Bridge Name: | Castle Eaton Bridge |
Carries: | Minor road |
Crosses: | River Thames |
Locale: | Castle Eaton, Wiltshire |
Design: | Girder |
Material: | Iron |
Spans: | 1 |
Coordinates: | 51.661°N -1.7926°W |
Castle Eaton Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in England at Castle Eaton in Wiltshire. It carries a minor road between Cricklade, 4 miles to the southwest, and Kempsford 1 miles to the east.
The iron girder bridge with brick piers was built in 1893 with materials supplied by iron founders E Finch & Sons of Chepstow. It was described by Fred Thacker in 1920 "The present deplorable iron trough ... The Conservancy is often blamed for its hideousness; their responsibility amounts only to acquiescence; I understand the Swindon District Board was the actual artist".[1] It was strengthened in 2001.
The bridge it replaced was of timber with stone piers and stone causeway.