Editing River Don, Yorkshire (section)

===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>