Harrogate Road Bridge - 1930 - Apperley Bridge, UK - Bridge Date Stones and Plaques on Waymarking.com

The bridge crosses the Leeds Liverpool canal and the original bridge would have been built at the time the canal was built.

This larger bridge was built to ease traffic congestion caused by the bottleneck from the original bridge that was only designed to cope with horse drawn transport. The bridge carries the main road from the City of Bradford to Harrogate.

The bridge has a brick parapet and the date is on a stone set into the brickwork. It has the following text on it.

CITY OF BRADFORD
THIS BRIDGE REPLACES THE STONE ARCH BRIDGE BUILT IN 1777
OPENED ON OCTOBER 29TH 1930 BY
THE LORD MAYOR ALDERMAN A. H. RHODES
STREET IMPROVEMENT & BUILDINGS COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN COUNCILLOR E. SPENCER
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN COUNCILLOR F. W. HUTCHINSON
E. FLEMING TOWN CLERK             F. MARSDEN CITY ENGINEER and SURVEYOR

Date built or dedicated as indicated on the date stone or plaque.: 10/29/1930 Date stone, plaque location.: The date stone is in the middle of the bridge near to ground level on the parapet. Road, body of water, land feature, etc. that the bridge spans.: Leeds Liverpool Canal Website (if available): Not listed Parking (safe parking location): Not Listed

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