CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE

Clifton Suspension Bridge - Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Sources on Clifton Suspension Bridge Isambard Brunel. The Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1971. elevation drawing, p48. Isambard Brunel. The Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Civil Engineer (1870). New Jersey: Associated University Presses, 1972. ISBN 0-8386-1201-6. Sir Banister Fletcher. Johnson Architectural Images. John Julius Norwich, ed. Kevin Matthews. Find books about Clifton Suspension Bridge Loading... Clifton Suspension Bridge (1864) | Structurae. Sorry, we have no imagery here. Hărţi Google. Hărţi Google. Clifton suspension bridge. Notă de redirecţionare. Notă de redirecţionare. Crossing Cards | The Clifton Suspension Bridge. Welcome to the Clifton Suspension Bridge | The Clifton Suspension Bridge.

Clifton Suspension Bridge. Shown within Bristol and the UK The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge, which opened in 1864, spanning the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset, England. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the bridge is a grade I listed building and forms part of the B3129 road.

The idea of building a bridge across the Avon Gorge originated in 1753. Original plans were for a stone bridge, and later iterations were for a wrought iron structure. History[edit] Plans[edit] William Bridges' design In 1753 Bristolian merchant William Vick had left a bequest in his will of £1,000 (£130,000 as of 2014),[6] invested with instructions that when the interest had accumulated to £10,000, it should be used for the purpose of building a stone bridge between Clifton Down (which was in Gloucestershire, outside the City of Bristol, until the 1830s) and Leigh Woods in Somerset. Construction[edit] A drawing of the Clifton Suspension Bridge from 1878.