Com­ple­ted in 1894, the side-spans of this bridge re­pre­sent a rare ex­ample of a three-hinged sus­pen­sion bridge where the ten­sion mem­ber its­elf is stif­fe­ned by being de­si­gned as a truss. A de­ter­mi­nate sys­tem, si­mi­lar to the three-hinged arch.

Close-up of ten­sion truss sho­w­ing the truss stif­fe­ning for mo­ment and shear forces, and the lo­ca­tion of the in­ter­nal hinge (in red). Note the lack of stif­fe­ning gir­der at road level.

Close-up of in­ter­nal hinge at the low point in the ten­sion truss.

The cen­ter span of the bridge con­sists of a bas­cule bridge that opens for major river traf­fic. The can­ti­le­vers con­sist of li­near taper trus­ses.