1960 Garret Hostel Bridge

This bridge carries Garret Hostel Lane, which runs between Trinity and Trinity Hall, and then passes over the Cam towards the University Library.

It was built in 1960 to designs by T G Morgan. There is a concrete portal frame, which has a single span of 80 feet. The concrete contains an agggregate of Cornish granite, which has been exposed by pneumatic hammering to enhance the finish. The upper deck is paved with York Stone, and the handrails are of satin-polished bronze.

This bridge replaced the 1835-37 cast-iron and ashlar bridge, in the Gothic idiom, by William Chadwell Mylne.

The bridge on this site is recorded to have been rebuilt 6 times before that, in 1591, 1626, 1646, 1769, 1814 and 1821. The 1769 construction, by James Essex, was of brick and timber, and known as the Mathematical Bridge. This is not to be confused with the bridge currently known as the Mathematical Bridge.

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