Itchen Bridge

Itchen Bridge
Coordinates	50°53′56″N 1°23′05″W / 50.8988°N 1.3847°W / 50.8988; -1.3847
Carries	A3025 road (2 lanes)
Crosses	River Itchen
Locale	Southampton
Owner	Southampton City Council
Preceded by	Northam Bridge
Characteristics
Design	High-level hollow box girder
Total length	800 metres (870 yd)
Height	28 metres (92 ft)
Clearance above	open
History
Engineering design by	Kier Limited
Construction cost	£12.174 million
Opened	13 July 1977 (1977-07-13)
Inaugurated	22 March 1974 (1974-03-22)
Replaces	Woolston Floating Bridge
Statistics
Toll	variable (based on vehicle type)
Location

The Itchen Bridge is a bridge over the River Itchen in Southampton, Hampshire. It is a high-level hollow box girder bridge. It is located about a mile from the river mouth. The bridge spans 870 yards (800 m), is 92 feet (28 m) at its highest point and weighs 62,000 tons.^{[1][better source needed]} The bridge connects the A3025 Portsmouth Road to Southampton. It was built to replace the former chain ferry, known as the Floating Bridge, that crossed the river at that point. The bridge's set of blue energy-saving lights can be seen from up to 5 miles (8 km) down Southampton Water from the bridge.

The bridge has achieved notoriety as a venue for suicide, with over 200 alleged suicides recorded since its opening in 1977, prompting calls for the construction of preventive measures along its length.^[2]