Beeding Bridge

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 15 Dec 2007

There were originally two bridges crossing the Adur at this point; Bramber Bridge was originally the more important crossing another arm of the river to the west and being 170 foot long stone bridge with a small chapel in the middle; and the lesser Beeding Bridge built of wood crossed the eastern arm of the river. The former's importance shrank as the western arm silted up and was eventually buried around the 17th century. The latter's importance increased and the wooden structure was replaced with a brick one in 1785. The iron footbridge was added in 1926 as the narrow bridge originally carried the A283 over the river until a by-pass was built to the south in the mid 1980s. Beeding Bridge also marks the boundary between Bramber to the left and Upper Beeding to the right.

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