Barton Road Swing Bridge
Barton Road Swing Bridge is a swing bridge for road traffic in Greater Manchester that crosses the Manchester Ship Canal between Trafford Park in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford to Barton-upon-Irwell in the City of Salford.- Type: Bridge
- Description: swing bridge for road traffic in Greater Manchester, England
- Also known as: “Barton Road Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barton Swing Aqueduct and All Saints’ Church, Urmston.
Barton Swing Aqueduct
Bridge
Photo: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Barton Swing Aqueduct is a moveable navigable aqueduct in Barton upon Irwell, Greater Manchester, England. It carries the Bridgewater Canal across the Manchester Ship Canal.
All Saints’ Church, Urmston
Church
Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
All Saints' Church is a Roman Catholic parish church situated between Dumplington and Barton upon Irwell, near Urmston, in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. All Saints’ Church, Urmston is situated 410 feet south of Barton Road Swing Bridge.
Trafford Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and entertainment complex in Trafford Park, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1998 and is third largest in the United Kingdom by retail space. Trafford Centre is situated 3,500 feet south of Barton Road Swing Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dumplington and Eccles.
Dumplington
Suburb
Photo: Liverpoolpics, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dumplington is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Dumplington was one of several hamlets in the township of Barton-upon-Irwell, in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Eccles in the hundred of Salford.
Eccles
Town
Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eccles is a market town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, 3 miles west of Salford city centre and 4 miles west of Manchester, split by the M602 motorway and bordered by the Manchester Ship Canal to the south.
Trafford Park
Suburb
Trafford Park is an area of the metropolitan borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, opposite Salford Quays on the southern side of the Manchester Ship Canal, 3.4 miles southwest of Manchester city centre and 1.3 miles north of Stretford.
Barton Road Swing Bridge
- Categories: swing bridge and transportation
- Location: Trafford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.47442° or 53° 28′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.35339° or 2° 21′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C5VFJFW+QJOpenStreetMap ID
way 570263036OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q4865679
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In Other Languages
From Central Kurdish to Japanese—“Barton Road Swing Bridge” goes by many names.
- Central Kurdish: “پردی خولاوەی ڕێگای بارتن”
- Chinese: “巴頓公路旋轉橋”
- Japanese: “バートン道路回転橋”
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Highlights include Pocket Park and St Catherine’s, Barton Upon Irwell.
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