Bridging the GapThe modern road bridge that spans the River Torridge downstream from the ancient listed bridge at Bideford , North Devon , has been praised in the first ' Good Bridges Guide ' published by the Department of Transport . The bridge , built to a height of 100ft above high water level to allow the continued use of Bideford as a port , has already won an award from the concrete society. The book's author , John Wallsgrove , principal architect with the DOT's bridge engineering division , says the Torridge Bridge " is a very elegant structure , touching the ground very lightly and

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Bridging the GapThe modern road bridge that spans the River Torridge downstream from the ancient listed bridge at Bideford , North Devon , has been praised in the first ' Good Bridges Guide ' published by the Department of Transport . The bridge , built to a height of 100ft above high water level to allow the continued use of Bideford as a port , has already won an award from the concrete society. The book's author , John Wallsgrove , principal architect with the DOT's bridge engineering division , says the Torridge Bridge " is a very elegant structure , touching the ground very lightly and allowing the landscape to pass through " 30 January 1994 Picture by Roger Bamber

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