What is the name of the bridge with shops on both sides that crosses the River Avon in Bath?
Pulteney Bridge Pulteney Bridge Pulteney Bridge crosses the River Avon in Bath, England. It was completed by 1774, and connected the city with the land of the Pulteney family which they wished to develop. Designed by Robert Adam in a Palladian style, it is exceptional in having shops built across its full span on both sides. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Within 20 years of its construction, alterations were made that expanded the shops and changed the façades. By the end of the 18th century it had been damaged by floods, but it was rebuilt to a
River Avon, Bristol river in the UK at although there are just as the crow flies between the source and its mouth in the Severn Estuary. The catchment area is . The name "Avon" is a cognate of the Welsh word "afon" "river", both being derived from the Common Brittonic , "river". "River Avon", therefore, literally means "River River"; several other English and Scottish rivers share the name. The County of Avon that existed from 1974 to 1996 was named after the river, and covered Bristol, Bath, and the lower Avon valley. The Avon rises east of the town of Chipping Sodbury in