Valley Bridge bronze plaque

This bronze commemorative plaque records: Valley Bridge. A bridge 30 feet wide was erected by the Scarborough Valley Bridge Company and opened as a toll bridge 1st July 1865. Purchased by the Corporation 12th June 1891. Tolls abolished 5th October 1919. That bridge was taken down and this bridge 64 feet 6 inches wide erected in its place 1926-8. Opened 26th July 1928 by Mrs Wilfrid Ashley. Alderman E. H. Matthews J.P., M.B.E. Mayor. Alderman Sir Meredith T. Whittaker KT., J.P. Chairman of the Committee Messrs Goode, Fitzmaurice, Wilson & Mitchell. Engineers John Butler & Co Ltd. Contractors Recorded plaque organisation: Scarborough Municipal Borough Council.

Valley Bridge is a significant transportation structure in Scarborough, initially built as a toll bridge in 1865 by the Scarborough Valley Bridge Company and later widened and reconstructed from 1926 to 1928 to better serve increasing traffic demands.