Trinity College Bridge

Trinity Bridge is the eleventh bridge overall and the seventh bridge over the River Cam's middle stream in Cambridge. The bridge is part of the Avenue, which connects the main buildings of Trinity College with the Trinity College Fellows' Garden, across Queen's Road.^[1] It is a Grade I listed building.^[2]

Trinity Bridge
Trinity Bridge in Cambridge, England
Coordinates	52°12′23.92″N 0°06′49.87″E
Crosses	River Cam
Locale	Trinity College, Cambridge
Preceded by	Garret Hostel Bridge
Followed by	Kitchen Bridge
Characteristics
Design	triple-arch bridge
Material	Portland and Ketton stone
History
Designer	James Essex
Construction end	1765
Location

The triple-arch road bridge was built of Portland and Ketton stone in 1764-5 to the designs of James Essex. The material for the bridge's construction was partially sourced from the old bridge of 1651-2. The old bridge itself replaced an earlier one, destroyed by the Parliamentarian forces in the English Civil War.^[1]

Hooper family coat of arms

The cost for the bridge's construction was defrayed from a bequest from Dr. Francis Hooper (1694-1763), a Senior Fellow at Trinity College. Consequently, the bridge bears the triple-turreted coat of arms of the Hooper family, as well as that of Trinity College.^[1][3]

See also

• List of bridges in Cambridge
• Template:River Cam map
• Trinity College, Cambridge