Drypool Bridge on the River Hull
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Drypool Bridge on the River Hull
Image: © Andy Beecroft Taken: 1 Jul 2002
This vertical lift bridge was built in the early 60s to replace a much narrower swing bridge. At that time, river traffic was quite heavy and many road traffic hold ups were common when the bridge lifted. I have a vague recollection that when the bridge was completed, it was tested by putting about twenty double decker buses on it (~160 tonnes) and the observed downward deflection in the middle was only a few millimetres! This is the southernmost of three bridges of this type - the nearest is North Bridge a few hundred metres north of here and the other is Sutton Road Bridge several miles upstream.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.744816
Longitude
-0.328973