- In 1952 on one of his cycling trips across the country, my father was in Bristol and took some photos of the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
- The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset.
- The bridge joins Bristol and North Somerset and is owned and operated by Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust.
- Probably Bristol’s most iconic structure, the suspension bridge in Clifton opened in 1864 and has operated as a toll bridge ever since.
- Originally designed by the world-famous engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it took 33 years to finish the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
- Brunel’s sketch of cradle for working on the bridge (University of Bristol). Bridge under construction (Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust).
- Brunel died aged only 53 in 1859, but the Clifton Suspension Bridge was completed as his memorial.
- The famous Clifton suspension bridge. Me and the Mrs first time seeing this beautiful piece of architectural brilliance.
- The Clifton Suspension Bridge spans the River Avon in Bristol, southwest England. Completed in 1864, 110 years after a bridge at the site was first planned...