Former Hartley Bank Colliery Railway Bridge - Horbury Junction, UK - Arch Bridges on Waymarking.com

At this point the River Calder is partly canalised with artificial cuts that were built to bypass weirs and to straighten the route taken by boats. The Calder and Hebble Navigation is just to the south of this point on the river.

Hartley Bank Colliery was on the south side of the Calder and Hebble Navigation and had wharves there to load coal onto boats, but as production increased the single track railway was lengthened to cross bridges on both the Calder and Hebble Navigation and at this point the river Calder. The coal that crossed the river was then loaded onto nearby trains at Horbury Junction.

The coal mine closed in 1968 and at a later date the bridges were converted to be used as a public footpath.

This bridge is a small stone single arch at the north end of the main bridgeto allow pedestrians access alongside the river bank. The larger part of the bridge across the river is of a girder construction,

What type of traffic does this bridge support?: Pedestrians and cyclists What kind of gap does this bridge cross?: Footpath along north bank of river Calder Date constructed: unknown Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: No Name of road or trail the bridge services: Former Hartley Bank Colliery Railway Location: Horbury Junction, West Yorkshire Length of bridge: Not listed Height of bridge: Not listed

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