Editing River Don, Yorkshire (section)

==Bridges==
This section provides details of some of the many bridges crossing the River Don, in west-to-east (river source to river mouth) order.

===Bridges in Upper Don area===
This area stretches from the source of the River Don down to and including Oughtibridge.  There are many minor crossings of the Don in this area, so only a selection of bridges is covered in this section.

[[File:Dunford Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 931202.jpg|thumb|top|right|Dunford Bridge]]

====Dunford Bridge====
The road bridge at the small hamlet of [[Dunford Bridge]] carries the unclassified Windle Edge Road across the River Don.  The source of the Don is about {{convert|4|km|order=flip}} to the west and the retaining dam of Winscar Reservoir is {{convert|400|m|order=flip}} to the west.  The road bridge is {{convert|50|m|order=flip}} below the surface level of the water in the reservoir.

[[File:Thurlstone - Leapings Lane footbridge and ford.jpg|thumb|top|right|Thurlstone Leapings Lane footbridge]]

====Thurlstone Leapings Lane footbridge====
One of many footpath crossings of the Don in the upper part of its course.  This path links the A628 (near St Saviour's Church) with Leapings Lane.  There is a ford by the side of the footbridge and this can be easily crossed by road vehicles for most of the year.

[[File:Penistone - Viaduct.jpg|thumb|top|right|Penistone Viaduct]]

====Penistone Viaduct====
This is a curving 29-arch [[Penistone Viaduct|viaduct]] which is {{convert|300|m|order=flip}} long and {{convert|30|m|order=flip}} high where it crosses the River Don.  It is used by passenger services on the route from Sheffield to Huddersfield ("The [[Penistone Line]]").  It was built in 1850 by Sir John Fowler for the Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway (later the [[Great Central Railway]]).  The viaduct suffered a partial collapse in 1916.  The viaduct crosses the B6462 Thurgoland to Penistone road as well as the River Don.<ref name=DavidJoybook>{{cite book|last=Joy|first=David|title=A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain – Volume 8: South and West Yorkshire|year=1978|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|isbn=0-7153-7783-3|page=143}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Heritage Locations|publisher=Transport Heritage|url=http://www.transportheritage.com/find-heritage-locations.html?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&sobi2Id=470|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Penistone Viaduct|publisher=Graces Guide|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Penistone_Viaduct|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Oxspring - Viaduct (Geograph-2519542-by-Dave-Bevis).jpg|thumb|top|right|Oxspring Viaduct]]

====Oxspring Viaduct====
This is a seven-arch viaduct, built around 1855, which crosses the B6462 Thurgoland to Penistone road as well as the River Don.  The railway that it conveys started off as a local colliery line of the South Yorkshire Railway Company and later became part of a trunk freight route which reached its traffic peak in the early 1950s.  From 1983 the line has been used for local passenger services between Sheffield and Huddersfield via Barnsley.<ref name=DavidJoybook/>

[[File:Geograph-2322171-by-Jonathan-Clitheroe.jpg|thumb|top|right|Oxspring Willow Footbridge]]

====Oxspring Willow Footbridge====
Built about 1734, this narrow stone bridge conveyed the packhorse trail from Leeds to Cheshire. It now forms part of the [[Trans Pennine Trail]].  It is listed Grade II by English Heritage.<ref>{{cite web|title=Willow Bridge listing|publisher=British Listed Buildings|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-334027-willow-bridge-approximately-300-metres-n#.VbNmjSFwaSl|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/924670|title=Willow Bridge photo|publisher=Geograph website|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>

====Romtickle Viaduct====
<!--[[File:Geograph-2228610-by-John-Fielding.jpg|thumb|top|right|Romtickle Viaduct]]-->This substantial viaduct conveys the long-distance [[Trans Pennine Trail]] across the River Don and its valley which is narrow at this point.  The name of the viaduct varies.  Barnsley Council sign-boards call this Romticle Viaduct, local newspapers call it Rumtickle Viaduct and 1940s LNER plans call it Romptickle Viaduct.  Built in 1844 from local stone, it formed part of the Sheffield to Manchester Railway which opened in 1845.  Trains ceased on this section of the line in May 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4037516|title=Romtickle Viaduct photo|publisher=Geograph website|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Wortley - footbridge and stepping stones.jpg|thumb|top|right|Wortley Footbridge]]

====Wortley Footbridge====
This footbridge is on the Barnsley Boundary Walk, upstream of Tin Mill Dam.  It provides a drier alternative to the adjacent set of stepping stones when the river level is high.  The bridge has an above-deck truss design and is constructed largely of tubular steel.  It was manufactured by Tubewrights Ltd of Newport (Monmouthshire).  This was a company that specialised in the fabrication of tubular steel structures.  It had other factories in London, Liverpool and Glasgow and was in business from 1899 until 1981.  In 1961, the company employed 1,200 people.  This pre-fabricated design of footbridge was popular in the years immediately after the Second World War and examples can be found all over Britain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wortley Footbridge|publisher=Graces Guide|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Tubewrights|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3051291|title=Doctors Bridge photo|publisher=Geograph website|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Weir, River Don, Oughtibridge.jpg|thumb|top|right|Oughtibridge – river at normal level]]

====Oughtibridge Station Lane Bridge====
[[File:June 2007 - River Don Weir at Oughtibridge during the flood. - geograph.org.uk - 716028.jpg|thumb|top|right|Oughtibridge – river in flood (2007)]]Station Lane bridge carries the unclassified road from Oughtibridge to Grenoside over the River Don.  The station referred to is the "Oughty Bridge Station" (east of the road bridge) on the former Great Central Railway Company's Sheffield to Manchester route.  It opened in 1845 and closed to passengers in 1959.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oughty Bridge Station|publisher=Disused Stations|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/o/oughty_bridge/index.shtml|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>
Like most of the upper Don, the river at Oughtibridge appears fairly benign, with it having a small flow and being easily fordable below the weir to the south of the bridge.  However, as discussed in the Flooding section above, its wide catchment area and the sometimes-extreme weather in the Pennines makes the river susceptible to occasional flooding.  The two photographs illustrate the contrast.

===Bridges in Hillsborough area===

[[File:Rocher bridge, Beeley Wood.jpg|thumb|top|right|Rocher Bridge]]

====Rocher Bridge====
This footbridge over the River Don is the only crossing in the 4&nbsp;km between Station Lane Bridge in Oughtibridge and Leppings Lane, Hillsborough.   It was originally erected to allow workmen across the river to work in the [[ganister]] mines of [[Beeley Wood]] and the factories in the Clay Wheels Lane area of Sheffield.  This is another benign-looking stretch of the upper Don.  However, during the 2007 floods, the retaining wall of the A6102 Middlewood Road North was washed away just north of Rocher Bridge.  It was over a year before the damage could be repaired and the road re-opened.

====Leppings Lane bridge====
This carries the A6102 over the River Don. Leppings Lane was originally Leapings Lane which got its name from some nearby stepping stones over the river.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2013302|title=Leppings Lane photo|publisher=Geograph website|access-date=4 January 2011}}</ref>

====Hillsborough Stadium footbridge====
[[File:Hillsborough - Stadium footbridge.JPG|thumb|top|right|Hillsborough Stadium footbridge]] This footbridge connects Parkside Road with the main entrance to the football stadium. The bridge was built as part of the major £7&nbsp;million re-development for the Euro 1996 international competition. As regards the stadium itself, the first match played was on 2 September 1899 and in 1966 the stadium was selected as one of the venues for the Football World Cup. Very close to the footbridge is a memorial to the 97 fans that lost their lives at Hillsborough in 1989, during the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. In June 2007, the [[Sheffield flood of 2007|River Don burst its banks]] during a period of severe weather in the area and the whole ground was flooded with several feet of water. As part of the abortive plans for England staging the 2018 World Cup, a new bridge had been planned across the River Don for entry to the West Stand and would have been slightly upstream of the main entrance footbridge.

====Penistone Road North bridge====
This carries the A61 dual carriageway across the River Don. This part of the A61, which fronts the football ground, was widened in time for the 1966 World Cup matches and still features the flagpoles for the event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A61|title=A61|publisher=Sabre Roads website|access-date=5 January 2011}}</ref>

====Cadbury's works bridges====
[[File:Hillsborough - Cadbury factory bridge (west).JPG|thumb|top|right|Cadbury's works bridge (west)]] There are two private bridges that connect the [[Cadbury UK|Cadbury's]] works on either side of the Don. There is a public footpath along the northern bank of the Don which goes under the two bridges. The footpath will eventually form part of the [[Upper Don Walk]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://upperdonwalk.org/default.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728144723/http://upperdonwalk.org/default.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 July 2011|title=Upper Don Walk|publisher=Upper Don Walk Trust website|access-date=5 January 2011}}</ref> The Cadbury's, previously Bassett's, works is one of the major employers in the area. The George Bassett & Co. Ltd sweet factory is one of the longest serving of local firms, known for its manufacture of Liquorice Allsorts. The firm was established in Sheffield in 1842 but did not come to [[Owlerton]] until 1934 when Bassett's son-in-law, Samuel Meggit Johnson, built a large factory on Beulah Road on the south side of the Don. The factory was enlarged in the inter-war period as new products, such as Jelly Babies, Wine Gums and Liquorice Novelties, were added to the range. [[File:New Wardsend Bridge 2017.jpg|thumb|top|right|The new Wardsend bridge]]
In 1989 Bassetts was purchased by the Cadbury Schweppes group and became part of its confectionery subsidiary Cadbury Trebor Bassett. In 2010, Cadbury's was taken over by Kraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessguideuk.co.uk/advice/2010/01/kraft-takeover-cadbury.html|title=Kraft takeover of Cadbury's|publisher=Business Guide UK website|access-date=5 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526014345/http://www.businessguideuk.co.uk/advice/2010/01/kraft-takeover-cadbury.html|archive-date=26 May 2011}}</ref>

====Wardsend Bridge====
This bridge in Hillsborough carries Livesey Street over the Don to Club Mill Road. The previous bridge was a two-arched stone bridge, built in the 18th&nbsp;century to provide access to [[Wardsend Cemetery]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/Links-reopen-as-flooddamaged-bridge.5812537.jp |title=Links reopen as flood-damaged bridge replaced |work=Yorkshire Post |date=10 November 2009}}</ref> and was destroyed by [[2007 United Kingdom Floods|the floods on 25 June 2007]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1366354|title=Geograph photo of new bridge|publisher=Geograph website|access-date=29 November 2010}}</ref> It was rebuilt as a {{convert|31.2|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide}} single-span integral bridge at an estimated cost of £673,000 and re-opened in early 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/index.asp?pgid=143892&mtype=print|title=Reconstruction tender selection|publisher=Sheffield City Council|access-date=29 November 2010}}</ref>

===Bridges in Sheffield area===

====Hillfoot Bridge====
[[File:Neepsend - Hillfoot Bridge.jpg|thumb|top|left|Hillfoot Bridge]] This bridge carries Neepsend Lane (B6074) over the River Don. On 11 March 1864, the previous wooden bridge was swept away by the [[Great Sheffield Flood]], caused by the collapse of [[Dale Dike Dam]].<ref name="FloodPics7">{{cite web|url=http://mick-armitage.staff.shef.ac.uk/sheffield/photogal/picflud7.html |title=Great Sheffield Flood Pictures (7) |publisher=Sheffield University |access-date=29 November 2010}}</ref> The bridge was replaced by a three-arched stone structure in 1885. Alterations made in 1912 included rounded approaches, and lighting was provided by cast-iron gas lamps, contributed by the Neepsend Gasworks, which was located nearby.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1271240 |desc=Hillfoot bridge |access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref>

====Rutland Road Bridge====
[[File:Neepsend - Rutland Road Bridge.jpg|thumb|top|right|Rutland Road Bridge]] This bridge carries Rutland Road (B6070) over the River Don. In the 1800s, this bridge was commonly known as Neepsend Bridge.<ref name="FloodPics7"/> In the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864, the [[Neepsend]] bridge managed to withstand the onslaught although a large amount of debris was piled up against it. The three elliptical arches were built in 1854, although the parapet is slightly later, as it had to be rebuilt following damage sustained during the flood.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1271002 |desc=Rutland Road bridge |access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref>

====Ball Street Bridge====
[[File:Sheffield - Ball Street Bridge over River Don.jpg|thumb|top|left|Ball Street Bridge]] This road bridge carries Ball Street over the River Don. The original footbridge at this point was destroyed in the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864. Samuel Harrison writes: "The Ball Street foot bridge, adjoining Mr. Mills's tannery, was destroyed. Although it was constructed of iron, it was torn down by the force of the water, and bent about as though it were only a piece of pasteboard. A large portion of it might be seen long afterwards lying in the river in a sloping position, and not entirely disconnected from its original position at one end."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mick-armitage.staff.shef.ac.uk/sheffield/photogal/picflud8.html|title=Great Sheffield Flood Pictures (8)|publisher=Sheffield University|access-date=29 November 2010}}</ref> It was rebuilt in 1865, with three cast-iron spans which were manufactured at the Milton Iron Works in [[Elsecar]]. It features pierced Gothic parapets.<ref>{{harvnb |Harman |2004 |p=170}}</ref> The spans are carried on stone piers, and the bridge was widened in 1900.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1246509 |desc=Ball Street bridge |access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref> Kelham Weir (also known as Ball Street Weir) is just downstream of the bridge.

====Borough Bridge====
[[File:Kelham Island - Borough Bridge.jpg|thumb|top|right|Borough Bridge]]
Borough bridge and Corporation Street, which crosses it, were laid out as part of the same development, and named to celebrate the incorporation of Sheffield as a borough. Samual Worth and Samual Furness Holmes were responsible for its design, and the foundation stone carries the date 12 March 1853.<ref name=udw>Upper Don Walk, interpretation board by bridge</ref> The bridge is built of stone, has three segmental arches, and was completed in 1856. It is a [[grade II listed]] structure.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1247312 |desc=Borough bridge |access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref> During the Great Flood, large quantities of debris built up behind it, and then caused the iron bridge below it to be swept away.<ref name=udw/> Corporation Street is now part of the A61, and the bridge forms the west side of the inner relief road roundabout.

====Iron Footbridge====
The iron footbridge in the middle of the roundabout on the A61 inner ring road was first built as a wooden bridge around 1726. It was important, as it enabled people to reach an old road which ran to Leeds and Barnsley, passing through Pitsmoor. In 1795 it was replaced by one of the earliest iron bridges, made by Samual Walker, an ironmaster from [[Rotherham]] and was depicted by an unknown artist, circa 1840.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/bridge-and-white-rails-at-bridgehouses-sheffield-72852 |title=Bridge and White Rails at Bridgehouses. Sheffield |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=[[Art UK]] |access-date=31 January 2014}}</ref> The famous [[The Iron Bridge|iron bridge]] at [[Coalbrookdale]] had been built only 15 years earlier, and there were only 7 or 8 other iron bridges in the world. It was swept away in 1864, and replaced by a new iron bridge, built at the Milton Ironworks near [[Elsecar]]. It was partially rebuilt in 1921, and the iron balustrade is marked "J Butler & Co Ltd, Stanningley Ironworks, Leeds 1921". Its function was replaced by Borough bridge when Sheffield Rolling Mills and Forge built over the path which ran from it to Millsands and Bridge Street, but it remains in place because it also carries a large water main over the river.<ref name=udw/><ref>{{cite book |last1= Fielder |first1= Robin |last2= Pounder |first2= Steve |title= The Furnace Trail |publisher= The Upper Don Walk Trust |year= 2008 }}</ref> This bridge has recently been adopted by a 'Friends Group' and has received a substantial 'make-over'. Various 'street art' installations enhance its historical interest.

====A61 Roundabout east side bridge====
This road bridge carries the A61 inner relief road over the river. It was built as part of a £65&nbsp;million scheme to divert traffic away from the city centre, which included {{convert|0.94|mi|km|sigfig=2}} of dual carriageway running from Penistone Road to the Wicker. The road was opened on 22 November 2007 by Rosie Winterton MP.<ref>{{cite web |title=Inner Relief Road |publisher=Sheffield City Council |url=http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads/schemes/completed/irr |access-date=5 November 2010}}</ref>
[[File:Nursery Street Footbride, Sheffield.jpg|thumb|Nursery Street footbridge]]

====Nursery Street Footbridge====
This footbridge connects the re-development of the former Exchange Brewery site on the west side of the River Don with Nursery Street on the east. The bridge was built around 2005.

====Lady's Bridge====
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[[File:Sheffield - Lady's Bridge.jpg|thumb|top|right|Lady's Bridge]] This bridge carries the A6135 over the River Don and connects Sheffield city centre with [[Wicker (Sheffield)|The Wicker]]. [[Lady's Bridge]] is the oldest bridge crossing the Don within Sheffield, its five arches being constructed in 1485. It was widened on the south-east side in the late 19th&nbsp;century, was restored in the late 20th&nbsp;century, and is a [[Listed Building|Grade II listed structure]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1270796 |desc=Lady's Bridge |access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref> Wicker Weir is just upstream of Lady's Bridge.

====Blonk Street Bridge====
The culverted [[River Sheaf]] joins the Don beside Blonk Street bridge, named after Benjamin Blonk, who was the tenant of Castle Orchards Wheel from the 1750s to the 1770s.<ref>{{harvnb |Ball |Crossley |Flavell |2006 |p=191}}</ref> The three-arched bridge was built by Woodhead and Hurst between 1827 and 1828. It was altered in 1913 and has cast iron balustrades.<ref>{{harvnb |Harman |2004 |p=157}}</ref>

====Willey Street footbridge====
To link The Wicker with Furnival Road, a new {{convert|44|yd|m|adj=on}} steel footbridge was erected on 14 July 2010. The bridge was funded by the Environment Agency, Yorkshire Forward and the European Regional Development Fund as part of a multimillion-pound scheme to regenerate The Wicker and surrounding area. Original plans were for a {{convert|98|yd|m|adj=on}} bridge crossing the river at an angle, but the more direct route was eventually adopted. It is part of some flood defence improvements, and includes a trap for floating debris beneath it. The design is based on butterfly wings, and the project also included a new link to the Five Weirs Walk and the installation of footway lighting.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/Spick-and-span.6421760.jp |title=New Don Footbridge |work=Yorkshire Post |date=15 July 2010 |access-date=17 December 2010}}</ref>

====Derek Dooley Way Bridge====
This bridge takes the [[Sheffield Inner Ring Road]] over the River Don. This part of the ring road was finished in 2000 as Cutlers Gate and was subsequently renamed in 2008 as [[Derek Dooley (footballer)|Derek Dooley]] Way,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Delight-at-Derek-Dooley-Way.4311970.jp |title=Delight at Derek Dooley Way |work=The Star |date=23 July 2008}}</ref> in honour of the late Sheffielder who played football for [[Sheffield Wednesday]] before breaking his leg and going on to perform various backroom roles across the city at [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]. The Derek Dooley Way named section of the ring road runs from the Parkway to the Wicker.

====Wicker Viaduct====
[[File:Sheffield - River Don span of Wicker Viaduct.jpg|thumb|top|right|River Don span of Wicker Viaduct]] The [[Wicker Arches]] are a {{convert|660|yd|m|adj=on}} railway viaduct, designed by the architects Weightman, Hadfield and Goldie to a specification by the engineer [[Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet|Sir John Fowler]] in 1848. They were built by Miller, Blackie and Shortedge, and carried the [[Great Central Railway]] to Manchester across the canal, roads and the River Don at The Wicker.<ref>{{harvnb |Rennison |1996 |pp=200–201}}</ref> The 27 southern arches are wider than the 12 to the north of the Wicker, as [[Sheffield Victoria railway station]] was built on them. The arch that takes the railway over the Don has stone abutments and a lattice girder span which was made in the late 19th&nbsp;century.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1270747 |desc=Wicker Arches |access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref> The [[Cobweb Bridge]] is suspended from this span.

====Cobweb Bridge====
The Cobweb Bridge was completed in 2002. Its design was the solution to the difficult problem of how to pass the [[Five Weirs Walk]], a waymarked cycle path and walkway which follows the river from Lady's Bridge to Meadowhall, under the massive Wicker Arches Viaduct and at the same time link one bank of the River Don to the other. Without the bridge, the footpath would have had to make a {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} detour. Designed by Sheffield City Council's Structures Section, the entire {{convert|330|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} bridge is suspended on a web of steel cables secured to the underside of the viaduct, and it is this feature which gives it its name.

====Bailey Bridge====
[[File:Sheffield - Bailey Bridge.jpg|thumb|top|right|Bailey Bridge]] This is part of a {{convert|550|yd|m|adj=on}} section of the Five Weirs Walk that crosses the river from Effingham Road to Attercliffe Road. The bridge here makes use of an historic Second World War [[Bailey bridge]]. The bridge was placed here on 15 October 2006, was constructed in 1945, was built probably for the D-Day landings and was chosen deliberately to celebrate the world-beating engineering design. The unique features of the invention were that a bridge capable of carrying tanks could be erected in a matter of hours from standard lightweight modules with little more than human muscle power and hand tools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiveweirs.co.uk/bailey%20bridge.htm|title=Sheffield Bailey Bridge|publisher=Five Weirs Walk Trust Ltd|access-date=3 December 2010}}</ref>

====Midland Railway Viaduct====
[[File:Attercliffe - Burton Weir and Norfolk Bridge.jpg|thumb|top|left|Burton Weir, Norfolk Bridge and Midland Railway Viaduct]] This viaduct carries the railway from [[Sheffield]] to [[Meadowhall Interchange]] and the rest of [[Yorkshire]]. The railway was opened by the [[Midland Railway]] in 1870, at the same time as the current [[Sheffield Station]] on Pond Street replaced the [[Sheffield Wicker railway station]]. Under the north-most arch of the 4-arch viaduct is suspended a metal walkway, which is part of the Five Weirs Walk.

====Norfolk Bridge====
This 3-arch bridge was built in 1856 and carries Leveson Street (B6071) over the river. It was named after [[Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1271293 |desc=Norfolk bridge |access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref> He was a British Conservative politician and philanthropist. He served as Postmaster General between 1895 and 1900, but is best remembered for his philanthropical work, which concentrated on Roman Catholic causes and the city of Sheffield. In July 1897 he was appointed the first Lord Mayor of Sheffield. He was made an honorary Freeman of the City of Sheffield in 1900. He also donated funds for the building of the University of Sheffield and was its initial Chancellor between 1905 and 1917. Burton Weir is immediately downstream of Norfolk Bridge.

===Bridges in Attercliffe / Brightside area===

====Washford Bridge====
This carries the A6178 Attercliffe Road over the River Don. Washford or Westforth bridge, at the Sheffield end of Attercliffe, was first recorded in a will of 1535. It was rebuilt in wood in 1608 and 1647, then in stone in 1672, 1789 and 1794.<ref>{{cite web |first=G.&nbsp;R. |last=Vine |url=http://youle.info/history/fh_material/attercliffe_p2.html |title=The Story of Old Attercliffe (pt. 2) |access-date=9 December 2010}}</ref> In 1940 an air raid badly damaged Washford Bridge and the adjoining pub, The Bridge.

====East Coast Road Bridge====
[[File:Attercliffe - Steelworks at East Coast Road Bridge.jpg|thumb|top|right|Steelworks at East Coast Road Bridge]] This bridge carries East Coast Road over the River Don and connects Brightside Lane with Attercliffe Road. The bridge is of metal construction with a central pier. Sanderson's Weir is downstream of this bridge.

====Scrapyard railway bridge====
This bridge carries a railway siding leading to the metal scrap yard on East Coast Road. Currently operated by '''European Metal Recycling''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emrltd.com|title=European Metal Recycling|publisher=European Metal Recycling website|access-date=4 December 2010}}</ref> the scrapyard was previously known as Cooper's Metals<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rcts.org.uk/features/diesels/content.htm?id=diesels/47089|title=Diesel Loco Dismantling|publisher=RCTS website|access-date=4 December 2010}}</ref> and Marple & Gillott and is a specialist in dismantling [[Rolling stock|railway vehicles]].

====Stevenson Road Bridge====
This bridge carries Stevenson Road over the River Don and connects Brightside Lane with Attercliffe Road. It was named after one of the owners of the Attercliffe Steam Corn Mill. The bridge was strengthened in 2004, so that HGV vehicles could continue to use it.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Water-is-held-back-on.854719.jp |title=Water is Held Back |work=Sheffield Star |date=14 September 2004 |access-date=4 December 2010}}</ref>

====Newhall Road Bridge====
[[File:Attercliffe - Newhall Road Bridge.jpg|thumb|top|right|Newhall Road Bridge]] This bridge carries Newhall Road (B6083) over the River Don and connects Brightside Lane with Attercliffe Road. In the 17th&nbsp;century, Newhall Road Bridge was a packhouse bridge in a very rural setting. The road takes its name from "a handsome red-brick house known as Newhall, which stood where in later years Newhall School was built". The house was inhabited by the Fell family. The Fells were a family of wealthy iron masters, dating from the 17th&nbsp;century. They were known to have gained their wealth and position from the oldest iron works in Sheffield, named the Attercliffe Forge.

====Amberley Street footbridge====
This bridge enables the Five Weirs Walk to cross the River Don. To the west of the bridge, the walk follows the banks of the Don for several miles, while to the east, it goes on a lengthy diversion along roads away from the river to avoid the [[Sheffield Forgemasters]] steelworks which occupy the land on both sides of the Don. There is some debate about whether the original wooden Abyssinia Bridge (see section below) crossed the river at the same place as the current Amberley Street footbridge.

====Abyssinia Bridge====
This bridge carries the A6102 [[Sheffield Outer Ring Road]] dual carriageway (Hawke Street / Jansen Street) over the River Don. The bridge got its name from the 1868 invasion of [[Ethiopian Empire|Abyssinia]] by British troops. The first Abyssinia Bridge was built of wood in 1868. It was later replaced by a metal bridge which remained the footpath link between [[Attercliffe]] and [[Brightside, South Yorkshire|Brightside]] until Hawke Street and Jansen Street were joined by a road bridge in 1908. There is some debate about whether the original wooden Abyssinia Bridge crossed the river at the same place as the current Amberley Street footbridge.

====Forgemaster works bridges====
There are three bridges (two road and one pipe) in that section of the Don between Abyssinia Bridge and Brightside Weir which is inaccessible to the public. They are used to connect the Sheffield Forgemasters steelworks which occupy the land on both sides of the Don.

====Weedon Street Bridge====
Also known as Brightside Bridge, this carries Weedon Street, which links Brightside Lane with Attercliffe Common. This bridge is downstream of Brightside Weir. The bridge is mentioned in the records of the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864 as follows: "The watchman on duty near Brightside Bridge had a very narrow escape. When passing the bridge he was startled by a singular sound as though the steam from a distant engine had suddenly been let off, and immediately after the flood came rushing down. The water rose rapidly over the bridge and the road. To escape he mounted the wall, intending to walk along it to some place of safety; but in another moment he felt the wall tremble beneath him. He then jumped off it, and rushed through the waters nearly breast high towards the Midland railway, which he succeeded in reaching, and down which he walked to Sheffield".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mick-armitage.staff.shef.ac.uk/sheffield/book/w-page21.html|title=Great Sheffield Flood|publisher=Sheffield University|access-date=5 December 2010}}</ref>

===Bridges in Meadowhall / Tinsley area===

====Sheffield District Railway bridge====
[[File:Brightside - railway bridge over River Don.jpg|thumb|top|right|Sheffield District Railway bridge]] This single-span metal bridge carried the [[Sheffield District Railway]] over the River Don. It was opened in 1900, was integrated into the [[London & North Eastern Railway|LNER]] in 1923 and, in [[British Rail]] days, it connected [[Tinsley Marshalling Yard]] with the [[Midland Main Line]] at Brightside Junction. The railway lines were lifted in 1999, but the bridge was still intact in 2013.

====Meadowhall Way (SW) bridge====
This was opened at the same time as the [[Meadowhall (shopping centre)|Meadowhall Shopping Centre]].

====Meadowhall works bridge====
This bridge provides a pedestrian route between Meadowhall Road and that part of the [[Five Weirs Walk]] that skirts the Meadowhall Shopping Centre. Erected by Newton Chambers & Co Ltd, Thorncliffe Ironworks,<ref>Metal plaque on side of bridge</ref> the bridge originally provided access to one of the works (Dunford Hadfields, Shardlows or Arthur Lees) that used to occupy the shopping centre site.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sheffield/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8961000/8961600.stm |title=20th Anniversary of Meadowhall |work=BBC News |access-date=6 December 2010 |date=3 September 2010}}</ref> This bridge is just downstream of Hadfield's Weir.

====Meadowhall Interchange footbridge====
[[File:Meadowhall - Interchange and Don Footbridge.jpg|thumb|top|right|[[Meadowhall Interchange]] footbridge]] This cable-stayed enclosed footbridge connects [[Meadowhall Interchange]] with the Meadowhall Shopping Centre. It provides pedestrian access to Meadowhall from the Wincobank area of Sheffield, the railway station, the tram station and the bus station. The footbridge crosses the A6109 Meadowhall Road and the Five Weirs Walk, as well as the River Don.

====Meadowhall Way (N) bridge====
These two bridges were opened at the same time as the Meadowhall Shopping Centre.

====Meadowhall Coach Park bridges====
These two bridges (foot and road) were opened at the same time as the Meadowhall Shopping Centre. They connect the coach park and overflow car park to the shopping centre.

====Supertram Bridge====
[[File:Tinsley - River Don bridges.jpg|thumb|top|right|[[Sheffield Supertram|Tram]], [[Midland Main Line|railway]] and [[Tinsley Viaduct|M1]] bridges at Tinsley]] This bridge carries the [[Sheffield Supertram]] line over the River Don. The Fitzalan Square to Meadowhall section of the tram network was opened on 21 March 1994.

====South Yorkshire Railway bridge====
This bridge carries the Sheffield to Rotherham freight-only railway line. The railway was originally part of the [[South Yorkshire Railway]], which later became part of the [[Great Central Railway]].

====M1 Tinsley Viaduct====
[[Tinsley Viaduct]] carries the M1 London to Leeds motorway and the A631 road over the River Don. This two-tier viaduct is over {{convert|0.6|mi|km|sigfig=1}} long and was opened in 1968, at a cost of £6&nbsp;million. It was strengthened in 1983 and again in 2006. The 2006 refurbishment involved the addition of 2,500&nbsp;tonnes of steel and 3,500&nbsp;tonnes of reinforced concrete, took three years to complete and cost £81&nbsp;million.

====Blackburn Meadows bridge====
This works bridge may once have provided road access to [[Blackburn Meadows Power Station]]. The area around this bridge would have been affected by the Halfpenny Link Road development proposed in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/council-meetings/cabinet/agendas-2005/agenda-11th-may-2005/lower-don-valley|title=Lower Don Valley Masterplan|publisher=Sheffield City Council|access-date=6 December 2010}}</ref>

====Halfpenny Bridge====
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[[File:Tinsley - Halfpenny Footbridge.jpg|thumb|top|right|Halfpenny Bridge]] This bridge carries the [[Trans-Pennine Trail]] over the final non-navigable section of the River Don. The [[Sheffield Canal]] joins the Don immediately downstream of this footbridge. A century ago it would have cost half a penny for anyone to use the ferry crossing the Tinsley waterway. But 70 years ago, the ferry – and the charge – was scrapped with the building of a bridge. On 15 October 2001, the current bridge was opened to replace the older unsafe bridge. The current bridge is still named Halfpenny Bridge, but cost half a million pounds. The bridge is of steel bowstring construction, with a {{convert|49|yd|m|adj=on}} span.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Halfpenny-Bridge-is-priceless.198995.jp |title=Halfpenny Bridge |work=Yorkshire Post |date=15 October 2001 |access-date=6 December 2010}}</ref> The Sheffield Halfpenny Bridge is not to be confused with the [[Halfpenny Bridge]] near Lechlade in Gloucestershire, which marks the start of the navigable River Thames.