The Clifton Suspension Bridge is rightfully seen a point of ... that he never got to see the project completed. Brunel's original design featured an Egyptian theme which was all the fashion ...

His original design had included sphinxes on the ... shapes and the curve at the top," said Laura Hilton from Clifton Suspension Bridge. "They were going to be decorated with iron panels showing ...

Clifton Suspension Bridge has towered 245ft above the River ... the eventual bridge deviated markedly from Brunel’s original design. Construction was stopped by the Bristol riots, and the ...

In December 1864, and nearly 35 years after construction had started, the world’s longest chain bridge opened in Bristol. The origins of Clifton Suspension Bridge ... the latter having proposed a more ...

Trish Johnson, Bridgemaster, Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust, said: “This is a once-in-a-lifetime project that will safeguard important original features designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as ...

His original design had included sphinxes on the ... shapes and the curve at the top," said Laura Hilton from Clifton Suspension Bridge. "They were going to be decorated with iron panels showing ...