Miller Bridge, Kendal.

The Cumbrian town of Kedal has many bridges. Most of which hold some history and character. Here we see one of the main ones carrying the traffic of the A6 and connecting East and West of the town. Of course, I was not really bothered about that fact, but more the late lighting was my main aim here.

There are three masonry arch bridges in Kendal, of which Miller Bridge is the most recently constructed. Situated on the River Kent, it was built in 1818 by Francis Webster, a prominent Kendal stonemason (b.1767). Its robust construction protected it from the flooding that had destroyed previous bridges on the same site.
There was originally a timber bridge at this point on the river, connecting the town and the castle corn mill. Because the timber structure was repeatedly washed away by floods, it was rebuilt in stone in 1743, and again in 1818, the date of the present bridge. (http://www.engineering-timelines.com)