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Jubilee Lift Bridge, Deeside
Jubilee Lift Bridge, Deeside
The Jubilee Lift Bridge, also known as the Queen’s Ferry Bridge, was designed with a unique rolling girder mechanism to allow vessels to pass through, as they traveled along the River Dee.
Key Facts
- Location: Deeside, Flintshire
- Construction: 1925-1927
- Status: Grade II Listed
- Length: 380 feet
- Central Span: 120 feet
- Fixed Portions: 130 feet each
- Weight: 120 tons
- Opening: June 22, 1927
Overview
The Jubilee Lift Bridge, also known as the Queen’s Ferry Bridge, was designed with a unique rolling girder mechanism to allow vessels to pass through, as they traveled along the River Dee. The bridge was constructed by Sir William Arrol & Co. between 1925 and 1927, replacing an earlier bridge that was built in 1897. The bridge was officially opened on June 22, 1927, by the Duke of York, later King George VI.
Constructed by the Tees Side Iron and Engine Co., the bridge features a central span of 120 feet, which collapses and retracts using hydraulic power. The fixed portions weigh 120 tons and span 130 feet each, making the total length of the bridge 380 feet. The bridge was completed in April 1897 and officially opened on June 2, 1897, by William Gladstone. It was later replaced in 1926 by a double leaf rolling bascule bridge, also called the Jubilee Bridge.
By the 1960s, the lifting mechanism was removed, and the roadway was fixed permanently in place.
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