Turnbridge Lift Bridge
The Turnbridge Lift Bridge (also colloquially known as a Locomotive lift bridge) is a lift bridge which spans the Huddersfield Broad Canal at Turnbridge, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Officially known as Turnbridge, it is bridge number 17 on the Huddersfield Broad Canal.[2]
Turnbridge Lift Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Turnbridge Road Lift Bridge over Huddersfield Broad Canal | |
| Coordinates | 53°38′52″N 1°46′31″W[1] |
| Carries | Motor vehicles |
| Crosses | Huddersfield Broad Canal |
| Locale | Turnbridge, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England |
| Official name | Turnbridge Road Lift Bridge (No. 17)[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | vertical lift |
| No. of spans | 1 |
| Piers in water | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1865 |
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Located at Quay Street, off St Andrews road (approx 300 Yards from the town centre),[3] it opened in 1865 and replaced an earlier swing bridge. A combination of wheels, chains and counter-weights were used to lift the deck of the bridge out of the way of passing canal barges.[4]
Previously windlass operated, it was refurbished in 2002 and is now electrically powered.
Viewed from Southern side of the Broad canal
Car passing over the bridge towards Watergate
See also
- List of Bridges for other notable bridges
References
- National Heritage List for England, Wikidata Q6973052
- "Huddersfield canal Society". huddersfieldcanal.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- "Huddersfield Broad Canal". penninewaterways.co.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- "Turnbridge Locomotive Lift Bridge". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
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