Miller’s Crossing Bridge
Opened in November 2002, this foot and cycle bridge is the latest crossing of the River Exe. It is situated over Blackaller Weir, by the Mill on the Exe and links Bonhay Road with the island separating the Exe from the Exwick Flood Channel. There is a second bridge over the flood channel to Flowerpot Fields. The main bridge is 54 meters long and has two large 6 metre 'mill' wheels to anchor the cabling supporting the bridge.
It is an attractive design that technically is a cable stayed bridge - the design of the concrete wheels echoes the many fulling and grist mills that lined the Exe in former times. Designed by Don Sharland and Clive Ryall, bridge engineers of Devon County Council, it was built by Land and Marine Structures Ltd under the main contractor of South West Highways. It was named after a public competition run by the Express and Echo. |
