Rastrick Bridge
Rastrick Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 53°41′57″N 1°47′00″W / 53.6993°N 1.7832°WCoordinates: 53°41′57″N 1°47′00″W / 53.6993°N 1.7832°W |
Carries | A643 |
Crosses | River Calder |
Locale | Brighouse, West Yorkshire |
Other name(s) | Brighouse Bridge |
Characteristics | |
Design | arch bridge |
Material | stone |
No. of spans | 3 |
Piers in water | 2 |
History | |
Opened | 1558 (rebuilt 1750) |
Rastrick Bridge crosses the River Calder in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1558 as a replacement for an earlier wooden bridge and rebuilt c1750.
History
A wooden structure called Rastrick Bridge was recorded as being present in 1275. The bridge was replaced by one built with timber donated by John Hanson in 1514. Hanson's son funded a stone replacement for this bridge in 1558.[1]
References
- ↑ Turner, J. Horsfall (Joseph Horsfall) (1893). The history of Brighouse, Rastrick, and Hipperholme; with monorial notes on Coley, Lightcliffe, Northowram, Shelf, Fixby, Clifton and Kirklees. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
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