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Scammonden Bridge

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Scammonden Bridge, also known as Rainbow Bridge or, locally, Brown Cow Bridge (after the nearby Brown Cow Inn, now closed), spans the Deanhead cutting carrying the B6114 (the former A6025) Elland to Buckstones road over the M62 motorway in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. [1]

34 relations: A572 road, Aerodynamics, Alfred McAlpine, Beam bridge, Black Brook, West Yorkshire, Calderdale, Colonel (United Kingdom), Deck (bridge), Elland, England, Highways England, Hollow structural section, Jack arch, Kirklees, List of bridges in the United Kingdom, List of longest arch bridge spans, List of longest masonry arch bridge spans, M62 motorway, National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom), Precast concrete, Prestressed concrete, Reinforced concrete, Scammonden, Scammonden Reservoir, Shaw and Crompton, Spandrel, T-beam, Tom Fraser, University of Nottingham, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Wind tunnel, Windy Hill (Pennines).

A572 road

The A572 is a main road serving the Greater Manchester and Merseyside areas, running from Swinton to St Helens via Leigh and Newton-le-Willows.

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Aerodynamics

Aerodynamics, from Greek ἀήρ aer (air) + δυναμική (dynamics), is the study of the motion of air, particularly its interaction with a solid object, such as an airplane wing.

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Alfred McAlpine

Alfred McAlpine plc was a British construction firm headquartered in Hooton, Cheshire.

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Beam bridge

Beam bridges, also known as stringer bridges, are the simplest structural forms for bridge spans supported by an abutment or pier at each end.

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Black Brook, West Yorkshire

The Black Brook is a small river in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.

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Calderdale

The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.

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Colonel (United Kingdom)

Colonel (Col) is a rank of the British Army and Royal Marines, ranking below brigadier, and above lieutenant colonel.

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Deck (bridge)

Deck, is the surface of a bridge, and is one structural element of the superstructure of a bridge.

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Elland

Elland is a market town in Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Highways England

Highways England (formerly the Highways Agency) is the government-owned company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England's motorways and major A roads.

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Hollow structural section

A hollow structural section (HSS) is a type of metal profile with a hollow tubular cross section.

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Jack arch

A jack arch is a structural element in masonry construction that provides support at openings in the masonry.

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Kirklees

Kirklees is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Kirklees Council with the status of a metropolitan borough.

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List of bridges in the United Kingdom

Bridges in the United Kingdom is a link page for any road bridges or footbridges in the United Kingdom.

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List of longest arch bridge spans

This list of the longest arch bridge spans ranks the world's arch bridges by the length of their main span.

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List of longest masonry arch bridge spans

The masonry arch bridges of stone or brick are the most genuine of arch bridges, some lasting a thousand years.

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M62 motorway

The M62 is a west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Hull via Manchester and Leeds; of the route is shared with the M60 orbital motorway around Manchester.

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National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the national measurement standards laboratory for the United Kingdom, based at Bushy Park in Teddington, London, England.

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Precast concrete

Precast concrete is a construction product produced by casting concrete in a reusable mold or "form" which is then cured in a controlled environment, transported to the construction site and lifted into place ("tilt up").

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Prestressed concrete

Prestressed concrete is a form of concrete used in construction which is "pre-stressed" by being placed under compression prior to supporting any loads beyond its own dead weight.

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Reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete (RC) (also called reinforced cement concrete or RCC) is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are counteracted by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ductility.

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Scammonden

Scammonden or Dean Head was a village close to Huddersfield, in the Dean Head Valley, England, before the valley was flooded to create Scammonden Reservoir in the 1960s.

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Scammonden Reservoir

Scammonden Reservoir is a water reservoir in West Yorkshire, England.

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Shaw and Crompton

Shaw and Crompton is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England.

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Spandrel

A spandrel, less often spandril or splaundrel, is the space between two arches or between an arch and a rectangular enclosure.

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T-beam

A T-beam (or tee beam), used in construction, is a load-bearing structure of reinforced concrete, wood or metal, with a t-shaped cross section.

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Tom Fraser

Thomas Fraser PC (18 February 1911 – 21 November 1988) was a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for the Hamilton constituency between 1943 and 1967.

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University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom.

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Wakefield

Wakefield is a city in West Yorkshire, England, on the River Calder and the eastern edge of the Pennines, which had a population of 99,251 at the 2011 census.

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West Riding of Yorkshire

The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England.

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West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England.

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Wind tunnel

A wind tunnel is a tool used in aerodynamic research to study the effects of air moving past solid objects.

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Windy Hill (Pennines)

Windy Hill in the South Pennines within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England, rises to 389 metres above sea level.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scammonden_Bridge

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