Acton Swing Bridge

 

Acton Swing Bridge is a 73m long × 8m high bow string truss, balanced swing bridge which carries the A49 over the River Weaver Naigation in Cheshire.

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Designed by J.A.Saner


The design for the swing bridge was based on a 1893 design for Town Swing Bridge by J.A.Saner.

 

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Built in 1930's

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Strengthened in 1987


J.A.Saner's paper describes how he placed the empty shell of an old boiler under the centre of gravity of Town Bridge which enabled one man to turn the bridge by hand through 90° in 30 seconds.
 

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Hayhurst Swing Bridge

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Town Swing Bridge

Hayhurst and Town Bridges, located near Northwich town centre, were constructed in 1898 and 1899 respectively and were the first road bridges in Britain to be constructed on pontoons.

 
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