Michaelson Road Bridge

Michaelson Road Bridge
Michaelson Road Bridge

Devonshire Dock and DDH as seen from the bridge
Official name Michaelson Road Bridge
Other name(s) Barrow Island Bridge
Carries Michaelson Road - motor vehicles, pedestrians
Crosses Devonshire and Buccleuch Docks
Locale Barrow-in-Furness
Design Bascule bridge
Total length 315 m (1,033 ft)
Opened 1884
Coordinates 54°06′30″N 3°13′43″W / 54.1082°N 3.2286°W / 54.1082; -3.2286Coordinates: 54°06′30″N 3°13′43″W / 54.1082°N 3.2286°W / 54.1082; -3.2286

Michaelson Road Bridge is a road bridge connecting Central Barrow to Barrow Island in south Cumbria, England. It was constructed between 1800 and 1884 and is the shortest but oldest of the town's two main road bridges.[1] It was built at a time when Barrow Island was actually an island at there was strong call for road access between mainland Barrow at the shipyard on Barrow Island. Traffic on the bridge was soon relieved when and old Victorian dock was filled in and space was created for the huge Devonshire Dock Hall complex, traffic now runs along the north side of the building on the A590.

Trams formerly operated across the bridge, but now it solely used for vehicles and pedestrians. A second Devonshire Dock footbridge is planned in the multi-million pound Waterfront Barrow-in-Furness development.


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