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- Roving_bridge abstract "A roving bridge, changeline bridge or turnover bridge is a bridge over a canal constructed to allow a horse towing a boat to cross the canal when the towpath changes sides. This often involved unhitching the tow line, but on some canals they were constructed so that there was no need to do this by placing the two ramps on the same side of the bridge, which turned the horse through 360 degrees. On the Macclesfield Canal this was achieved by building spiral ramps and on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal and others by constructing roving bridges of iron in two cantilevered halves, leaving a slot in the middle for the tow rope. This was also called a split bridge. For cost reasons many ordinary Stratford bridges were also built in this way as they had no tow path.Bridges were also necessary at canal junctions and where the towpath was interrupted by side arms. These are strictly speaking side bridges, but they are often referred to as roving bridges. Well-known ones occur at Hawkesbury Junction and Haywood Junction. The Birmingham Canal Navigations has many examples, mainly of cast iron, which took the towpaths across factory arms.The ramps of the bridge are typically studded with alternating rows of protruding bricks to prevent the feet of the horse from sliding. The bridge may be constructed of cast iron (particularly in industrial areas) or of more conventional brick or stone.".
- Roving_bridge thumbnail Roving_bridges_at_Smethwick_Junction.jpg?width=300.
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- Roving_bridge wikiPageLength "2951".
- Roving_bridge wikiPageOutDegree "16".
- Roving_bridge wikiPageRevisionID "620654350".
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink Birmingham_Canal_Navigations.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink Canals_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink Cantilever.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bridges_by_mode_of_traffic.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canals.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink Category:Water_transport_infrastructure.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink Hawkesbury_Junction.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink Haywood_Junction.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink History_of_the_British_canal_system.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink Macclesfield_Canal.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink Mule_ramp.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink Stratford-upon-Avon_Canal.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink Towpath.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink File:Bridge29_Macclesfield_Canal.jpg.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink File:Roving_bridges_at_Smethwick_Junction.jpg.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLink File:Split_bridge_Spon_Lane_top_lock_2.jpg.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLinkText "Roving bridge".
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLinkText "changeline".
- Roving_bridge wikiPageWikiLinkText "roving bridge".
- Roving_bridge hasPhotoCollection Roving_bridge.
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- Roving_bridge wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Portal.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Roving_bridge wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:UK-canal-stub.
- Roving_bridge subject Category:Bridges_by_mode_of_traffic.
- Roving_bridge subject Category:Canals.
- Roving_bridge subject Category:Water_transport_infrastructure.
- Roving_bridge hypernym Bridge.
- Roving_bridge type Bridge.
- Roving_bridge type Landform.
- Roving_bridge comment "A roving bridge, changeline bridge or turnover bridge is a bridge over a canal constructed to allow a horse towing a boat to cross the canal when the towpath changes sides. This often involved unhitching the tow line, but on some canals they were constructed so that there was no need to do this by placing the two ramps on the same side of the bridge, which turned the horse through 360 degrees.".
- Roving_bridge label "Roving bridge".
- Roving_bridge sameAs m.02r42pp.
- Roving_bridge sameAs Q7371728.
- Roving_bridge sameAs Q7371728.
- Roving_bridge wasDerivedFrom Roving_bridge?oldid=620654350.
- Roving_bridge depiction Roving_bridges_at_Smethwick_Junction.jpg.
- Roving_bridge isPrimaryTopicOf Roving_bridge.