Bridge Street
Introduction
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Bridge Street
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 26 Aug 2012
Running between South Way and High Street it was laid out in the 1860s as part of the enterprise by the LBSCR to build Newhaven into a working port. The street was built as part of the plan to provide a new crossing over the River Ouse to replace the old bridge whose land opposite was being turned into an island by a straightening of the river. For many years this was the A259 until traffic congestion induced the local council to build a series of ring roads and new bridge crossing that opened in 1974. Since then street has become an access road for the remaining local shops and Denton Island if approaching from the east.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.79459
Longitude
0.050053