Trinity College Bridge
Trinity Bridge | |
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| File:Trinity Bridge (geograph 5157201).jpg Trinity Bridge in Cambridge, England | |
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| Crosses | River Cam |
| Locale | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Preceded by | Garret Hostel Bridge |
| Followed by | Kitchen Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | triple-arch bridge |
| Material | Portland and Ketton stone |
| History | |
| Designer | James Essex |
| Construction end | 1765 |
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Trinity Bridge is the eleventh bridge overall and the seventh bridge over the River Cam's middle stream in Cambridge. The bridge is part of the Avenue, which connects the main buildings of Trinity College with the Trinity College Fellows' Garden, across Queen's Road.[1] It is a Grade I listed building.[2]
The triple-arch road bridge was built of Portland and Ketton stone in 1764-5 to the designs of James Essex. The material for the bridge's construction was partially sourced from the old bridge of 1651-2. The old bridge itself replaced an earlier one, destroyed by the Parliamentarian forces in the English Civil War.[1]
The cost for the bridge's construction was defrayed from a bequest from Dr. Francis Hooper (1694-1763), a Senior Fellow at Trinity College. Consequently, the bridge bears the triple-turreted coat of arms of the Hooper family, as well as that of Trinity College.[1][3]
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