A look at famous bridges in Whitby, Scarborough and Filey
Whitby Swing Bridge. No-one minds waiting to watch it stop traffic and tourists to open up for boats. Tony Bartholomew
And finally, often several times a day during the summer, it can be closed completely as its swing mechanism kicks in to allow tall vessels to pass through. But this entirely practical function has become something of a tourist attraction in its own right. No one seems to really mind waiting to cross the river when there’s so much to see!There’s been a bridge of one sort or another at this point for centuries, with written records dating from the mid-1300s.
Twenty miles down the coast in Scarborough, said pontists can find a very different, but equally admired bridge. The gracious pistachio green Spa Bridge takes foot traffic from the town’s North to South sides, across one of the main roads to the seafront.
The beautifully detailed Church Bridge crosses Ravine Road to take walkers from the town to St Oswald's Church. Tony Bartholomew
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