Leeds to Sheffield Railway Bridge Over The Calder And Hebble Navigation - Calder Grove, UK - Railroad Bridges on Waymarking.com

"The railway line was originally the Horbury (Wakefield) to Barnsley section of the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway.

This section opened on 31 December 1849 and was leased to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway for operation of the trains. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway subsequently purchased the line in 1858. details extracted from this website

It is now the Leeds to Sheffield via Castleford line which has trains running hourly operated by Northern Trains. The nearest station to the north east is Wakefield Kirgate and to the south west is Darton.

The bridge was originally built as a single brick arch bridge that crossed both the Navigation and the towpath on the north side. On the south side of the bridge there is a small narrow arch to allow pedestrians through the buttress of the bridge.

At some point the railway line was widened and a section of girder bridge added to the west side of the main arch.

The Calder and Hebble Navigation

The Calder and Hebble Navigation completed in 1770 consisted of artificial improvements to the River Calder and River Hebble to allow canal boats use what used to be un-navigable rivers.

It ran for 21 miles from the Aire and Calder Navigation at Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge, was one of the first navigable waterways into the Pennines. It was an extension westwards of the Aire and Calder Navigation.

From the point of view of the railway company this is bridge CHS/4.

From the point of view of the Calder and Hebble Navigation this is bridge 42.

Bridge Type: Arch Bridge Usage: Railroad Moving Bridge: This bridge is static (has no moving pieces)

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