Huddersfield Narrow Canal Bridge 99 – 2000 – Stalybridge, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 29.011 W 002° 03.096
30U E 562933 N 5926478
This bridge to carry Mottram Road over the Huddersfield Narrow Canal was built in 2000 as part of restoration work on the canal.
Waymark Code: WMFW46
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/06/2012
Views: 1
This canal is one of three that crosses the Pennine Hills and built to provide transport between Huddersfield in Yorkshire and Ashton-Under-Lyne in Lancashire.
Work started on it in 1794 and partly due to the need to construct the longest canal tunnel in the United Kingdom it was completed 17 years later in 1811.
Although in the early days the canal was profitable, competition from railways and roads meant that it had closed by 1944.
During the 1970s leisure boating in the U.K. had become popular and there were various campaigns to re-open canals that had lain derelict for a number of years.
Work on restoring this canal started in 1981 and was completed in 2001. In urban settings such as the centre of the town of Stalybridge parts of the canal had been totally filled in and built over.
This bridge, the 99th from the start of the canal at Huddersfield and is next to the bottom gates on lock 7W. After the bridge and canal had been filled in, Mottram Road had subsequently been widened. As part of the restoration work this new bridge was built to replace the original one. At the same time it was widened to also cover the towpath, whereas the original bridge only covered the canal.
As part of the restoration project, Millennium Commision Lottery Funding was obtained to rebuild this bridge. The arch keystone on each side of the bridge has the year 2000 carved into it and on the east wall of the bridge is a lottery commission plaque.
Date built or dedicated as indicated on the date stone or plaque.: 2000
Date stone, plaque location.: On the arch keystone of both sides of the bridge
Road, body of water, land feature, etc. that the bridge spans.: The Huddersfield Narrow Canal
Website (if available): [Web Link]
Parking (safe parking location): N 53° 28.934 W 002° 03.469
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