Bridge Name: | Rastrick Bridge |
Also Known As: | Brighouse Bridge |
Carries: | A643 |
Crosses: | River Calder |
Locale: | Brighouse, West Yorkshire |
Design: | arch bridge |
Material: | stone |
Spans: | 3 |
Pierswater: | 2 |
Open: | 1558 (rebuilt 1750) |
Coordinates: | 53.6993°N -1.7832°W |
Rastrick Bridge crosses the River Calder in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1558 as a replacement for an earlier wooden bridge and rebuilt c1750.
A wooden structure called Rastrick Bridge was recorded as being present in 1275. The bridge was replaced by one built with timber donated by John Hanson in 1514. Hanson's son funded a stone replacement for this bridge in 1558.[1]