Whitby Swing Bridge | |
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 Whitby Swing Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 54°29′13″N 0°36′46″W / 54.486914°N 0.612701°W |
| Crosses | River Esk, North Yorkshire |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Swing bridge |
| Longest span | 75 ft |
| Load limit | 7.5 tons[1] |
| History | |
| Designer | J Mitchell Moncrieff |
| Engineering design by | Heenan & Froude[2] |
| Construction start | 1908 |
| Construction cost | £22,582 (equivalent to £2,973,297 as of 2023),[3] |
| Opened | 1909 |
| Location | |
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Whitby Swing Bridge is a pedestrian and road bridge over the River Esk in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.