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| [[image:JD 2022 11 Acton Br 1.jpg|thumb|2022]] | | #redirect [[Acton Bridge Swing Bridge]] |
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| [[image:JD 2022 11 Acton Br 11.jpg|thumb|The control cabin and old gate. The gates were in pairs, and linked to operate together]]
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| [[image:JD 2022 11 Acton Br 7.jpg|thumb|Winch house and cables]]
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| [[image:JD 2022 11 Acton Br 12.jpg|thumb|Showing the central concrete support/caisson, and the drum with the turning cable]]
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| [[image:JD 2022 11 Acton Br 9.jpg|thumb|Showing wedging equipment. Fixed wedge on left, central gearbox in centre. This area is below the gap at the end of the bridge, making it vulnerable to corrosion due to ingress of water and road salt]]
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| [[image:JD 2022 11 Acton Br 10.jpg|thumb|Motor, gears, shaft and handwheel to operate wedges to support the ends of the bridge when open to road traffic]]
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| [[image:JD 2022 11 Acton Br 13.jpg|thumb|Disused road bridge viewed from the swing bridge]]
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| '''Acton Bridge Swing Bridge''' carries the A49 across the River Weaver, near the village of Acton Bridge in Cheshire.
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| First operated in 1933. It has been subject to periodic strengthening.
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| Sometimes erroneously described as the first floating swing bridge in Britain.
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| It is a steel bowstring truss balanced swing bridge, 83.5 m long, 8 m high, supported on a mass concrete pontoon chamber. Designed by [[John Arthur Saner]]. Steelwork by [[John Park and Son]] of Northwich.
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| It was the last of the large swing bridges designed by Saner. His other swing bridges which carry major roads are:-<br>
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| * [[Hayhurst Bridge]]<br>
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| * [[Northwich Town Swing Bridge]]<br>
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| * [[Winnington Swing Bridge]]<br>
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| * [[Sutton Weaver Swing Bridge]]
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| The first bridge across the Weaver at this point was built in 1751. The swing bridge is a short distance downstream of the old bridge.
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| See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acton_swing_bridge Wikipedia entry].
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