Top Lane Lift Bridge - Braithwaite, UK - Moving Bridges on Waymarking.com

The New Junction Canal
The New Junction Canal is a canal in South Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (S&SYN), although it was jointly funded by the Aire and Calder Navigation, and was opened in 1905. It links the River Don Navigation and the Stainforth and Keadby Canal with the Aire and Calder Navigation (Knottingley Canal). It is completely straight, and was the last canal built in England for commercial purposes.

It links the River Don Navigation and the Stainforth and Keadby Canal with the Aire and Calder Navigation (Knottingley Canal).

The Canal passes through a rural area which is mainly farmland, and most of the bridges are lift or swing bridges.

Most of the boats these days are leisure craft but there are still some commercial boats in use.

The bridge is automated and there is a control pane for use by boaters who must have a British Waterways Key to operate it and traffic lights stop the flow of road traffic across the bridge before it opens.

This bridge replaced the original swing bridge in 1977. link

Bridge Type: Drawbridge (Bascule Bridge) Built: 01/01/1977 Span: 24.5 feet Pedestrian Traffic: yes Bicycle Traffic: yes Vehicular Traffic: yes Railway Traffic: no

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