Corporation Bridge

The Corporation Bridge in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire is a lifting bridge in the town’s former fish docks. Road vehicles can pass freely over the bridge and it is part of one of Grimsby’s busiest traffic
used to have trams run over it and bits of tramlines can still be seen. It is quite attractive and has fine views over the river and the boats moored there like one of the old Humber ferries. the Lincoln Castle and the Barge pub.
Of course some idiot planner in the town built another bridge close to it that does not open and is too low for shipping!
The bridge was originally a swing bridge opened in 1873. At that time, it faced the Central Market and the Clock Tower. Following an incident in which a winch stripped a number of cogs from the bridge’s machinery, it was opened by a tugboat.
The bridge’s present form was constructed by dock engineer Alfred C. Gardener in 1925. After being built at a cost of almost £60,000, it was opened by the Prince of Wales three years later.
Many of the workers involved in its construction had their names engraved onto the girders.
It required ten men to drive the mechanism to raise the bridge. However, the bridge has not been raised since the early 1990s and its present mechanical condition is unknown. North East Lincolnshire Council has stated that it plans to restore the bridge to its former glory. It has been repaired and repainted.
It is briefly seen in the opening scenes of the video to Erasure’s song The Circus.