And latter this afternoon we're going to be shimming, or we've already shimmed the base plates and we just going to be grouting up the pockets were the arch disappears into the wall and that will set it firm into the abutments.Tomorrow we're going to come back and start the rest of the work on the bridge, there's still about another 3 or 4 days work to do we think.

Godmanchester Chinese Bridge is a landmark of the town of Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire (now administered as part of Cambridgeshire, England). Chinese Bridge A description of Chinese Bridge Probably the most recognisable photographs of Godmanchester is that of the famous Chinese Bridge which joins the town to the Recreation Gorund. A new replica was built off-site in two parts and was installed on 15–16 February 2010.The town centre is approximately 1.1 miles (1.8 km) from The town of Huntingdon is accessed via the expansive meadow and railway station by foot or cycle.

One of the town's largest public works of art and of landscaping is its Chinese Bridge, which connects to a water meadow. 646 reviews .50 miles away . Expert commentators writ… The Chinese Bridge is a landmark of our town and has stood since 1827. At least one bus per hour links the town with Cambridge directly. We also won the environmental trophy from the district council and it has restored to Godmanchester one of its more picturesque viewsWhat it was we didn't take into account there would be a steal plate underneath the bridge so the chain saws obviously couldn't cut all the way through the wood, so we had to go back and get a steal saw to cut through the steel plates on the bottom and as you could see the chain saws got blunted by one of the blades so we had to renew the blades on it.Hello I'd like to introduce myself as David Brown the Mayor of Godmanchester.Having lived in the town for 16 years now, my wife and I have always associated Godmanchester with this bridge and as you can see behind me we have the first halfI'm Simon Newby I'm the structural Engineer fore CTS Bridges and we carried out the design on the bridge andI'm looking relatively relaxed now because we've successfully installed it in between the two abutments which are a fixed distance apart. The claims are believed to be false; a bridge in Queens' College, Cambridge, had the same urban myth.

We further investigate Godmanchesters second bridge linking The following links are extracts from the DVD showing interviews with David Brown and Christopher Vane Percy.Click the image below for a short gallery of Chinese Bridge PhotosMy name is Christopher Vane Percy I'm the seventh generation of my family to live in this house which was builtIn the middle of the 17th century Britain and northern Europe were gripped with China mania, this was due to the improved trade conditions with the far east and during the middle of the 18th century the rococo style which came into fashion was very much synonymous with Chinese Chippendale of which this bridge is a good sample of the style.By the end of the 18th century the neo classical style had taken over and the Chinese taste had faded. The bridge was finally winched into the river in the early 60s and in the mid 80s we started this new project to reconstruct a replica of John Jackson's bridge.The bridge which has won an award for the craftsmanship award which was given by the Cambridge Architectural Association was obviously a feather in our cap. He was originally commissioned to be “Clark of the Works" and oversee the construction of Huntingdon’s Prison, which can still be found at St-Peters road today. But as I say it was not possible to install it in one big piece.For me this was quite an important project because although our company is based in Yorkshire, A new replica was built off-site in two parts and was installed on 15–16 February 2010.