River Cam Bridges Act 1889
WHEREAS the present bridge accommodation over the River Cam between the borough of Cambridge and the parish of Chesterton is inconvenient and insufficient:

And whereas it is expedient for the purpose of affording increased bridge accommodation over the said river that the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Cambridge (herein-after called "the corporation") and the local board of the district of Chesterton (herein-after referred to as "the local board") be authorised to construct t...