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Historic bridges · Yorkshire & the Humber

Scammonden Bridge

In or near Ripponden.

Scammonden Bridge is a historic bridge in the United Kingdom.

Scammonden Bridge

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About

Scammonden Bridge is a bridge in yorkshire. (Bridge in Kirklees.) According to Wikipedia: "Scammonden Bridge, also known locally as the Brown Cow Bridge, spans the Deanhead cutting carrying the B6114 Elland to Buckstones road over the M62 motorway in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. The bridge and Scammonden Reservoir to the west are named after Scammonden, the village that was flooded to accommodate the reservoir whose dam carries the motorway. On opening, the bridge was the longest concrete arch bridge in the UK."

Coordinates
53.6475, -1.9311

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