EAW024101 ENGLAND (1949). Davis Bridge and the residential area surrounding Stokesley Crescent and Cotswold Crescent, Billingham, 1949

The bridge was named as a compliment to Lieutenant-Colonel S. E. Davies according to an article in the Newcastle Journal and North Mail on 4 May 1944.

Colonel Davies is quoted in the article as saying “I have pressed for ten years for this scheme, which I have always considered to be essential, and it will be a proud moment for me when the first vehicle passes over this bridge and to know that the scandalous and costly traffic delay will be a thing of the past”.

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