Minor Waterways Structures

Wagg Bridge, High Ham

 

       
Bridge Name:   Wagg Bridge, High Ham
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Location:   Wagg Near Pitney ST 4406 2753
Build Date:   1912
Engineer:   Designed by Edward Stead, when he was Assistant County Surveyor
     
       
 
Description:    
Road bridge across Wagg Rhyne.

Reinforced concrete arch bridge. Copings, stringcourses and quoins are of ashlar masonry with the remainder of the masonry rock faced. The end of the concrete deck is exposed in elevation. The bridge is 11 feet in span.1

Build cost �3502

     
References:   1. Somerset HER Ref: 14366
2. Somerset Roads the Legacy of the Turnpikes – Western Division – J B Bentley & B J Murless