Tuesday 8th October 2013
A1 (now downgraded, due to the 'new' A1)
Looking down at 'Hartleys Bridge', which carried the
Great North Road, over the River Aire, at Ferrybridge
Sunday 20th August 2017
Cock Beck
Scene of the bloodiest battle on English soil, in the
War Of The Roses
https://www.towton.org.uk/the-battle-2/
I was following the old route of the pre-170 Tadcaster - Ferrybridge TurnPike (where it joined the
'Great North Road')
Here, it's still the
Old London Road
'Stanley Ferry Trash Screen Bridge'
Spanning the River Calder
The concrete structure (down-stream) is the 2nd Aquaduct here - #1 is Grade 1 listed (just visible, to extreme right of frame)
Normal river levels are 12-15 foot below this bridge,
but in flood the river will back-up at the aquaduct & rise above the railings, filling this deck with flotsam
As seen here, on Saturday 26th December 2015 (the same day Tadcaster Bridge partially collapsed)