Bullhouse Bridge - Ecklands, UK - Made for the Millennium on Waymarking.com

This bridge is a tied arch bridge and is on the line of the former Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway that connected Sheffield and Manchester. This section of the line closed in 1981 and now forms part of the Trans Pennine Trail a long distance cycling, walking and horse-riding route.

The bridge is on the main part of the Trans Pennine Trail, a coast-to-coast route between Southport and Hornsea and is 215 miles long. In the Pennine hills themselves there is also a north south section between York and Chesterfield.

A plaque on a stone marker in front of the bridge tells the story of the bridge being built for the millennium.

THE	A MILLENNIUM PROJECT
MILLENNIUM	SUPPORTED BY FUNDS
COMMISSION	FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

TRANS PENNINE TRAIL

This Millennium Bridge was opened on 30th April 1999
by councillor Robin Norbury (Chair of the Trans Pennine Trail Local Authorities Steering Group) with the assistance of
The Mayor of Penistone, Councillor Maureen Harrison, and representatives of The Millennium Commission.
The opening of the Bridge marked the completion of the main west to east route of the `Trans Pennine Trail' across the
Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley between Dunford Bridge and Broomhill, a distance of 32 kilometres (20 miles).
Bridge Projet funding: The Millennium Commission.
Project Management: Barnsley MBC-Planning Servies.
Bridge and Landscape Design: Barnsley MBC-Highways and Engineering Serices.

BARNSLEY
Metropolitan Borough Council

Can you tell us who created the item: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Condition of the item: Great So what did YOU do for the millennium?: Attended a party Related web site: Not listed

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