Road Bridge Over River Blackwater

KELVEDON MALDON ROAD TL 8618-8718

10/258 Road bridge over River Blackwater

G V II

Road bridge over river. Circa 1839. Red brick in English bond. Aligned NW-SE, crossing the river-with one segmental arch; one cylindrical hole through each haunch. On SW side, concrete kerb on which are mounted externally 7 concrete posts and 3 tubular rails. On NE side, red brick parapet, repaired with C20 machine-made bricks at SE end, rebuilt with C20 machine-made bricks on a splayed concrete base at the NW end; concrete kerb inside parapet. 4 iron ties through bridge with cast iron roundels at each end. One arched course of blue bricks at each end, partly obscured. Tarmac road surface. The previous bridge was destroyed by floods c.1838. (B.L. Kentish, Kelvedon and its Antiquities, 1974, 76).

Listing NGR: TL8607518098