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Handyside Bridge is a former railway bridge in Darley Abbey, Derbyshire, England, built by Andrew Handyside & Co. that was converted to a foot bridge in 1976. It is a riveted, wrought iron, Tied-arch bridge at the entrance to Darley Park in Derby spanning the River Derwent and was part of the Great Northern Railway Derbyshire Extension popularly known as the (Derby) Friargate Line. The next station was Friargate Station with another Bridge, also built by Andrew Handyside. ==History== It carried trains from 1878 to 1968, with the last passenger train crossing on September 5, 1964 and the last goods train in May 1968 by the Stephenson Locomotive Society, when the branch was closed by the Beeching cuts. The deck, which used to carry the track, is suspended from steel segmental arches of a lattice construction, with stone abutments. The Handyside-owned Britannia Foundry works was 200 metres downstream of the bridge〔 and was served by sidings connected to the mainline via a branch line. This spur allowed for products from the foundry to be transported by goods train. Another substantial business near by was the refrigeration business of Sir Alfred Seale Haslam.〔 When it was first built a Cantilever pedestrian footpath was attached to the North-side of the bridge which would have allowed the workers to cross. This was removed in 1978. During construction, a test was carried out to see if it would hold the weight of the expected rail traffic. Andrew Handyside ran six locomotives across the bridge with a combined weight of 432 tons to see if it could take the strain.〔(Handyside Bridge Sign ), Derby City Council, 2010〕 It now forms part of the Derwent Mills World Heritage site and obtained Grade II * listing status on the March 2, 1976, by English Heritage.〔(British Listed Buildings )〕 The next bridge downstream to cross over the River Derwent is Saint Mary's Bridge which is 448 meters away and the next bridge upstream Haslam's Lane Toll bridge which is 1,541 meters away. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Handyside Bridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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