Wentbridge Viaduct
Wentbridge Viaduct is a road bridge in West Yorkshire, England. The viaduct carries four lanes of the A1 road over the small valley of the River Went at an elevated level, replacing the previous bridge which was down on the valley floor and to the west in the village of Wentbridge.Photo: Richard Kay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: road bridge in Darrington, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Wentbridge Viaduct Carrying Bypass Over Valley Of River Went”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St John the Evangelist and Went Bridge.
Church of St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Wentbridge Viaduct.
Went Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Went Bridge is situated 1,700 feet west of Wentbridge Viaduct.
Wentbridge House Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wentbridge House Hotel is a hotel in Wentbridge, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It dates from 1700 and is built in the Georgian style. The house was occupied by many interesting people and was owned at one period by the Sayle family who lived in this area for several centuries. Wentbridge House Hotel is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Wentbridge Viaduct.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wentbridge and Thorpe Audlin.
Wentbridge
Village
Photo: Richard Kay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wentbridge is a village and civil parish in the Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. It lies around 3 miles southeast of its nearest town of size, Pontefract, close to the A1 road.
Thorpe Audlin
Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thorpe Audlin is a hamlet and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 660.
Kirk Smeaton
Village
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirk Smeaton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located at the southern end of the county, close to both South and West Yorkshire.
Wentbridge Viaduct
- Categories: road bridge, prestressed concrete bridge, and transportation
- Location: North Elmsall, Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.64892° or 53° 38′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.25536° or 1° 15′ 19″ westInception
1961Open location code
9C5WJPXV+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 1360324381OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q26609390
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