Dunham Bridge

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Dunham Bridge
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Dunham Bridge
Coordinates 53°15′40″N0°46′22″W / 53.2611°N 0.77265°W / 53.2611; -0.77265
Carries A57
Crosses River Trent
Other name(s)Dunham Toll Bridge
History
Opened1832
Statistics
TollYes
Location
Dunham Bridge

Dunham Bridge is a toll bridge across the River Trent in England. It spans the border between Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the west and east respectively. It forms part of the A57 road, in the section between the Great North Road and Lincoln. It takes its name from the nearby village of Dunham-on-Trent.

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The General Estates Company, which also runs the Bathampton and Whitchurch toll bridges, has a stake in the ownership of Dunham Bridge. [1]

History

Until the bridge was built and opened in 1832, the crossing of the river was by Dunham Ferry. This was an important crossing of the Trent. It was used by King William III in 1695 when he was met at Dunham by the Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne. [2]

In 1814, the fare was reported at half a crown. [3]

The bridge was established in the 1830s, under the powers of the Dunham Bridge Act 1830, [4] when a group of local businessmen organised the original four-span, cast-iron construction [5] [6] by the civil engineer, George Leather (1786–1870). [7]

The first person to cross the bridge was Eliza Woolas of Laneham, who used a sixteen-inch batten to span the remaining gap on a Sunday – presumably when no workmen were present. [8]

River Trent flooded (from Dunham Bridge) 1977 River Trent flooded Dunham Bridge 1979 C.C.Moss.jpg
River Trent flooded (from Dunham Bridge) 1977

The superstructure was rebuilt on its original piers in 1977–79 to trunk road standards. [5] [6] A new toll plaza was opened in 1994 by the Right Honourable Mr. Michael Dennis, doubling the number of lanes through the booths from two to four. [5] During the rebuilding, a temporary bridge was built with single lane usage, controlled with temporary traffic signals.

Tolls

In June 2023, it was confirmed that tolls would be increasing for the first time since 2013. [9] Tariffs are regulated by the Department for Transport. [10] Passage is free at all times for pedestrians, cyclists, motor-cyclists and three-wheeled invalid carriages. On Christmas Day and Boxing Day, passage is free for all traffic. [5]

Dunham Bridge has been closed several times due to flooding, mainly on the Lincolnshire side: in 1897, 1977, 2001, 2012, and in January 2024. It was also closed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Next road crossing upstream River Trent Next road crossing downstream
Winthorpe Bridge
A1
Dunham Bridge
Grid reference SK819744
Trent Bridge, Gainsborough
A631

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