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The Ashton Avenue Bridge is a former road-rail bridge located in Bristol, England.〔 Grade II listed,〔〔 it was constructed as part of the Bristol Harbour Railway, and is now part of a local access cycle path. ==Background== The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a business proposal by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to shorten the travel time between London and the new world of North America, accessed via New York. Able to gain finance from the City of Bristol, the first Act of Parliament allowed for the construction of the GWR from London to Bristol via Reading, Swindon and Bath, Somerset. The original Bristol Harbour Railway (BHR) was a joint venture by the GWR and sister company the Bristol and Exeter Railway.〔 It opened in 1872 between and the Floating Harbour. Its route included a tunnel under St Mary Redcliffe church, and a steam-powered bascule bridge over the entrance locks at Bathurst Basin. In 1876 the railway was extended by west to Wapping Wharf.〔
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