Pickhill Meadows Suspension Bridge

Steel suspension bridge of hollow lattice truss construction and steel-wire cable suspension. 41 metre span and 3-metre-wide single lane deck. Paired lattice towers at either end carry the cables with the lattice frames hung below with connecting transverse members supporting timber deck. The towers are tapered and have ball and spike finials, lower portions up to handrail level now encased in supporting concrete. A pair of steel wire ropes on either side (four ropes total) run through tubular suspenders with flat link section with two heavy rivets, bulky anchor point clasps at each corner stamped ‘ROWELL LONDON’. Portal trusses have shallow arch below and are flat above with zig zag girders between.