Skip to content

BATH NEWSEUM

  • How to contact

My views are my own! Contact: rich.wyatt8@gmail.com

Tag: destructor bridge

New bridge route must not be a ‘rat-run’

Just taken my first cycle trip across Bath’s new Destructor Bridge – down at the Crest Nicholson Riverside development. It’s … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
Bath, Crest Nicholson, destructor bridge, rat-run, traffic

A bridge with history.

Four years ago contractors began dismantling the old Destructor Bridge across the River Avon. It would be making way for … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
art, Bath, Bath Riverside, Bridge, Crest Nicholson, destructor bridge, development, River Avon, Sculpture

Partial opening for new bridge.

Bath’s new Destructor Bridge – linking the Crest Nicholson residential development of Bath Riverside with the Upper Bristol Road – … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
Crest Nicholson, destructor bridge

Destructor bridge gets kerb appeal

Kerbstones, lamp-posts and bus stops going in to line the new approach road currently being laid out to connect the … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
Bath Riverside, Crest Nicholson, destructor bridge

Bridge access, bikes and buddleia.

Well the good news is that the new Destructor bridge – linking Western Riverside with the Upper Bristol Road – … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
B&NES, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset Council, Crest Nicholson, destructor bridge, River Avon, Western Riverside

New Destructor bridge still not completely ‘docked’.

My thanks to Chris Rogers for two lovely shots of the new Destructor Bridge which finally spans the River Avon … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
B&NES, Bath, Crest Nicholson, destructor bridge, River Avon, Western Riverside

Second attempt at bridge push postponed. Is bridge ‘dip’ an issue?

A second attempt to slide the new ‘Destructor Bridge’ across the River Avon at Bath Riverside has been postponed. I’m hearing … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bath Riverside, Crest Nicholson, destructor bridge

New date sought for bridge push.

  Got an update on when contractors might make a second attempt to push out the new prefabricated single-span bridge … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bath Riverside, Crest Nicholson, destructor bridge

Second bridge roll-out attempt May 5 & 6?

  Looks like it won’t be until after May Day before contractors have another go at rolling out the new … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
Bath, Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bath Riverside, Crest Nicholson, destructor bridge, flint neill

New bridge slide-out starts today!!

The new prefabricated crossing – to replace the old Destructor bridge across the River Avon at Bath’s Western Riverside – is … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
Bath, Crest Nicholson, destructor bridge, Western Riverside

Old bottles and a new bridge.

Only months after the River Avon gave up some of its murky secrets – in a flood relief dredge that … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
B&NES, Bath, bath heritage watchdog, Britannia Construction, Crest Nicholson, destructor bridge, River Avon, Sunflower Creative Agency, Western Riverside

Bridge works!

Things continue to go well as far as making ready the space ‘vacated’ by the old Destructor Bridge for a … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
B&NES, Bath, Crest Nicholson, destructor bridge, Sunflower Newsroom, Western Riverside

Documenting the old Destructor.

People using the towpath on the Upper Bristol Road side of the River Avon and where it passed under the … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
Bath, Crest Nicholson, destructor bridge, River Avon, Sunflower Film and Creative Agency Limited., Western Riverside

Date with demolition

So now we know. The old Destructor Bridge, which crosses the River Avon in Bath, near the old city gas … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
Bath, Crest Nicholson, destructor bridge, Green Park tube station, Midland Railway, Museum of Bath at Work, Pedestrian, River Avon, Truss bridge

Bath toll-keeper’s daughter?

The housing development taking place at Western Riverside – around what was the city’s gas storage facilities – has prompted … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
Bath, Bath Gas Works, Crest, destructor bridge, James Dredge, Museum, Museum of Bath at Work, River Avon, Suspension bridge, Toll house, Western Riverside

Goodbye to the old ‘Destructor’ and hello to a new Victoria Bridge.

Bath’s old Destructor Bridge – which links the Upper and Lower Bristol roads into the city – is due to … More

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
Bath, Bath Somerset, Bristol, destructor bridge, Georgian architecture, heritage, history, industrial, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Midland Railway, railways, River Avon

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 2,089 other subscribers

Archives

Powered by WordPress.com.
 

Loading Comments...
 

    %d bloggers like this: