1958 Silver Street Bridge

Silver Street Bridge, or Small Bridge (presumably thus named in contrast to Great Bridge), carries Silver Street over the Cam immediately South-West of Queens' College

The bridge was built 1958-59 to a design by Sir Edward Lutyens. It is of concrete faced with Portland stone, and sits on a raft foundation.

It replaced a bridge of cast-iron, brick and stone that was built in 1841. The iron span for this bridge was cast by Charles Finch at his Market Hill foundry.

Before that, there were a series of timber bridges at this location, going back to the 14th Century.

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