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Pages in category "Swing bridges in England" ... Selby swing bridge (1891) Somerleyton Swing Bridge; Swing Bridge, River Tyne; T. Trowse Bridge; V. Vauxhall Bridge ...
Whitby Swing Bridge: North Yorkshire: Whitby: 1909: Swing bridge over the River Esk: Whitchurch Bridge: Berkshire and Oxfordshire: Pangbourne and Whitchurch: 1902: II: over the River Thames: Wilford Toll Bridge: Nottinghamshire: Wilford and Nottingham: 1870: II (part) Spans the River Trent. Closed to vehicles 1974. Wilton Bridge: Herefordshire ...
Scale Lane Footbridge is an apostrophe-shaped pedestrian swing bridge in Hull, England. The bridge has a rotating mechanism, allowing it to swing open horizontally, letting vessels pass beneath on the River Hull. It was the first bridge in the world to allow pedestrians to remain on the bridge while it is in motion.
The hydraulic Swing Bridge was designed and paid for by Armstrong, with work beginning in 1873. It was first used for road traffic on 15 June 1876 and opened for river traffic on 17 July 1876. [4] At the time of construction it was the largest swing bridge ever built. The construction cost was £240,000. [5]
Cross Keys Bridge The bridge swung fully Cross Keys Bridge and a ship heading north (1978). Cross Keys Bridge is a swing bridge that carries the busy single carriageway A17 road which runs from Newark in Nottinghamshire to King's Lynn in Norfolk over the tidal River Nene in Sutton Bridge in the extreme south east of Lincolnshire close to the borders of both Norfolk and Cambridgeshire and is a ...
Reedham Swing Bridge: Reedham, Norfolk: 1840s: Carries Wherry railway line across the River Yare: Rewley Road Swing Bridge: Oxford: 1851: Swing Bridge: Scheduled monument: Carried railway over Sheepwash Channel. Replaced by new bridge: Richmond Railway Bridge: Richmond, London: 91.5 m (300 ft) Steel Truss arch: II: Carries the Waterloo to ...
A Victorian swing bridge will remain closed to vehicle traffic for a month while damage to its deck is further assessed. A week's emergency closure order was put in place for Ramsey Swing Bridge ...
The Skelton Viaduct, also known as the Hook bridge or Goole railway swing bridge, is a large viaducted hogback plate girder bridge with swing span over the River Ouse, Yorkshire near Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The bridge was designed by Thomas Elliot Harrison for the Hull and Doncaster Branch of the North Eastern Railway and ...