Swing Bridge 120 On The Lancaster Canal - Hest Bank, UK - Moving Bridges on Waymarking.com

The bridge is manually operated and carries a private road leading to a small group of residential properties.

It is a steel beam bridge with chequer plate descking and has a metal chain to hold it in place.

The operating instructions for the bridge are as follows

To open
Remove locking hook
Check for traffic
Push the bridge open
As bridge approaches the fully open position stop pushing the bridge and allow it to come to rest on the stop
Ensure the recovery chain is fully submerged
When everything is ready signal craft to come through

To close
Push the bridge closed
As bridge approaches the fully closed position stop pushing the bridge and allow it to come to rest on the stop
Replace locking hook
Before leaving check the bridge is secured

The Lancaster Canal
"The Lancaster Canal is a canal in the north of England, originally planned to run from Westhoughton in Lancashire to Kendal in south Cumbria (then in Westmorland). The section around the crossing of the River Ribble was never completed, and much of the southern end leased to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, of which it is now generally considered part.

Of the canal north of Preston, only the section from Preston to Tewitfield near Carnforth in Lancashire is currently open to navigation for 42 miles (67.6 km.

The isolated northern part of the canal was finally connected to the rest of the English canal network in 2002 by the opening of the Ribble Link.

The remaining open part of the Lancaster Canal follows the same elevation contour on maps and is therefore free of locks." link

"The Millennium Ribble Link includes what was Great Britain's first inland waterway to be constructed in nearly 100 years when it was opened in July 2002, and was the first to be built for leisure purposes only, not commercial use. The 4-mile (6.4 km) link connects the once-isolated Lancaster Canal to the River Ribble. From the Ribble it is possible to reach the main navigable system via the River Douglas and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal's Rufford Branch subject to tides and weather conditions." link

Bridge Type: Swing Bridge Pedestrian Traffic: yes Bicycle Traffic: yes Vehicular Traffic: yes Railway Traffic: no Built: Not listed Span: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
Take a picture of the bridge and record the exact coordinates where the picture was taken.

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