The new bridge has been designed and project managed by Devon County Council following several years of negotiations, detailed investigations and design development.
Town Quay Bridge, which links Newton Abbot and Kingsteignton, has been developed and funded by Devon County Council with a US$787,000 contribution from charity Sustrans. The Sustrans contribution came as part of the charity’s work in developing new everyday walking and cycling links in communities across the UK, with funding from the Big Lottery.
The new 90m-long steel cable-stay bridge provides a link to improved paths in Hackney Marshes local nature reserve, which opened in 2011. The route, which has been constructed over the past three years, is part of the developing walking and cycling network in the area. It will eventually form part of a route down the estuary to the sea and up the Teign and Bovey rivers to Dartmoor, as part of the National Cycle Network.
