Brockdale Bridge

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Brockdale Bridge
Location information
Location	Great Britain
Affiliation	Muggle world
Behind the scenes
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
Cause	Destroyed by Death Eaters in the Summer of 1996

The Brockdale Bridge was a road bridge located somewhere in Great Britain. It spanned an unknown river. It was built around 1985 and destroyed by Death Eaters in the Summer of 1996.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Behind the scenes 3 Appearances 4 Notes and references

[edit] History

About ten years old at the time of its destruction in 1996, the bridge collapsed and killed a dozen of Muggles who were driving on the bridge at the time. In the summer of 1996, Lord Voldemort ordered Cornelius Fudge to step aside from his position as Minister for Magic, with the threat of a mass Muggle killing if he did not do so. Fudge refused to step down, and thus Voldemort ordered Death Eaters to cause both the Brockdale Bridge and the Millennium Bridge to collapse. Fudge was replaced by Rufus Scrimgeour soon after.

[edit] Behind the scenes

• The Millennium Bridge, located in London, was used to represent the Brockdale Bridge in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The Millennium Bridge was not used, however, to portray the Brockdale Bridge, but rather as a separate bridge.

[edit] Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (First mentioned)

[edit] Notes and references