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===Bridges=== {{multiple images | perrow = 1/1/2/2 | total_width = 300px | image1 = Larpool Viaduct - geograph.org.uk - 5846656.jpg | caption1 = [[Larpool Viaduct]] | image2 = Knaresborough Viaduct from River Nidd.jpg | caption2 = [[Knaresborough Viaduct]] | image4 = Whitby Swing Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 6253611.jpg | caption4 = [[Whitby Swing Bridge]] | image6 = Skeldergate Bridge Flickr 2020 2.jpg | caption6 = [[Skeldergate Bridge]] }} North Yorkshire has a number of bridge with clusters such as [[bridges of York]] or in the Tees Lowlands, [[List of crossings of the River Tees|over the River Tees]]. Many are road bridges, railway viaducts or footbridges; such Lendal Bridge in York, [[Saltburn Viaduct]] and the [[Infinity Bridge]] respectively. The [[Tees Transporter Bridge]], opened in 1911 is a symbol of [[Teesside]] and is one of few surviving [[transporter bridges]] worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imeche.org/news/news-article/11-10-20/Tees_Transporter_Bridge_a_“world-class”_example_of_British_engineering.aspx |title=Tees Transporter Bridge a "world-class" example of British engineering |access-date=21 March 2024 }}</ref> Further inland, the [[Tees Barrage]] complex (which opened in 1995) incorporates a [[Barrage (dam)|tidal barrier]], road bridge, footbridge and [[lock (water navigation)|barge lock]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-65261533.amp |title=Concerns after Tees Barrage fault causes water level drop |date=14 April 2023 |access-date=21 March 2024 |archive-date=21 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321205657/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-65261533.amp |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Larpool Viaduct]] near Whitby is a repurposed railway viaduct (footbridge), the viaduct was affected by the [[Beeching cuts]] in 1965 with the rail-line connecting {{rws|Whitby}} to {{rws|Scarborough}} axed. It was opened in 1885, closed in 1965 then repurposed and re-opened in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=THE REHABILITATION OF A VICTORIAN CLAY BRICK RAILWAY VIADUCT |first=Stephen W. |last=Garrity |work=Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges |url=http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/42881/5/GC-074.pdf }}</ref>
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