Turnbridge Lift Bridge

Coordinates: 53°38′53″N 1°46′30″W / 53.648°N 1.775°W / 53.648; -1.775

Turnbridge Lift Bridge

Turnbridge Road Lift Bridge over Huddersfield Broad Canal
Carries Motor vehicles
Crosses Huddersfield Broad Canal
Locale Turnbridge, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England
Official name Turnbridge Road Lift Bridge (No. 17)[1]
Characteristics
Design vertical lift
Number of spans 1
Piers in water 2
History
Opened 1865

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.[1]

Located at Quay Street, off St Andrews road (approx 300 Yards from the town centre),[2] 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.[3]

Previously windlass operated, it was refurbished in 2002 and is now electrically powered.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Huddersfield canal Society". huddersfieldcanal.com. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
  2. ↑ "Huddersfield Broad Canal". penninewaterways.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
  3. ↑ "Turnbridge Locomotive Lift Bridge". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-18.


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