Mk1 Inglis Portable Military Bridge (Light Type) over the Basingstoke Canal

A Mk1 Inglis Portable Military Bridge (Light Type) from around 1916, also known as the Inglis Pyramid Bridge, now bridging the Basingstoke Canal.   MATERIALS: metal tubes, and pre-cast, angled junction box fittings.   PLAN: the bridge spans the Basingstoke Canal, running from north to south.   DESCRIPTION: the bridge is pyramidal in section with three sets of 'W' trusses forming the sides which are attached via angled fittings to a single run of tubes, forming the apex. The walkway floor has regularly spaced angled fittings for a walkway and diagonally-tensioned, wire braces.   Each end of the bridge is located on a later-C20, brick wall; these are integral to the buildings structure but have lesser interest. At walkway level, timber planks and one metal beam have been added, along with a sewer pipe.   * Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest. However any works which have the potential to affect the character of the listed building as a building of special architectural or historic interest may still require listed building consent and this is a matter for the LPA to determine.