# Carrow Bridge
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{{Short description|Bridge in Norwich, England}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}}
{{Infobox bridge
| name = Carrow Bridge
| image = File:Carrow Bridge, Norwich - geograph.org.uk - 5292820.jpg
| caption = Carrow Bridge in 2013
| coordinates = {{coord|52.62118|N|1.30644|E|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference = TG 2390 0773
| carries = Carrow Road
| crosses = [River Wensum](/source/River_Wensum)
| location = [Norwich](/source/Norwich), England
| upstream = Novi Sad Friendship Bridge
| downstream = [Trowse Bridge](/source/Trowse_Bridge)
| material =
| width = {{Convert|12.5|m|ft}}
| clearance_below = {{Convert|4.27|m|ft}}
| built = 1923
| replaces = Old Carrow Bridge
| references = [{{Cite web |title=Bridge heights and openings |url=https://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/boating/navigating-the-broads/bridge-heights-and-opening-times |access-date=2025-09-30 |website=[Broads Authority](/source/Broads_Authority)}}]
}}
'''Carrow Bridge''' is a bridge over the [River Wensum](/source/River_Wensum) in [Norwich](/source/Norwich), England, carrying Carrow Road. The original Old Carrow Bridge was built in 1810 and replaced in 1833 by an iron [bascule bridge](/source/bascule_bridge). A new Carrow Bridge was built further north in 1923 to replace the old one, alongside what is now the only surviving bridge house in the city, Carrow Bridge House.
== History ==
Demand for a larger bridge across the Wensum was present as early as 1776, with the historic crossing points at [Trowse Bridge](/source/Trowse_Bridge) and [Bishopgate Bridge](/source/Bishop_Bridge%2C_Norwich) providing only limited access to and from the city centre. That year, a letter to the Norwich Corporation asked for an [act of Parliament](/source/Act_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for the building of another bridge.[{{Cite book |last=Barringer |first=Christopher |title=Norwich since 1550 |date=2004 |publisher=[Hambledon & London](/source/Continuum_International_Publishing_Group) |isbn=978-1-85285-450-8 |editor-last=Rawcliffe |editor-first=Carole |edition=1st |location= |pages=23 |language=en |chapter=The Changing Face of Norwich |editor-last2=Wilson |editor-first2=Richard}}] Carrow Bridge was first built in 1810 as a bypass for [Foundry Bridge](/source/Foundry_Bridge%2C_Norwich). It was likely made of wood.[{{Cite web |title=Old Carrow Bridge |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF842-Old-Carrow-Bridge |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=Norfolk Heritage Explorer}}]
[[File:James Stark (1794-1859) - Carrow Bridge, Norwich - NWHCM , 1951.235.1294 , F - Norfolk Museums Collections.jpg|left|thumb|A painting of Carrow Bridge on the Wensum in circa 1834, by [James Stark](/source/James_Stark_(painter))]]
The 1810 bridge was replaced in 1833 by a single-leaf roller iron [bascule bridge](/source/bascule_bridge),[{{Cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |title=Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East |last2=Wilson |first2=Bill |publisher=[Yale University Press](/source/Yale_University_Press) |year=2002 |isbn=9780300096071 |pages=279}}] designed by Arthur Browne.[{{Cite web |title=Carrow Bridge |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF843-Carrow-Bridge |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=Norfolk Heritage Explorer}}] This was ostensibly unemployment relief work, due to pressure from [Colman's](/source/Colman's) which wanted to extend their [works](/source/Carrow_Works) over the public road.[{{Cite web |last=Storey |first=Eleanor |date=2024-03-02 |title=Third appeal for Carrow Bridge House in Norwich to be demolished |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgl5774y076o |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News) |language=en-GB}}] The house was built around 1923 to provide accommodation for the bridge master. It is a two-storey cottage with an unusual parallelogram footprint, a [pantile](/source/pantile) roof and [pebbledash](/source/pebbledash) walls.[{{Cite web |title=Carrow Bridge House |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF75592-Carrow-Bridge-House |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=Norfolk Heritage Explorer}}]
Three applications have been made to knock the house down. [Norfolk County Council](/source/Norfolk_County_Council) applied to knock it down for landscaping in 2018, and it was sold the following year; its owner of 50 years asked potential buyers to leave it standing. Its new owner Wexham Homes submitted plans to [Norwich City Council](/source/Norwich_City_Council) for it to be demolished and replaced with a new building in 2023 and 2024. All three applications were denied.