The Cobweb Bridge, also known as Spider Bridge, is located in the city centre of

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, near the disused

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. Completed in 2002, its design solves a difficult problem: passing the riverside cycle- and footpath (the

Five Weirs Walk The Five Weirs Walk runs alongside the River Don in Sheffield, England. From Lady's Bridge in Sheffield City Centre (), it heads downstream, northeast, over the Cobweb Bridge, through Attercliffe to Meadowhall (). As the name of the walk ...

) under the massive

Wicker Arches Wicker Arches form a long railway viaduct across the Don Valley in the City of Sheffield, England. They take their name from the thoroughfare Wicker, which passes through the main arch of the viaduct and was, until the completion of the Sheff ...

viaduct while linking one bank of the River Don to the other. Without the Cobweb Bridge, the footpath would have had to make a one-mile detour. Designed by Sheffield City Council's Structures Section, the entire long bridge is suspended on a web of steel cables secured to the underside of the viaduct, hence the name. Completing the theme, large steel likenesses of spiders conceal the overhead lighting. While the bridge has been prone to

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in the past (the wires forming the parapet having been stolen more than once), the bridge was repaired in 2015 to reduce the risk of future vandalism. The newly restored bridge no longer uses wires in the parapet, having been replaced with metal plates with spiderweb designs.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cobweb Bridge, Sheffield Bridges in Sheffield Bridges over the River Don, South Yorkshire Bridges completed in 2002 Pedestrian bridges in England 2002 establishments in England

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