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Bridge 187, Warehouse Swingbridge

Type: Navigation Closure

Waterway(s): Leeds & Liverpool Canal

From: 26 July 2025, 11am

To: 27 July 2025, 11:53am inclusive

Region: Yorkshire and North East

Reason: Repair

Subject to review on: 27 July 2025

Location

Closest waterwayLeeds & Liverpool Canal
Starts atBridge 187, Warehouse Swing Bridge
Ends atBridge 187, Warehouse Swing Bridge

Descriptions

Update 26 July 2025, 3pm

Contractors have attended site and discovered that the issue with the bridge is that the locking mechanism is bent.

This locking mechanism needs to be repaired or replaced for the bridge to be reopened.

The locking mechanism has been sent off to attempt to repair this, but it is currently unclear how long this will take. We will attempt to have this bridge reopened tomorrow but this could take longer depending on difficulty of repair.

Original 26 July 2025, 11:19am

There is a fault with warehouse Swingbridge and the bridge is not able to swing open for canal traffic.

The navigation is currently closed here to canal traffic.

Contractors will be attending site within 24 hours to review and attempt to resolve.

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