It was designed by engineer Alfred Atkinson and constructed by Messrs Goodwin, Jardine and Co of Glasgow, ironfounders, for the Commissioners of the Ancholme Drainage and Navigation. The bridge features a wrought-iron structure with timber decking and brick abutments that have sandstone ashlar dressings. It has a single span and a single carriageway width, with abutments that are splayed out to the roadway entrances. The abutments are set on sloping riverbanks and each has a broad chamfered plinth that supports the main arches. At deck level, there is a moulded cornice and a pair of rectangular piers with chamfered plinths and caps that flank the roadway above, linked by a coped dwarf wall and railings to similar outer piers at the entrance. The bridge span consists of two arched ribs with bolted pairs of vertical braces that are splayed out at the top and bottom, supporting deck ribs that carry bolted decking and railings with plain principals and latticed bars between the top and bottom rails. The bridge is well-designed and remains unaltered apart from minor repairs to the deck.