
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: This steel cantilever bridge with a main span of 200 feet was designed and built by Worcestershire County Council and opened in 1940 was one of the last of riveted construction to be built in England It replaced an 1854 swing bridge situated approximately 100 yards downstream of this point Presented this millennium year 2000 Recorded plaque organisation: Upton-upon-Severn Civic Society, Worcestershire County Council.
This plaque commemorates a steel cantilever bridge designed and constructed by Worcestershire County Council, opened in 1940, significant as one of the last riveted construction bridges built in England, replacing an earlier 1854 swing bridge.
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Photo: P L Chadwick on Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0